Southern visits Louisiana Tech on 4-game road slide

Southern Jaguars (2-4) at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (7-0)

Ruston, Louisiana; Saturday, 11:30 a.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Southern will look to break its four-game road losing streak when the Jaguars play Louisiana Tech.

The Bulldogs have gone 2-0 in home games. Louisiana Tech is 5-0 against opponents over .500.

The Jaguars are 0-4 on the road. Southern is second in the SWAC with 25.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Puoch Dobuol averaging 3.5.

Louisiana Tech’s average of 7.6 made 3-pointers per game is 1.2 fewer made shots on average than the 8.8 per game Southern allows. Southern has shot at a 48.3% rate from the field this season, 8.4 percentage points above the 39.9% shooting opponents of Louisiana Tech have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Daniel Batcho is scoring 19.9 points per game with 6.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists for the Bulldogs.

Tidjiane Dioumassi is averaging 10.5 points, four assists and 1.8 steals for the Jaguars.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

News from © The Associated Press, . All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Join the Conversation!

Want to share your thoughts, add context, or connect with others in your community?

Create a free account

The Associated Press

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day.

Related Articles