LOUISIANA TECH 2022-23 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 9 MATCHUP
GAMEDAY INFO DATE/TIME: Saturday, Dec. 10 | 8 p.m. CT LOCATION: Arena-Auditorium (Laramie, Wyo.) SERIES HISTORY: Wyoming leads 4-0 STREAK: Wyoming, 4 LAST MEETING: Wyoming 73, LA Tech 58 Nov. 27, 2011 | Laramie, Wyo. MEDIA: Mountain West Network TALENT: Justin Adams (pxp), Brian Burton (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app TALENT: Malcolm Butler (pxp) STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
2022-23 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGS (6-2) Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 6-2 (1st year) Career Record: Same Record vs. Wyoming: 0-0
AT WYOMING COWBOYS (4-5) Head Coach: Jeff Linder Record at Wyoming: 43-25 (3rd year) Career Record: 123-74 (7th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 0-0
BULLDOG STORYLINES
Overall: 6-2 | C-USA: 0-0 | H: 3-0 | 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 plays its final non-conference road game this Saturday when they make the long trek to face Wyoming at 8 p.m. CT inside Arena-Auditorium. This will be the farthest trip for the Bulldogs during the 2022-23 season. • LA Tech extended its winning streak to five this past Friday with a 74-59 victory over Southern. In doing so, the Bulldogs set a new program record for the longest non-conference winning streak at home at 31 games. They have not lost at home in non-conference play in the last four years.
• For the fourth straight season, the Bulldogs are off a 6-2 start through their first eight games. LA Tech has won at least six of its first eight games in nine of the last 11 DECEMBER seasons. SOUTHERN at Wyoming STEPHEN F. AUSTIN at UTEP* JARVIS CHRISTIAN UTSA* at Charlotte*
74-59 8 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon 6 p.m. 1 p.m.
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. FEBRUARY 2 RICE* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 9 at FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 11 at Florida Atlantic* ESPN+ 1 p.m. 16 NORTH TEXAS* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 18 CHARLOTTE* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 23 at WKU* CBS SN 8 p.m. 25 at Middle Tennessee* Stadium 3 p.m.
• Cobe Williams had one of the best statistical performances in college basketball this season against the Jaguars. Not only did he score a game-high 21 points (15 coming in the second half ), he also set or tied season highs in rebounds (7), assists (6), steals (4), and blocks (2). The fourth-year guard also committed zero turnovers in the process. • In the first half against Southern, it was Keaston Willis who was on fire offensively. He scored all 16 of his points through the first 20 minutes, sinking four three-pointers in the process. He has made at least three triples in each of the last five games (longest streak of his collegiate career), totaling 18 three-pointers during that span. • LA Tech has forced 20+ turnovers in five games this season. As a result, three players -- Cobe Williams (17), Isaiah Crawford (16), Jordan Crawford (16) -- rank in the top seven in the league in total steals with all three averaging at least 2.00 steals per game. The trio is part of only four teams in the country currently with 16+ steals apiece. • LA Tech’s defense has been outstanding in the first half this season, holding teams to just 28.6 points per game while allowing only 36 percent shooting from the field. Reversely, the Bulldogs have been outstanding on offense in the second half, scoring 40.8 points per game while shooting 50 percent from the field. • Saturday will be LA Tech’s fourth trip to the state of Wyoming. The Bulldogs faced the Cowboys in Laramie in 1991 and 2011 as well as a 1998 meeting in Casper.
A LOUISIANA TECH WIN WOULD...
MARCH 2 FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. • Be LA Tech’s first ever win over Wyoming. The Cowboys are one of only six teams that 4 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* ESPN+ 2 p.m. the Bulldogs have faced at least four times and never won. 8 C-USA Tournament$ TBA All home games CAPS | All times CST and subject to change * C-USA game ^ Samford MTE $ Frisco, Texas (The Star)
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• Be LA Tech’s third ever victory in the state of Wyoming. The Bulldogs defeated Yale in 1998 as part of the Cowboy Shootout in Casper and defeated UMES in the opening game of the Jim Thorpe Classic in Laramie in 2011. • Be LA Tech’s sixth straight victory. The Bulldogs have registered at least a 6-game winning streak in each of the last two seasons.
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