RUSTON – The Louisiana Tech men's basketball team plays its second straight home game this Monday night, facing Jarvis Christian at 6:30 p.m. inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Karl Malone Court.  It is the second of six non-conference home games for the Bulldogs.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Monday, Nov. 15 | 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, La.)
TV/Stream: CUSA.tv (HERE)
Radio: 107.5 FM or LA Tech Athletics app
Stats: LATechSports.com (HERE)
 
ABOUT LOUISIANA TECH (1-1)
LA Tech held off Jackson State in their home opener, winning by a final score of 70-68.  Despite going a stretch of 10+ minutes with no made field goals in the second half, the Bulldogs never surrendered their lead and got one final defensive stop to secure their ninth straight home win.
 
Isaiah Crawford anchored the Bulldogs in scoring with a team-high 16 points.  The forward is averaging a team-high 15.5 points per game, having scored 15+ points in back-to-back games for the second time in his career.
 
Kenneth Lofton, Jr. registered 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds versus JSU.  The forward is averaging 12.5 points and a team-high 8.0 boards per game.  Going back to last season, he has led the Bulldogs in rebounding in seven straight games.
 
LA Tech is shooting just 40 percent from the field and 25 percent from the beyond the arc.  They do have a +3 turnover margin and have racked up 13 steals (10 of those came against the Tigers).
 
ABOUT JARVIS CHRISTIAN (1-2)
Jarvis Christian is an NAIA program that competes in the Red River Athletic Conference.  The Bulldogs have played three games this season, defeating University of St. Mary, 62-58, while falling to Texas Wesleyan and Philander Smith College by scores of 76-69 and 76-62, respectively.
 
Leland Kirkendall came off the bench to score a team-high 24 points in their season opener against Texas Wesleyan.  A trio of Bulldogs – Desmond McNiel, Mcshane Wyatt and Semaj Matthews – combined for 40 of their 62 points in the four-point win against the University of St. Mary.
 
THE SERIES
This is the first ever meeting between LA Tech and Jarvis Christian.  It will be the third straight year the Bulldogs face an opponent from the Red River Athletic Conference as they played Wiley College in 2019-20 and Our Lady of the Lake last season.
 
TICKETS
Season tickets are still on sale and can be purchased at LATechSports.com/tickets or by calling the LA Tech Ticket Office at (318) 257-3631. 
 
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