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Louisiana visits Cooper and Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (1-9) at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (5-3)
Ruston, Louisiana; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Louisiana Tech faces Louisiana after Kaden Cooper scored 20 points in Louisiana Tech’s 89-37 victory over the Ecclesia Royals.
The Bulldogs are 5-0 on their home court. Louisiana Tech averages 11.4 turnovers per game and is 2-1 when it wins the turnover battle.
The Ragin’ Cajuns are 0-6 on the road. Louisiana is fifth in the Sun Belt allowing 71.7 points while holding opponents to 45.5% shooting.
Louisiana Tech is shooting 47.0% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 45.5% Louisiana allows to opponents. Louisiana averages 6.3 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 fewer makes per game than Louisiana Tech allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: AJ Bates is shooting 46.7% and averaging 11.6 points for the Bulldogs. Avery Thomas is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers.
Jaxon Olvera is shooting 37.0% and averaging 12.7 points for the Ragin’ Cajuns. Dorian Finister is averaging 11.3 points.
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