LOUISIANA TECH 2024-25 BULLDOG BASKETBALL
All home games CAPS | All times CST and subject to change # Icons of the Game (Long Island, N.Y.) ^ Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.) * Conference USA game | $ Huntsville, Ala.
A LA TECH WIN... • Would give the Bulldogs their first CUSA road win of the season. The Bulldogs are 0-3 so far in road league contests. • Would give the Bulldogs a 1-0 advantage in the series against Kennesaw State. The Bulldogs are 4-0 this season when facing an opponent for the first time (LSUA, UMass, Richmond, and Rust). • Would give the Bulldogs their 129th Conference USA victory all-time. LA Tech is 128-71 in CUSA games and will play its 200th such game on Saturday against Kennesaw State.
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AP Poll: NR Coaches Poll: NR NET Ranking: 126
AT KENNESAW STATE OWLS (10-7, 2-2 cusa) Head Coach: Antoine Pettway Record at KSU: 25-23 (2nd year) Career Record: Same Record vs. LA Tech: 0-0
AP Poll: NR Coaches Poll: NR NET Ranking: 184
BULLDOG STORYLINES & PROJECTED STARTERS
4 SEAN NEWMAN JR.
• Louisiana Tech will try to split its road trip as the Bulldogs take on Kennesaw State Saturday at the KSU Convocation Center in what will be the first ever meeting between the two programs. • LA Tech suffered its third straight Conference USA road loss, falling 63-61 to Jacksonville State on Thursday. It marked the first time this season the Bulldogs lost a game when holding their opponent to under 70 points (were 10-0 in such games). The Bulldogs were undermanned in the matchup with three players out due to injury -- Will Jeffress (out for the season), Al Green, and Jordan Crawford.
• Daniel Batcho registered a game-high 19 points, going 9-of12 from the field. The nation’s leader in field goal percentage at 74.7 percent led the ‘Dogs in scoring for the seventh time this season. He continues to pace the team in scoring at 18.5 points per game. As a result of his performance at Jax State, he eclipsed 1,000 points for his collegiate career.
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9.8 ppg | 2.6 rpg | 9.4 apg
AMAREE ABRAM
• Facing one of the top rebounding teams in the country, LA Tech outrebounded Jax State, 37-32. The Bulldogs have outrebounded seven of their last nine opponents. Another statistic that stood out was the ‘Dogs attempting just two free throws, the fewest in at least 24 years. This was the first game all season the Bulldogs attempted single-digit free throws (were averaging 17.6 attempts coming into the contest).
12.8 ppg | 4.7 rpg | 1.8 spg
• Sean Newman Jr. dished out a game-high seven assists at Jax State. It marked the 15th time in 18 games this season he has had at least seven dimes in a game. He continues to rank second in the country in both total assists (169) and assists per game (9.4) and now ranks 14th all-time in career assists at LA Tech with 315. Just 18 games into the season, he needs only three more assists to crack the top 10 for most in a single season in program history. • Sean Elkinton played a season-high 28 minutes off the bench against the Gamecocks, scoring a season-high 13 points while also tying his season high with three three-pointers. He has now scored in double figures in each of the last three games he has played, averaging 12.3 points per contest during this stretch. • Amaree Abram played the entire 40 minutes against Jax State. One game after helping hold Liberty’s leading scorer Kaden Metheny to just three points, he was tasked with guarding the fourth-leading scorer in the country in Jaron Pierre Jr. for the Gamecocks. Pierre Jr. was held to just 14 points on 5-of-14 shooting. Meanwhile on offense, Abram reached double-digit points for the 14th time this season with 13 points. He hit three triples in the process, giving him multiple three-pointers in 14 of 18 games this season. • Talvin Hester is in his third season at the helm at LA Tech. In his second year, Hester was able to blend in seven newcomers in route to a 22-win season and a second-place finish in CUSA. He will be tasked with the same thing as seven newcomers join the 2024-25 squad, mixed in with six returners (five of which made a combined 67 starts last season). • LA Tech was picked to finish first in the Conference USA preseason poll, as voted on by the league head coaches. It was definitely not unanimous as five of the 10 conference teams picked up at least one first-place vote and the top three were separated by only four points. This marks the first time since 2014 that the Bulldogs are preseason league favorites.
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KADEN 11 COOPER
Overall: 13-5 | CUSA: 2-3 | H: 7-1 | A: 2-4 | N: 4-0 NOVEMBER MEDIA W/L SCORE 4 LSU-ALEXANDRIA ESPN+ W 77-50 9 at UT Arlington ESPN+ W 92-77 13 vs. UMass# MSG+ W 76-66 18 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE ESPN+ W 105-67 25 vs. Southern Illinois^ FloCollege W 85-79OT 26 vs. Richmond^ FloCollege W 65-62 27 vs. Eastern Kentucky^ FloCollege W 78-69 30 SOUTHERN ESPN+ L 70-73 DECEMBER 4 at #16 Memphis ESPN+ L 71-81 8 at UL-Lafayette ESPN+ W 69-58 13 GEORGIA SOUTHERN ESPN+ W 77-63 16 GRAND CANYON ESPN+ W 74-66 21 RUST COLLEGE ESPN+ W 108-60 JANUARY 2 at UTEP* ESPN+ L 60-70 4 at New Mexico State* ESPN+ L 48-78 9 FIU* ESPN+ W 81-64 11 LIBERTY* ESPNU W 79-74 16 at Jacksonville State* ESPN+ L 61-63 18 at Kennesaw State* ESPN+ 4 p.m. 23 WKU* CBS SN 6 p.m. 25 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* ESPNU 5:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 1 SAM HOUSTON* ESPNU 3 p.m. 6 at Liberty* CBS SN 7 p.m. 8 at FIU* ESPN+ 1 p.m. 13 KENNESAW STATE* ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. 15 JACKSONVILLE STATE* ESPN+ 3 p.m. 20 at Middle Tennessee* CBS SN 8 p.m. 22 at WKU* ESPN+ 7 p.m. MARCH 1 at Sam Houston* ESPN+ 4:30 p.m. 6 NEW MEXICO STATE* ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. 8 UTEP* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 11 CUSA Championship$ ----- TBA
Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 50-33 (3rd year) Career Record: Same Record vs. KSU: 0-0
11.7 ppg |7.8 rpg | 1.6 spg
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2024-25 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGs (13-5, 2-3 cusa)
DEVIN REE
DATE/TIME: Saturday, Jan. 18 | 4 p.m. CT LOCATION: KSU Convocation Center (Kennesaw, Ga.) SERIES HISTORY: First Meeting STREAK: N/A LAST MEETING: N/A MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Nolan Alexander (pxp), Rodney Turner (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
GAME 19 MATCHUP
4.5 ppg | 3.4 rpg | 0.3 apg
DANIEL 13 BATCHO
GAMEDAY INFO
18.5 ppg | 6.9 rpg | 2.3 bpg
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