LOUISIANA TECH 2022-23 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 8 MATCHUP
GAMEDAY INFO DATE/TIME: Friday, Dec. 2 | 6 p.m. CT LOCATION: Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, La.) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads 5-2 STREAK: LA Tech, 3 LAST MEETING: LA Tech 83, Southern 76 Dec. 18, 2015 | Ruston, La. MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Lyn Rollins (pxp), Teddy Allen (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app TALENT: Dave Nitz (pxp), Jack Thigpen (analyst) STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
2022-23 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS (5-2) Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 5-2 (1st year) Career Record: Same Record vs. Southern: 0-0
VS SOUTHERN JAGUARS (3-4) Head Coach: Sean Woods Record at Southern: 52-69 (5th year) Career Record: 179-219 Record vs. LA Tech: 0-1
BULLDOG STORYLINES
Overall: 5-2 | C-USA: 0-0 | H: 2-0 | A: 2-2 | 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
• Louisiana Tech opens up the month of December with a home matchup against Southern on Friday night at 6 p.m. The Bulldogs are riding a 4-game winning streak after collecting four victories in the span of six days last week. • LA Tech ended up going a perfect 3-0 in the Samford MTE last week, winning on the road against Alabama A&M and Samford before closing it out with a convincing 91-47 victory over UT Southern in a neutral site contest. In the last decade, the Bulldogs are 31-6 in multi-team events.
• All 12 Bulldogs suited up scored in the win over the Firehawks, led by Keaston Willis and Dravon Mangum who each had 17 points. They combined to make eight of LA DECEMBER Tech’s 15 three-pointers, which set a new single-game program record for made threes 2 SOUTHERN ESPN+ 6 p.m. in a non-home game. Through seven games, eight different Bulldogs have registered 10 at Wyoming MWN 8 p.m. double-digit points. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN at UTEP* JARVIS CHRISTIAN UTSA* at Charlotte*
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JANUARY 5 at Rice* ESPN+ 7 p.m. 7 UTEP* CUSA.tv 2 p.m. 11 at North Texas* ESPN+ 7 p.m. 14 UAB* Stadium 3 p.m. 19 WKU* CBS SN 8 p.m. 21 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* ESPN+ 4 p.m. 26 at UAB* CBS SN 8 p.m. 28 at UTSA* ESPN+ 3 p.m.
• Cobe Williams continues to lead LA Tech in scoring with an average of 17.8 points per game (most by a Bulldog through the first seven games in the last 10 years). He is currently one of only 15 guards in the country averaging at least 17 points while shooting at least 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from three. • Jordan Crawford registered a season-high eight assists against UT Southern, giving him a team-best 33 for the season. The 33 assists are the second most in the country by a freshman this season and the second most in program history by a freshman through the first seven games. He has tallied at least three assists in all seven games.
• The Bulldogs have forced 138 turnovers this season, the most in C-USA and the 24th most in the country. LA Tech has forced 20+ turnovers in five of the season games, including the last three (first time since 2012 forcing 20+ TOs in three straight games). As a result, three players -- Isaiah Crawford (16), Jordan Crawford (14), and Cobe WilFEBRUARY liams (13) -- rank in the top seven in the league in total steals with all three averaging at 2 RICE* ESPN+ 6 p.m. least 2.00 steals per game. 9 11 16 18 23 25
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• LA Tech has recorded at least 20 points off turnovers in all seven games this season, averaging 22.7 points off turnovers per game. By contrast, the Bulldogs also totaled 20+ points off turnovers in seven total games all of last season.
MARCH 2 FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 8 C-USA Tournament$ TBA • Would be LA Tech’s 31st consecutive non-conference victory at home, setting the
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Thomas Assembly Center record for longest non-conference winning streak.
• Would be LA Tech’s 25th straight win over a SWAC opponent. The Bulldogs continued that streak on Nov. 23 with a win at Alabama A&M. There last loss was in 2007. • Would be LA Tech’s 10th straight home win over an in-state opponent. The last loss in the TAC to an in-state school came in 2017.
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