LOUISIANA TECH 2022-23 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 3 MATCHUP
GAMEDAY INFO DATE/TIME: Thursday, Nov. 17 | 7 p.m. CT LOCATION: Cajundome (Lafayette, La.) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads 91-76 STREAK: LA Tech, 1 LAST MEETING: Dec. 11, 2022 | Ruston, La. LA Tech 78, UL-Lafayette 69 MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Dan McDonald (pxp), Eric Mouton (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 W/L CUSA.tv W ESPN+ L ESPN+ CUSA.tv YouTube ESPN+ ----
Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 1-1 (1st year) Career Record: Same Record vs. ULL: 0-0
AT UL-LAFAYETTE RAGIN’ CAJUNS (3-0) Head Coach: Bob Marlin Record at ULL: 224-167 (13th year) Career Record: 572-333 (29th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 5-4
BULLDOG STORYLINES
Overall: 1-1 | C-USA: 0-0 | H: 1-0 | A: 0-1 | N: 0-0 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 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA
DECEMBER 2 SOUTHERN ESPN+ 6 p.m. 10 at Wyoming MWN 8 p.m. 14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ESPNU 6 p.m. 17 at UTEP* CUSA.tv 7 p.m. 21 JARVIS CHRISTIAN CUSA.tv Noon 29 UTSA* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 31 at Charlotte* ESPN+ 1 p.m.
• Louisiana Tech travels south to take on rival UL-Lafayette on Thursday night at 7 p.m. inside the Cajundome. It will be the 168th meeting on record between the Bulldogs and Ragin’ Cajuns and the 10th consecutive year they have played in what has become an annual matchup. • The series history dates back to 1926 when LA Tech and ULL joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. In the 95 seasons since then (college basketball was discontinued 1942-44 due to World War II), the two programs have played at least once in all but eight of those seasons. They have been conference rivals in six different leagues (SIAA, Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Gulf State Conference, Southland Conference, America South Conference, and Sun Belt Conference). • LA Tech fell, 64-55, to nationally ranked Texas Tech this past Monday in Lubbock. It was a one-possession game with 13 minutes to go, but the Red Raiders proceeded to go on a 14-1 run to pull away.
• Cobe Williams scored a game-high 16 points versus the Red Raiders. Through the first two games, the fourth-year guard is averaging 16.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 3.0 steals per game while shooting 56 percent from the field, 46 percent from deep, JANUARY and 78 percent from the foul line. 5 7 11 14 19 21 26 28
at Rice* UTEP* at North Texas* UAB* WKU* MIDDLE TENNESSEE* at UAB* at UTSA*
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at FIU* at Florida Atlantic* NORTH TEXAS* CHARLOTTE* at WKU* at Middle Tennessee*
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6 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 p.m.
• The Bulldogs forced the Red Raiders into 20 turnovers, which tied for the most committed by Texas Tech since the 2020-21 season. It was the second straight game LA Tech forced at least 20 as Mississippi College committed 22 TOs in the season opener (first time in back-to-back games since 2018). The Bulldogs had only forced 20+ turnovers in two games over the past two seasons.
• Jordan Crawford was named C-USA Freshman of the Week after tallying 15 points, three assists and three steals in his Bulldog debut during week one against Mississippi FEBRUARY College. He became the seventh Bulldog in program history to receive this honor and 2 RICE* ESPN+ 6 p.m. only the second Bulldog to earn the award in week one (DaQuan Bracey, 2016). • LA Tech returns 10 letterwinners off last season’s 24-win team, including starting guards Keaston Willis and Cobe Williams, who were two of the top four scorers with an average of 12.1 and 11.3 points per game, respectively. They also combined to make
A LOUISIANA TECH WIN WOULD...
MARCH 2 FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* ESPN+ 2 p.m. • Be LA Tech’s ninth victory ever inside the Cajundome, which opened in 1985. The Bull8 C-USA Tournament$ TBA dogs are 8-14 all-time playing ULL in the Cajundome with the last win coming in 2018. All home games CAPS | All times CST and subject to change * C-USA game ^ Samford MTE $ Frisco, Texas (The Star)
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• Would end LA Tech’s losing streak of one. The Bulldogs have not lost back-to-back non-conference games since 2018 when they dropped games to UNC Greensboro and Delaware at the Delaware Invitational. • Would give LA Tech its 10th straight win over a current Sun Belt Conference opponent.
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