LOUISIANA TECH 2023-24 BULLDOG BASKETBALL GAME 1 MATCHUP
GAMEDAY INFO DATE/TIME: Monday, Nov. 6 | 9 p.m. CT LOCATION: Moby Arena (Fort Collins, Colo.) SERIES HISTORY: LA Tech leads 1-0 STREAK: LA Tech, 1 LAST MEETING: LA Tech 76, Colorado State 74 March 28, 2021 | Frisco, Texas | NIT Final Four MEDIA: Mountain West Network TALENT: N/A RADIO: LA Tech Sports Network | LA Tech Athletics app TALENT: Malcolm Butler (pxp) STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
2023-24 SCHEDULE
LOUISIANA TECH BULLDOGs (0-0) Head Coach: Talvin Hester Record at LA Tech: 15-18 (2nd year) Career Record: Same Record vs. CSU: 0-0
AT COLORADO STATE RAMS (0-0) Head Coach: Niko Medved Record at CSU: 92-64 (6th year) Career Record: 171-151 (11th year) Record vs. LA Tech: 0-1
BULLDOG STORYLINES
Overall: 0-0 | CUSA: 0-0 | H: 0-0 | A: 0-0 | N: 0-0 NOVEMBER 6 at Colorado State 13 LYON COLLEGE 16 at ULM 21 SOUTHERN UTAH^ 22 MCNEESE STATE^ 25 DILLARD 29 at New Mexico
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SCORE 9 p.m. 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m.
2 NICHOLLS STATE 5 at Stephen F. Austin 9 UL-LAFAYETTE 12 SOUTHEASTERN 16 at Saint Louis 20 at Seattle U 30 at Grand Canyon
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2 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 7 p.m.
• Louisiana Tech begins its 97th season of basketball on Monday night as the Bulldogs open the 2023-24 campaign against Colorado State. This will be LA Tech’s first trip to the state of Colorado since 2013 when they played at Denver.
• Forward Isaiah Crawford was named Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year in a vote by the league head coaches. The fifth-year senior is a two-time All-Conference USA selection, having appeared in 83 career games for the Bulldogs. After recovering from his second season-ending knee injury, the Fort Worth, Texas native started in 32 games last season while averaging a team-best 13.7 points per game, shooting 49.5 percent from the field and 42.0 percent from three-point range. He also anchored the Bulldogs with 5.3 rebounds per game and swiped 62 steals, the sixth most in a single DECEMBER season in program history.
JANUARY 3 DALLAS CHRISTIAN ESPN+ 6 p.m. 6 at Sam Houston* ESPN+ 4:30 p.m. 11 at Middle Tennessee* CBS SN 8 p.m. 14 LIBERTY* ESPNU 2 p.m. 20 at Jacksonville State* ESPN+ 4 p.m. 25 UTEP* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 27 NEW MEXICO STATE* ESPN+ 2 p.m. FEBRUARY 1 at FIU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 7 WKU* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 10 at Liberty* ESPNU 7 p.m. 15 JACKSONVILLE STATE* ESPN+ 6 p.m. 17 FIU* ESPN+ 2 p.m. 22 at UTEP* ESPN+ 8 p.m. 24 at New Mexico State* ESPN+ 8 p.m. 28 at WKU* ESPN+ 7 p.m.
• Isaiah Crawford needs just 19 points to become the 45th member of the 1,000-point club at LA Tech. He is also on pace to become just the fifth Bulldog in school history to reach 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 200 assists, and 100 steals for his career. The CUSA Preseason Player of the Year will go up against the MWC Preseason Player of the Year in Isaiah Stevens. • Other key returning Bulldogs include Dravon Mangum (averaged 7.2 points while making 20 starts), Will Allen (started 18 games), and Jordan Crawford (named to CUSA All-Freshman Team after leading LA Tech in total assists with 100). Adding to the roster are nine transfers from schools like Baylor, Louisville, Texas Tech, Charleston Southern, Southern Indiana, and more. • Second-year head coach Talvin Hester returns to Colorado State, a place where he was briefly on staff. He was hired by the Rams as an assistant coach on April 15, but took an assistant coach position at Texas Tech two weeks later. • The Bulldogs are 54-42 all-time in season openers, including a 14-22 mark in those that come on the road. LA Tech’s last victory away from home in a season opener came in 2019 with an 82-49 win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• LA Tech has previously faced 10 of the 11 Mountain West Conference teams with the lone exception being Air Force. Much of those those were played when the Bulldogs were conference opponents at one time with Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada, San Jose State, and Utah State in the Western Athletic Conference. Colorado State will not MARCH be the only MWC school faced by LA Tech this season as they take on New Mexico later 7 SAM HOUSTON* CBS SN 8 p.m. this month. 9 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* 12 CUSA Championship$
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A LA TECH WIN... • Would be its second ever win in the state of Colorado. The lone victory came on Jan. 4, 2001 when LA Tech narrowly won at Denver, 70-68. • Would tie for the earliest win in LA Tech history. As it is, Nov. 6 will match the earliest start date ever for the Bulldogs with the previous one coming in 2019 when they won, 82-49, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
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