Game 10 notes - ULL

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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 LA Tech’s 10th victory over the Ragin’ Cajuns in the Cajundome. The Bulldogs are 9-15 all-time in the arena, with their last win coming in 2018. • Would give the Bulldogs their eighth win of the season. LA Tech has won at least eight of its first 10 games in three of the last four seasons. • Would give the Bulldogs their sixth victory away from home this season, which would tie for the most in the country.

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AP Poll: NR Coaches Poll: NR NET Ranking: 91

AT UL-LAFAYETTE RAGIN’ CAJUNS (1-7) Head Coach: Bob Marlin Record at ULL: 267-196 (15th year) Career Record: 492-327 (27th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 6-5

AP Poll: NR Coaches Poll: NR NET Ranking: 349

BULLDOG STORYLINES & PROJECTED STARTERS

4 SEAN NEWMAN JR.

• LA Tech will play its last non-conference game on the road Sunday when the Bulldogs face rival UL-Lafayette. It will be the 12th consecutive season the ‘Dogs and Ragin’ Cajuns meet in what has become an annual matchup. • A tie game with seven minutes to go, LA Tech could not pull the upset as the Bulldogs fell, 81-71, to 16th-ranked Memphis on Wednesday. The ‘Dogs committed a season-high 20 turnovers that resulted in 31 points for the Tigers.

• Daniel Batcho extended his streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures to 16 after scoring 12 points against Memphis. The power forward, averaging a team-best 19.2 points per game, ranks first in the country in field goal percentage at 74.1 percent. Defensively, he ranks top three in total blocks (27) and blocks per game (3.00). The two-time CUSA Player of the Week has registered six blocks in each of his last two games and is just six blocks away from becoming the eighth Bulldog in program history with 100 blocks. • Al Green was big off the bench for the Bulldogs yet again for the Bulldogs, scoring a team-high 18 points versus the Tigers while going 5-of-7 from three. He has made 10 triples in the last two games and is now averaging 10.1 points per game as the sixth man off the bench. Despite not starting, he has played 29+ minutes in five of the last seven games including a season-high 32 minutes at Memphis. • Amaree Abram and Kaden Cooper continue to get things done on the defensive end, combining for 45 of the team’s 79 steals. Abram has had at least one steal in all nine games with his 23 steals (had a career-high six versus SIU) ranking ninth in the country. Meanwhile, Cooper’s 22 steals ranks 18th in the nation, having recorded at least four steals in four contests. Cooper also leads the Bulldogs in rebounding at 8.0 boards per contest, ranking 50th in the country in defensive rebounds per game (6.22). He has led LA Tech in rebounding six times this season. • Sean Newman Jr. continues to be one of the top passers in college basketball. He has 81 total on the season, including 11 at No. 16 Memphis, for an average of 9.0 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). He has recorded at least 10 assists in four 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). • 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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8.9 ppg | 2.6 rpg | 9.0 apg

AMAREE ABRAM

• Going up against the top three-point shooting team in the country in Memphis, LA Tech showed it can shoot from long range as well as the Bulldogs made a season-high 13 triples while shooting a season-best 56.5 percent from deep. LA Tech has made at least nine three-pointers in six games this season.

13.9 ppg | 4.6 rpg | 2.6 spg

KADEN 11 COOPER

Overall: 7-2 | CUSA: 0-0 | H: 2-1 | A: 1-1 | 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+ L 71-81 8 at UL-Lafayette ESPN+ 3:30 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: 44-30 (3rd year) Career Record: Same Record vs. ULL: 1-1

11.7 ppg | 8.0 rpg | 2.4 spg

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2024-25 SCHEDULE

LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGs (7-2)

DEVIN REE

DATE/TIME: Sunday, Dec. 8 | 3:30 p.m. CT LOCATION: Cajundome (Lafayette, La.) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads, 92-77 STREAK: LA Tech, 1 LAST MEETING: Dec. 9, 2023 | Ruston, La. LA Tech 72, UL-Lafayette 67 MEDIA: ESPN+ TALENT: Dan McDonald (pxp), Eric Mouton (analyst) RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats

GAME 10 MATCHUP

5.9 ppg | 3.0 rpg | 0.3 apg

DANIEL 13 BATCHO

GAMEDAY INFO

19.2 ppg | 5.8 rpg | 3.0 bpg

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