LOUISIANA TECH 2024-25 BULLDOG BASKETBALL
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... • LA Tech would improve to 7-0. The Bulldogs are off to their best start since the 1984-85 season when the team won their first 10 games. • Would give the Bulldogs their fifth victory this season away from home. LA Tech has won 10 of its last 12 games that were played on the road or at a neutral site. • LA Tech would improve to 6-0 in games played in the Gulf Coast Showcase. The Bulldogs won all three in 2013.
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AP Poll: NR USA Today Poll: NR NET Ranking: N/A
VS EASTERN KENTUCKY COLONELS (4-2) Head Coach: A.W. Hamilton Record at EKU: 108-90 (7th year) Career Record: Same Record vs. LA Tech: 0-0
AP Poll: NR USA Today Poll: NR NET Ranking: N/A
BULLDOG STORYLINES & PROJECTED STARTERS
• Defensively, LA Tech limited Richmond to just 20.7 percent shooting from three. The Bulldogs are allowing teams to shoot just 27.1 percent from deep this season. Meanwhile, Amaree Abram and Kaden Cooper continue to grab steals as each Bulldog has 17 this season for an average of 2.8 per game. Cooper has eight steals in the two Gulf Coast Showcase games combined while Abram has seven. • Sean Newman Jr. had his streak of 10+ assists broken in the first game of the Gulf Coast Showcase, but the point guard still managed five dimes against SIU and eight versus Richmond, giving him 58 for the season for an average of 9.7 assists per game. He eclipsed 200 career assists as a Bulldog versus the Spiders, needing just 34 games to do it (tied for the fatest to 200 in program history). • Devin Ree had his best game of the season, registering nine points and a career-high nine rebounds. He went 3-of-5 from deep against the Spiders, increasing his three-point shooting percentage to 56.3 percent this season (9-of-16).
9.0 ppg | 3.2 rpg | 9.7 apg
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• It was free throws again that helped the Bulldogs secure the win. After going 26-of-30 from the charity stripe in the win over the Salukis, LA Tech made 14 of its 18 attempts to defeat the Spiders. That included with 2.4 seconds left and the game tied at 62-62 as Daniel Batcho sinking one and Amaree Abram making both following a technical on Richmond. The team is now shooting 77.9 percent from the foul line.
AMAREE ABRAM
• After coming back from down 11 to defeat Southern Illinois, LA Tech had another come-from-behind victory against Richmond. Down as much as eight in the second half, the Bulldogs fought back to win it, 65-62, and remain undefeated on the season.
4 SEAN NEWMAN JR.
• Louisiana Tech heads to the state of Florida to take part in the 2024 Gulf Coast Showcase, a three-day event that starts with a matchup against Southern Illinois. The Bulldogs return to Estero, Florida where they were the inaugural 2013 GSC champions after defeating UNC Greensboro, UIC, and then St. Bonaventure in the finals.
15.8 ppg | 4.2 rpg | 2.8 spg
KADEN 11 COOPER
Overall: 6-0 | CUSA: 0-0 | H: 2-0 | A: 1-0 | N: 3-0 NOVEMBER MEDIA W/L SCORE 4 LSU-ALEXANDRIA ESPN+ W 77-50 9 at UT Arlington ESPN+ W 92-77 13 vs. UMass# MSG+ W 76-66 18 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE ESPN+ W 105-67 25 vs. Southern Illinois^ FloCollege W 85-79OT 26 vs. Richmond^ FloCollege W 65-62 27 vs. Eastern Kentucky^ FloCollege 11 a.m. 30 SOUTHERN ESPN+ 10:30 a.m. DECEMBER 4 at Memphis ESPN+ 7 p.m. 7 at UL-Lafayette ESPN+ 7 p.m. 13 GEORGIA SOUTHERN ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. 16 GRAND CANYON ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. 21 RUST COLLEGE ESPN+ 3 p.m. JANUARY 2 at UTEP* ESPN+ 8 p.m. 4 at New Mexico State* ESPN+ 8 p.m. 9 FIU* ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. 11 LIBERTY* ESPNU 7 p.m. 16 at Jacksonville State* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 18 at Kennesaw State* ESPN+ 4 p.m. 23 WKU* CBS SN 6 p.m. 25 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* ESPNU 5:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 1 SAM HOUSTON* ESPNU 3 p.m. 6 at Liberty* CBS SN 7 p.m. 8 at FIU* ESPN+ 1 p.m. 13 KENNESAW STATE* ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. 15 JACKSONVILLE STATE* ESPN+ 3 p.m. 20 at Middle Tennessee* CBS SN 8 p.m. 22 at WKU* ESPN+ 7 p.m. MARCH 1 at Sam Houston* ESPN+ 2:30 p.m. 6 NEW MEXICO STATE* ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. 8 UTEP* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 11 CUSA Championship$ ----- TBA
Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 43-28 (3rd year) Career Record: Same Record vs. EKU: 0-0
14.3 ppg | 8.5 rpg | 2.8 spg
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2024-25 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGs (6-0)
• Daniel Batcho extended his streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures to 13 after recording 13 points against Richmond. The CUSA Preseason Player of the Year is shooting 74.1 percent from the field as well as 84.8 percent from the foul line where he has attempted 46 free throw attempts this season. • Talvin Hester enters 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. He will be tasked with the same thing as seven newcomers join the 2024-25 squad, mixed in with six returners (five of which made a combined 67 starts last season). • LA Tech was picked to finish first in the Conference USA preseason poll, as voted on by the league head coaches. It was definitely not unanimous as five of the 10 conference teams picked up at least one first-place vote and the top three were separated by only four points. This marks the first time since 2014 that the Bulldogs are preseason league favorites.
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DEVIN REE
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Nov. 27 | 11 a.m. CT LOCATION: Hertz Arena (Estero, Fla.) SERIES HISTORY: Eastern Kentucky leads, 2-1 STREAK: LA Tech, 1 LAST MEETING: Dec. 11, 1974 | Ruston, La. LA Tech 83, EKU 77 MEDIA: FloCollege TALENT: Jack DeLongchamps (pxp), John Vittas (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
GAME 7 MATCHUP
5.5 ppg | 2.3 rpg | 0.5 apg
DANIEL 13 BATCHO
GAMEDAY INFO
20.0 ppg | 6.0 rpg | 2.2 bpg
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