LOUISIANA TECH 2022-23 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 17 MATCHUP
GAMEDAY INFO DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Jan. 11 | 7 p.m. CT LOCATION: The Super Pit (Denton, Texas) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads 28-15 STREAK: LA Tech, 1 LAST MEETING: LA Tech 42, North Texas 36 March 11, 2022 | Frisco, Texas | C-USA Tournament MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Kyle Youmans (pxp), DJ Draper (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app TALENT: Malcolm Butler (pxp), Jack Thigpen (analyst) STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
2022-23 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS (10-6, 3-2 c-usa) Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 10-6 (1st year) Career Record: Same Record vs. UNT: 0-0
AT north texas mean green (13-3, 4-1 c-usa) Head Coach: Grant McCasland Record at UNT: 117-61 (6th year) Career Record: 193-85 (9th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 6-6
BULLDOG STORYLINES
Overall: 10-6 | C-USA: 3-2 | H: 6-1 | A: 3-5 | N: 1-0 NOVEMBER 7 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 14 at #23 Texas Tech 17 at UL-Lafayette 21 ULM 23 at Alabama A&M^ 25 at Samford^ 26 vs. Tennessee-Southern^
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SCORE 78-61 55-64 88-94 79-58 80-75 79-76 91-47
14 17 21 29 31
ESPNU CUSA.tv CUSA.tv ESPN+ ESPN+
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79-80 55-60 108-52 91-69 66-68
• Louisiana Tech returns to the Lone Star State to face North Texas on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. inside the Super Pit. It marks the fourth trip to the state of Texas for the Bulldogs this season (will make it five later this month when they travel to San Antonio). • LA Tech hung on for a 60-58 victory over UTEP this past Saturday in Ruston. The Bulldogs had the lead for almost 35 minutes, building as much as a 10-point lead on three different occasions, but needed one final defensive stop at the end to split the season series with the Miners.
• The win came despite the Bulldogs putting up their second fewest points of the season. Defensively, they forced 18 turnovers while generating 12 steals and eight DECEMBER blocks (both tying season highs). Nine different players recorded at least one steal (first 2 SOUTHERN ESPN+ W 74-59 time that has happened since Nov. 15, 2021 versus Jarvis Christian) while Kenny Hunter 10 at Wyoming MWN L 65-92 tallied a career-high four blocks. OT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN at UTEP* JARVIS CHRISTIAN UTSA* at Charlotte*
JANUARY 5 at Rice* ESPN+ W 88-82OT 7 UTEP* CUSA.tv W 60-58 11 at North Texas* ESPN+ 7 p.m. 14 UAB* Stadium 3 p.m. 19 WKU* CBS SN 8 p.m. 21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* ESPN+ 4 p.m. 26 at UAB* CBS SN 8 p.m. 28 at UTSA* ESPN+ 3 p.m. FEBRUARY 2 RICE* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 9 at FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 11 at Florida Atlantic* ESPN+ 1 p.m. 16 NORTH TEXAS* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 18 CHARLOTTE* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 23 at WKU* CBS SN 8 p.m. 25 at Middle Tennessee* Stadium 3 p.m.
• Cobe Williams anchored the team in scoring for the eighth time this season, recording a game-high 17 points versus the Owlst. The conference’s fourth leading scorer has registered at least 16 points in 12 of his 14 games played this season, including in all five league games. • Cobe Williams has been one of the best stat stuffers in Conference USA play. During five games of league action, he is averaging 18.0 points, 4.2 assists, 3.0 rebounds, and 3.0 steals per game. Also averaging double-figure scoring during conference play has been Keaston Willis (13.0), Isaiah Crawford (12.8) and Dravon Mangum (11.0). • The Bulldogs are growing accustomed to playing close games. The last three have been decided by one possession or in overtime (first time that has happened since 2020). Eight of LA Tech’s 16 games so far this season have been decided by six points or less with LA Tech going 4-4 in those contests. • If history repeats itself, LA Tech and North Texas are destined for a close game Wednesday. Over the last five seasons, 11 of the 12 games between the Bulldogs and Mean Green have been decided by seven points or less (and five of the 12 have been decided by two points or less). Each team has won six games during this span.
A LOUISIANA TECH WIN WOULD...
MARCH 2 FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. • Be LA Tech’s 10th victory in the Super Pit. The Bulldogs are 9-7 all-time in North Texas’ 4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* ESPN+ 6 p.m. home arena with the first win coming back in 1978. The last win was on Feb. 5, 2021. 8 C-USA Tournament$ TBA All home games CAPS | All times CST and subject to change * C-USA game ^ Samford MTE $ Frisco, Texas (The Star)
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• Be LA Tech’s fourth conference win. The Bulldogs have won at least four of their first six C-USA games in six of their nine seasons in the league (have started league play at least 4-2 in each of the last three seasons).
• Hand North Texas just its seventh conference loss at home in the last three-plus seasons (combined 21-6). Two of those losses have been by LA Tech.
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