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... • Would be the first victory over a nationally-ranked opponent since LA Tech defeated No. 21-ranked New Orleans on Feb. 8, 1991. This will be just the fourth matchup against a nationally-ranked team in the last five years and the highest ranked team since playing No. 14 Alabama in 2021. • Would give the Bulldogs their sixth straight win away from home this season. LA Tech has won 11 of its last 13 games that were played on the road or at a neutral site. They have won four straight true road games dating back to last season.
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AT MEMPHIS TIGERS (6-1)
Head Coach: Penny Hardaway Record at Memphis: 193-63 (7th year) Career Record: Same Record vs. LA Tech: 0-0
AP Poll: NR Coaches Poll: NR NET Ranking: 90
AP Poll: 16 Coaches Poll: 15 NET Ranking: 31
BULLDOG STORYLINES & PROJECTED STARTERS
• Daniel Batcho was named Conference USA Player of the Week for a second time this season after averaging 17.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 3.3 blocks per game in the four contests played. He put up a game-high 22 points (his third 20+ scoring performance this season) to go along with a season-high six blocks against Southern. The power forward currently ranks 27th in the country in scoring (20.1 ppg), fourth in field goal percentage (73.7), and 11th in blocks (2.63 bpg). • Al Green was big off the bench for the Bulldogs against the Jaguars, tying his season high with 19 points while also tying his career high with five made three-pointers. He has been the primary sixth man off the bench, averaging 9.1 points per game with four games of double-digit points. Despite not starting, he has played 29+ minutes in four of the last six games. • Amaree Abram and Kaden Cooper continue to get things done on the defensive end as both Bulldogs have totaled 21 steals, which leads Conference USA and ranks as the 16th most in the country. Abram has registered at least one steal in all eight games this season (had a career-high six versus Southern Illinois) while Cooper has posted at least four steals in four games.
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8.4 ppg | 2.8 rpg | 8.8 apg
AMAREE ABRAM
• LA Tech suffered its first loss of the season this past Saturday, falling 73-70 to Southern in what was the Bulldogs fourth game in six days. The ‘Dogs had won their previous three games trailing each one in the second half by at least eight points. They attempted to pull off another comeback, down by as much as 14 in the second half to the Jaguars. LA Tech was able to go on a 14-1 run to pull to within one, but could not pull off this comeback.
4 SEAN NEWMAN JR.
• After a brief stop at home, Louisiana Tech hits the road for two games this week starting on Wednesday against nationally-ranked Memphis. The Bulldogs are 5-0 away from home so far this season, winning at UT Arlington as well as winning all four of their neutral site contests.
14.4 ppg | 4.6 rpg | 2.6 spg
KADEN 11 COOPER
Overall: 7-1 | CUSA: 0-0 | H: 2-1 | 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+ L 70-73 DECEMBER 4 at #16 Memphis ESPN+ 7 p.m. 8 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: 44-29 (3rd year) Career Record: Same Record vs. Memphis: 0-0
11.9 ppg | 7.9 rpg | 2.6 spg
• Sean Newman Jr. continues to be one of the top passers in college basketball. He has 70 total on the season for an average of 8.8 dimes per game, both ranking third 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). He has recorded at least eight assists in six of the eight games 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).
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2024-25 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGs (7-1)
DEVIN REE
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Dec. 4 | 7 p.m. CT LOCATION: FedEx Forum (Memphis, Tenn.) SERIES HISTORY: Memphis leads, 3-2 STREAK: Memphis, 2 LAST MEETING: Dec. 1, 2015 | Memphis, Tenn. Memphis 94, LA Tech 68 MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Greg Gaston (pxp), Trey Draper (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
GAME 9 MATCHUP
6.3 ppg | 3.3 rpg | 0.4 apg
DANIEL 13 BATCHO
GAMEDAY INFO
• 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.
20.1 ppg | 6.1 rpg | 2.6 bpg @LATECHHOOPS
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