LOUISIANA TECH 2022-23 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 33 MATCHUP
GAMEDAY INFO DATE/TIME: Thursday, March 9 | 8 p.m. CT LOCATION: Ford Center at The Star (Frisco, Texas) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads, 28-17 STREAK: North Texas, 2 LAST MEETING: North Texas 72, LA Tech 62 Feb. 16, 2023 | Ruston, La. MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Ron Thulin (pxp), Colin Boddicker (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app TALENT: Malcolm Butler (pxp), Jack Thigpen (analyst) STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
2022-23 SCHEDULE
Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 15-17 (1st year) Career Record: Same Record vs. UNT: 0-2
VS #2 north texas mean green (25-6) Head Coach: Grant McCasland Record at UNT: 129-64 (6th year) Career Record: 205-88 (9th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 8-6
BULLDOG STORYLINES
Overall: 15-17 | C-USA: 7-13 | H: 9-6 | A: 4-11 | N: 2-0 NOVEMBER MEDIA 7 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE CUSA.tv 14 at (#23) Texas Tech ESPN+ 17 at UL-Lafayette ESPN+ 21 ULM CUSA.tv 23 at Alabama A&M^ YouTube 25 at Samford^ ESPN+ 26 vs. Tennessee-Southern^ ----
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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
• No.10 seed Louisiana Tech takes on No. 2 seed North Texas in the Conference USA Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night at 8 p.m. CT inside the Ford Center at the Star. It will be the third straight year that the Bulldogs and Mean Green face off in the league tournament. • LA Tech and FIU went into overtime for the second time in six days, and again the Bulldogs prevailed, this time by a score of 81-76 to advance in the C-USA Tournament. The ‘Dogs had their 20-point lead erased, but outscored the Panthers, 12-7, in OT to make it to the quarterfinals (something they have done in all nine C-USA Tournaments they have played in). • The Bulldogs played their sixth overtime game of the season, the most in program history. They are tied with two other teams (Wisconsin and Texas A&M-Commerce) for the most OT games played this season. It was the second time ever that the ‘Dogs played an OT game in the C-USA Tournament.
• The All-Conference duo of Keaston Willis (honorable mention) and Isaiah Crawford (third team) combined for 46 points, 18 rebounds, and six assists in the win over FIU. Willis tied his season high with 23 points (tied for most ever by a Bulldog in a C-USA JANUARY Tournament game) to go along with a career-high 10 rebounds, registering his first ca5 at Rice* ESPN+ W 88-82OT reer double-double (has played 116 collegiate games). Meanwhile, Crawford tallied 22 7 UTEP* CUSA.tv W 60-58 points for his seventh 20+ scoring performance of the season. It was the second time 11 at North Texas* ESPN+ L 65-67 he has tallied at least 20 points in a C-USA Tournament game. 14 UAB* 19 WKU* 21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* 26 at UAB* 28 at UTSA*
Stadium CBS SN ESPN+ CBS SN ESPN+
L W L L W
74-81 85-74OT 51-68 59-65 66-55
9 at FIU* 11 at (RV) Florida Atlantic* 16 NORTH TEXAS* 18 CHARLOTTE* 23 at WKU* 25 at Middle Tennessee*
ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ ESPN+ CBS SN Stadium
L L L L L L
62-66 85-90OT 62-72 67-74 66-76 49-63
• Two-time All-Conference USA selection Isaiah Crawford has increased his offensive production as of late. Over the last eight games, he is averaging 17.9 points while shooting 47.3 percent from the field and 43.3 percent from beyond the arc. Three of his seven 20-point scoring efforts has come during this stretch, including back-to-back 20-point games in the regular season finale against Florida Atlantic and the C-USA TourFEBRUARY nament first round matchup with FIU. With this latest offensive output, he is now just 26 2 RICE* ESPN+ W 80-72 points shy of becoming the 45th 1,000-point scorer in program history.
MARCH 2 FIU* ESPN+ W 77-76OT 4 (RV) FLORIDA ATLANTIC* ESPN+ L 72-76 8 vs. FIU$ ESPN+ W 81-76OT 9 vs. North Texas$ ESPN+ 8 p.m. All home games CAPS | All times CST and subject to change * C-USA game ^ Samford MTE $ Frisco, Texas (The Star)
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• Keaston Willis drained four more three-pointers in the OT win, giving him 296 made three-pointers for his career. In his five career C-USA Tournament games, he has made 15 total triples (has made at least four in three games). • LA Tech and North Texas meet up in the C-USA Tournament for the fourth time, the most common opponent for the Bulldogs in the postseason. The ‘Dogs eliminated the top-seeded Mean Green in the semifinals last season in what was the lowest scoring game in tournament history (won 42-36). It was revenge as North Texas eliminated top-seeded LA Tech in the 2021 C-USA Tournament semifinals. The two teams also met in the 2018 C-USA Tournament as well as twice when they were league foes in the Southland Conference (1983 and 1984). • North Texas swept the season series over LA Tech, winning 67-65 in Denton on a game-winning jumper by Kai Huntsberry with four seconds left. The Mean Green prevailed, 72-62, in Ruston behind a 61.2 percent shooting effort (Bulldogs allowed a season-high 48 paint points).
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