LOUISIANA TECH 2022-23 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 20 MATCHUP
GAMEDAY INFO DATE/TIME: Saturday, Jan. 21 | 4 p.m. CT LOCATION: Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, La.) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads, 13-5 STREAK: LA Tech, 2 LAST MEETING: LA Tech 80, Middle Tennessee 73 Jan. 23, 2020 | Murfreesboro, Tenn. MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Lyn Rollins (pxp), Chris Mycoskie (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app TALENT: Malcolm Butler (pxp), Jack Thigpen (analyst) STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
2022-23 SCHEDULE MEDIA CUSA.tv ESPN+ ESPN+ CUSA.tv YouTube ESPN+ ----
Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 11-8 (1st year) Career Record: Same Record vs. MTSU: 0-0
VS middle tennessee blue raiders (12-7, 5-3 c-usa) Head Coach: Nick McDevitt Record at MTSU: 62-80 (5th year) Career Record: 160-146 (10th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 0-2
BULLDOG STORYLINES
Overall: 11-8 | C-USA: 4-4 | H: 7-2 | A: 3-6 | 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^
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS (11-8, 4-4 c-usa)
W/L W L L W W W W
SCORE 78-61 55-64 88-94 79-58 80-75 79-76 91-47
DECEMBER 2 SOUTHERN ESPN+ W 74-59 10 at Wyoming MWN L 65-92 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ESPNU L 79-80OT 17 at UTEP* CUSA.tv L 55-60 21 JARVIS CHRISTIAN CUSA.tv W 108-52 29 UTSA* ESPN+ W 91-69 31 at Charlotte* ESPN+ L 66-68
• Louisiana Tech plays its 20th game of the season on Saturday when they face Middle Tennessee at 4 p.m. inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Karl Malone Court. It will mark the first meeting betwee the Bulldogs and Blue Raiders in almost three years. • LA Tech overcame its largest deficit of the season on Thursday, coming back from down 12 in the second half to win it over WKU, 85-74, in overtime. It was the third OT game of the season for the Bulldogs, the most since the 2018-19 season. They improved to 2-1 in OT games and are now 18-6 in OT games played in the TAC. Eight of their last nine games against Division I opponents have been decided by seven points or less (including seven of their eight league games). • The Bulldogs outscored the Hilltoppers, 11-0, during the extra five minutes. LA Tech scored on all five of its offensive possessions while WKU went scoreless, going 0-of-7 from the field. It was the largest margin of victory in an OT game for the ‘Dogs since defeating North Texas, 73-62, in 2016. It was also the first time in program history (on record) that LA Tech shutout an opponent in overtime.
• Five players scored in double figures for the third time this season against the Hilltoppers, led by Cobe Williams who poured in a game-high 20 points. It was his seventh JANUARY 20-point performance this season and the first time in his career he has had back-to5 at Rice* ESPN+ W 88-82OT back games of 20+ points. The conference’s fourth leading scorer has registered at least 7 UTEP* CUSA.tv W 60-58 16 points in all eight league games. He also ranks top four in the league in assists per 11 at North Texas* ESPN+ L 65-67 game (4.4) and steals per game (2.3). 14 19 21 26 28
UAB* WKU* MIDDLE TENNESSEE* at UAB* at UTSA*
Stadium L CBS SN W ESPN+ CBS SN ESPN+
74-81 85-74OT 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 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.
• Keaston Willis has started to light it up again from three. Over the last five games, the sharpshooter has made 17 of his 29 three-point attempts while averaging 16.0 points per game. He went 3-of-6 from deep against WKU, which included three-pointer No. 50 of the season. • The Big Three of Cobe Williams (19.3), Keaston Willis (13.8), and Isaiah Crawford (13.3) have accounted for 63 percent of the Bulldogs scoring in C-USA action. All three rank in the top 15 in scoring during league play only and have set season highs in scoring over the last three games -- Cobe Williams with 27 against UAB, Keaston Willis with 23 against UAB, and Isaiah Crawford with 25 versus North Texas.
A LOUISIANA TECH WIN WOULD...
MARCH • Be the 10th victory over Middle Tennessee in Ruston. The Bulldogs are 9-1 all-time 2 FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. against the Blue Raiders at home with the lone loss coming in 2018. 4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 8 C-USA Tournament$ TBA • Be the 25th time they have swept a weekend conference series at home. The Bulldogs All home games CAPS | All times CST and subject to change * C-USA game ^ Samford MTE $ Frisco, Texas (The Star)
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have won both back-to-back home matches (typically Thursday-Saturday) 24 out of the 33 times since joining Conference USA. • Be the 11th straight win for the Bulldogs when wearing their white uniforms. LA Tech is a perfect 7-0 this season when wearing white. They are 63-7 in their white uniforms over the last five seasons.
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