LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team announced Monday night that it has accepted an invitation to compete in the seventh annual Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) and will host Southland Conference member Northwestern State on Wednesday in a 5 p.m. contest at the Cajundome.
The postseason appearance will be the third in school history for Louisiana (21-10), and their second consecutive bid to the WBI.
The Ragin' Cajuns are the No. 1-seed in the East Region. Louisiana is the lone representative from the Sun Belt Conference.
Northwestern State (19-11), the No. 8 seed in the East Region, fell in the Southland Conference Tournament semifinals to Sam Houston State by a 78-71 final on Saturday, Feb.