LOUISIANA TECH 2024-25 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 32 MATCHUP - QUARTERFINALS
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71-81 69-58 77-63 74-66 108-60
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60-70 48-78 81-64 79-74 61-63 76-78 77-67 75-69
ESPNU CBS SN ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ CBS SN ESPN+
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66-61OT 53-77 82-71 47-69 68-70 85-74 63-64
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90-66 55-67 76-58 8 p.m.
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 advance the Bulldogs into the CUSA Tournament semifinals. LA Tech has made the semis five times. • Would improve the Bulldogs to 12-10 all-time in CUSA Tournament games. LA Tech has won at least one game in the tournament eight of the 10 times participating. • Would give the Bulldogs a 3-0 record versus the Blue Raiders this season. The last time LA Tech defeated the same team in the same season three times was Boise State (2005-06).
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AP Poll: NR Coaches Poll: NR NET Ranking: 105
BULLDOG STORYLINES & PROJECTED STARTERS • Louisiana Tech heads to Huntsville, Alabama to take on Middle Tennessee on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Conference USA Men’s Basketball Championship. LA Tech is in search of its first CUSA Tournament title, having last played in the championship game in 2022. • Thursday will be a rematch of last season’s quarterfinal between LA Tech and Middle Tennessee, won by the Blue Raiders, 70-67. It is the exact same scenario in which the Bulldogs swept the season series (won 75-69 in Ruston and 85-74 in Murfreesboro) and then faced off against MTSU in an 8 p.m. quarterfinal showdown at VBC Propst Arena.
4 SEAN NEWMAN JR.
SCORE 77-50 92-77 76-66 105-67 85-79OT 65-62 78-69 70-73
Head Coach: Nick McDevitt Record at MTSU: 104-116 (7th year) Career Record: 202-182 (12th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 3-6
9.9 ppg | 7.9 apg | 2.2 rpg
• LA Tech enters the tournament having won the regular season finale over UTEP, 76-58. It marked win No. 20 for the Bulldogs, the 30th time in program history reaching the milestone. It is also the 11th time in the last 13 seasons that LA Tech has won 20+ games, something that only 19 over Division I programs in the country have accomplished. • The Bulldogs put on a shooting clinic versus the Miners, hitting 12 of their 17 three-point attempts for 70.6 percent. It was the fourth-best shooting percentage from downtown by any DI team this season (min. 15 attempts) and was the second-best three-point percentage in LA Tech history (min. 15 attempts). The two lefty shooters, Al Green and Amaree Abram, went a combined 9-of-11 from deep. For Green, it was a career-high six made three-pointers, the most by a Bulldog in a single game this season. The duo have racked up 122 triples this season. Abram, who was an All-CUSA Honorable Mention selection, has made a team-high 66 threes, four shy of cracking the top 10 in program history. Meanwhile, Green is shooting a team-best 42.7 percent from beyond the arc, which ranks seventh in CUSA. • Daniel Batcho was named First Team All-CUSA, becoming the first Bulldog to earn the honor twice. He was also named to the CUSA All-Defensive Team for a second year in a row and was awarded CUSA Defensive Player of the Year. The power forward leads LA Tech in scoring at 16.9 points per game, having registered double-digit points 27 times this season. He currently ranks second in the country in field goal percentage (68.7), a mark that would set a program record and be third best in CUSA history. which and 26th in the nation in total blocks (62). He became just the fourth Bulldog in program history with back-toback seasons of 60+ rejections. • Sean Newman Jr. earned Third Team All-CUSA honors, a year after being an Honorable Mention selection. The point guard ranks top five in the country in both total assists (238) -- third most in program history and fifth most in CUSA history -- and assists per game (7.9). He has dished out 5+ assists 27 times this season. He can also score it, averaging 9.9 points per game while ranking second in the league in free throw percentage (83.3), having missed only six free throws in league play (51-of-57). • 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. This season, he was tasked with the same thing as seven newcomers mixed with six returners to create the 2024-25 squad that finished the regular season with a 20-11 overall record. As a result, Hester became just the seventh head coach in program history to register back-to-back 20-win seasons.
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VS #3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS (21-10)
AMAREE ABRAM
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AP Poll: NR Coaches Poll: NR NET Ranking: 125
12.3 ppg | 4.5 rpg | 1.7 apg
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Overall: 20-11 | CUSA: 9-9 | H: 11-4 | A: 5-7 | N: 4-0 NOVEMBER 4 LSU-ALEXANDRIA 9 at UT Arlington 13 vs. UMass# 18 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 25 vs. Southern Illinois^ 26 vs. Richmond^ 27 vs. Eastern Kentucky^ 30 SOUTHERN DECEMBER 4 at #16 Memphis 8 at UL-Lafayette 13 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 16 GRAND CANYON 21 RUST COLLEGE JANUARY 2 at UTEP* 4 at New Mexico State* 9 FIU* 11 LIBERTY* 16 at Jacksonville State* 18 at Kennesaw State* 23 WKU* 25 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* FEBRUARY 1 SAM HOUSTON* 6 at Liberty* 8 at FIU* 13 KENNESAW STATE* 15 JACKSONVILLE STATE* 20 at Middle Tennessee* 22 at WKU* MARCH 1 at Sam Houston* 6 NEW MEXICO STATE* 8 UTEP* 13 vs. Middle Tennessee$
Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 57-39 (3rd year) Career Record: Same Record vs. MTSU: 4-3
AL GREEN
2024-25 SCHEDULE
#6 LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGs (20-11)
9.6 ppg | 2.0 rpg | 0.9 apg
KADEN 11 COOPER
DATE/TIME: Thursday, March 13 | 8:00 p.m. CT LOCATION: VBC Propst Arena (Huntsville, Ala.) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads, 17-8 STREAK: LA Tech, 2 LAST MEETING: Feb. 20, 2025 | Murfreesboro, Tenn. LA Tech 85, MTSU 74 MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Paul Nazigian (pxp), Matt Warner (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
9.4 ppg | 7.6 rpg | 1.5 spg
DANIEL 13 BATCHO
GAMEDAY INFO
16.9 ppg | 6.6 rpg | 2.0 bpg
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