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 8-0. 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 straight victory over the Jagurs. LA Tech is a perfect 5-0 against Southern in Ruston. • Would give the Bulldogs their 12th straight non-conference home win. LA Tech has won 42 of its last 43 non-conference home games dating back to the 2018-19 season.
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VS SOUTHERN JAGUARS (2-4)
Head Coach: Kevin Johnson Record at Southern: 20-18 (2nd year) Career Record: 85-118 (8th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 1-4
AP Poll: NR USA Today Poll: NR NET Ranking: N/A
AP Poll: NR USA Today Poll: NR NET Ranking: N/A
BULLDOG STORYLINES & PROJECTED STARTERS
8.1 ppg | 3.1 rpg | 8.9 apg
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• LA Tech was the “unofficial” champion of the Gulf Coast Showcase after being the only team to go unbeaten with victories over Southern Illinois, Richmond, and Eastern Kentucky. The Bulldogs were down at least eight points in the second half of all three games before staging three comeback wins, capped off by a 78-69 victory over EKU on Wednesday. LA Tech is 4-0 this season when trailing by at least eight points in a game.
4 SEAN NEWMAN JR.
• After playing three games in three days at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Florida, LA Tech is back home inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Saturday to take on Southern. It will be a doubleheader for Bulldog fans as football hosts Kennesaw State for their final game of the season (first time since 2019 LA Tech will have a MBB/FB doubleheader).
• Kaden Cooper averaged a double-double at the multi-team event with 14.0 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. He led LA Tech in rebounding in all three games (six total this season), including a career-high 12 against Southern Illinois. He currently anchors the team at 8.7 boards per game, which ranks 46th in the country. It is also the largest rebounding average of any player under 6-foot-6. • Amaree Abram has scored in double figures in all seven games this season, averaging 14.7 points at the Gulf Coast Showcase. He scored all 14 of his points against EKU in the second half while also pulling down a career-high eight boards. He went a perfect 9-of-9 from the foul line, increasing his free three percentage to 94.4. He has also registered at least one steal in all seven games, averaging a team-best 2.71 steals per game (ranks 20th in the country). He had a career-high six steals in the Gulf Coast Showcase opener versus Southern Illinois.
AMAREE ABRAM
• Daniel Batcho led the Bulldogs in scoring at the Gulf Coast Showcase, averaging 16.0 points. His best game came in the final contest versus EKU, going 8-of-10 from the field for a teamhigh 19 points. The redshirt senior is currently averaging 19.9 points per game while shooting 75.0 percent from the field, the fifth-best shooting percentage in the country.
15.6 ppg | 4.7 rpg | 2.7 spg
KADEN 11 COOPER
Overall: 7-0 | CUSA: 0-0 | H: 2-0 | A: 1-0 | N: 4-0 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 W 78-69 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: 44-28 (3rd year) Career Record: Same Record vs. Southern: 1-0
13.4 ppg | 8.7 rpg | 2.4 spg
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2024-25 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGs (7-0)
• Sean Newman Jr. continues to be one of the top passers in college basketball. He has 62 total on the season for an average of 8.9 dimes per game, both ranking second in the nation. The redshirt junior reached 200 career assists as a Bulldog versus Richmond, tying for the fastest to 200 ever at LA Tech (needed just 34 games to do it). • 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: Saturday, Nov. 30 | 10:30 a.m. CT LOCATION: Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, La.) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads, 6-2 STREAK: LA Tech, 4 LAST MEETING: Dec. 2, 2022 | Ruston, La. LA Tech 74, Southern 59 MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Lyn Rollins (pxp), Victor Howell (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
GAME 8 MATCHUP
6.3 ppg | 2.4 rpg | 0.4 apg
DANIEL 13 BATCHO
GAMEDAY INFO
19.9 ppg | 6.3 rpg | 2.1 bpg
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