Louisiana basketball game vs Little Rock canceled due to COVID-19 issues

Tim Buckley, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
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The Louisiana basketball team's Sun Belt Conference game Saturday night at home against Little Rock has been canceled.

The game will not play be played due to COVID-19 issues within the Little Rock program, a Ragin’ Cajuns spokesman said Saturday afternoon.

According to UL, it "does not offer refunds on season tickets for canceled games due to weather, pandemics, or an event beyond reasonable control of the university, unless it is a fully canceled season."

UL (8-3, 3-0) is coming off an 83-77 overtime win over Arkansas State on Thursday night at the Cajundome.

The Cajuns’ next scheduled game is Thursday (7 p.m., ESPN+) at Texas-Arlington.

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This is the second time this season a Cajuns men’s game has been canceled. UL’s Dec. 20 home game was not played due to COVID-19 issues within the Loyola (Louisiana) program.

UL’s win over Arkansas State was the first for coach Bob Marlin after he and five Cajuns missed wins at Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina due to COVID issues. It was the second time in two seasons Marlin has tested positive for COVID.

UL's game Saturday night vs. Little Rock was canceled due to COVID-19 issues.
UL's game Saturday night vs. Little Rock was canceled due to COVID-19 issues.

According to a recently announced Sun Belt ruling, men’s and women’s basketball games that cannot be played due to the virus will be canceled, considered a no-contest and will not be rescheduled. A team is required to play if it has seven available players, scholarship or non-scholarship, plus one full-time coach. Teams may opt, however, to play with fewer than seven players.

Meanwhile, the UL women’s basketball team’s games last Thursday night at Arkansas State and Saturday at Little Rock both were canceled due to COVID-19 issues.

Both games were canceled before the Cajuns left on their two-game trip.

UL’s women (9-3, 1-1) are coming off a 78-72 win on Jan. 1 at Texas State. The Cajuns’ next game is Thursday (6 p.m., ESPN+) against Troy at the Cajundome.

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