LOUISIANA TECH 2022-23 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 22 MATCHUP
GAMEDAY INFO DATE/TIME: Saturday, Jan. 28 | 3 p.m. CT LOCATION: Convocation Center (San Antonio, Texas) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads, 17-6 STREAK: LA Tech, 5 LAST MEETING: Louisiana Tech 91, UTSA 69 Dec. 29, 2022 | Ruston, La. MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Lincoln Rose (pxp), LaDarrin McLane (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app TALENT: Malcolm Butler (pxp) STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
2022-23 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS (11-10, 4-6 c-usa) Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 11-10 (1st year) Career Record: Same Record vs. UTSA: 1-0
AT utsa roadrunners (7-15, 1-10 c-usa) Head Coach: Steve Henson Record at UTSA: 95-108 (7th year) Career Record: Same Record vs. LA Tech: 4-7
BULLDOG STORYLINES
Overall: 11-10 | C-USA: 4-6 | H: 7-3 | A: 3-7 | 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
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at UTEP* JARVIS CHRISTIAN UTSA* at Charlotte*
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55-60 108-52 91-69 66-68
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at Rice* UTEP* at North Texas* UAB* WKU* MIDDLE TENNESSEE* at UAB* at UTSA*
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88-82OT 60-58 65-67 74-81 85-74OT 51-68 59-65 3 p.m.
2 9 11 16 18 23 25
RICE* at FIU* at Florida Atlantic* NORTH TEXAS* CHARLOTTE* at WKU* at Middle Tennessee*
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6 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 p.m.
• Louisiana Tech closes out its weekend road swing on Saturday afternoon when they face UTSA at 3 p.m. inside the Convocation Center. The Bulldogs and Roadrunners faced off in Ruston 30 days ago. • After controlling much of the first half, Louisiana Tech was outscored by 11 in the second half, which contributed to a 65-59 loss to UAB in Birmingham on Thursday. LA Tech had an eight-point lead with 18 minutes to go in in the game, but UAB took the lead back for good at the 11-minute mark.
• LA Tech’s offensive struggles continued for a second straight game. The Bulldogs shot just 33.9 percent from the field at UAB, their second lowest shooting percentage DECEMBER of the season. This came on the heels of a 38.8 percent shooting effort against Middle 2 SOUTHERN ESPN+ W 74-59 Tennessee in the game prior. LA Tech is shooting 36.0 percent (40-of-101) in the two 10 at Wyoming MWN L 65-92 games combined (only second time since 2019 with back-to-back games of shooting 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ESPNU L 79-80OT under 40 percent). • Cobe Williams continued his scoring efforts against UAB, recording a game-high 21 points. It marked his fourth straight game of scoring 20+ points, the first Bulldog to do so since Kyle Gibson (2009). It was his ninth 20-point scoring performance of the seaJANUARY son, the fourth most in C-USA and tied for the fifth most by a Bulldog in the last decade. • The Big Three of Cobe Williams (19.7), Keaston Willis (13.0), and Isaiah Crawford (11.9) have accounted for 64 percent of the Bulldogs scoring in C-USA action. All three rank in the top 16 in scoring during league play only, making LA Tech the only team in the league with three players in the top 20.
• The Bulldogs are in the midst of playing four of five league games away from home. So far, they are 1-4 in conference road games with the lone victory coming in an 88-82 overtime win at Rice on Jan. 5. Their three road losses to UTEP, Charlotte, North Texas, FEBRUARY and UAB in league play have been by a combined 15 points. • LA Tech has been able to have the upperhand against UTSA as of late. The Bulldogs have won five straight, matching their longest winning streak in the series. All five victories have been by double-digit points (average scoring margin of 17.8).
A LOUISIANA TECH WIN WOULD...
MARCH • Put an end to a two-game losing streak for the Bulldogs. LA Tech has lost three 2 FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. straight C-USA games only four times before (last time came in 2019). 4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 8 C-USA Tournament$ TBA • Be the eighth victory over the Roadrunners in San Antonio. LA Tech owns a 7-3 All home games CAPS | All times CST and subject to change * C-USA game ^ Samford MTE $ Frisco, Texas (The Star)
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advantage against UTSA when playing at the Convocation Center. Four of the last five meetings in the series have come in Ruston. • Give the Bulldogs a season sweep over UTSA. In the eight seasons where the two teams have faced off more than once, LA Tech has swept the matchups on four different occasions (have won both meetings in each of the last two seasons.
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