2013 Football Schedule
2013 Football Schedule Date Opponent Stadium Location TV Time (CT) Aug. 31 at North Carolina State Carter-Finley Stadium Raleigh, N.C. ACC Network
ESPN3
ESPN Gameplan
KPXJ-Shreveport11:30 a.m. Sept. 7 Lamar Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, La. 6 p.m. Sept. 12
(Thurs.)Tulane* Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, La. FS1 6:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kan. FS1 or FSN TBA Sept. 28 vs. Army
(Heart of Dallas Classic)Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas Fox Sports 2:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at UTEP* Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas CBS SN 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12 Bye - - - - Oct. 19 North Texas* (Homecoming) Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, La. CBS SN 2:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at FIU* Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium Miami, Fla. TBA Nov. 2 Bye - - - - Nov. 9 Southern Miss* Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, La. CBS SN 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at Rice* Rice Stadium Houston, Texas CBS SN 6 p.m. Nov. 23 Tulsa* Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, La. CBS SN 6 p.m. Nov. 30 at UTSA* Alamodome San Antonio, Texas CSS TBA Dec. 7 Conference USA Championship Game TBD TBD ESPN/ESPN2 TBA
* Conference USA Games
2014 09/20 vs. Northwestern State
09/27 at Auburn
10/04 at UL-Lafayette2015 09/12 at Mississippi State
10/03 vs. UL-Lafayette2016 09/03 at Arkansas (Little Rock, Ark.)
09/17 vs. Mississippi State
TBA at Texas A&M2017 09/09 at Mississippi State
09/30 vs. South Alabama201809/01 at South Alabama
09/22 vs. Bowling Green2019
09/14 @ Bowling Green
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Southern University drops to 0-1 after loss to Louisiana Tech by 62-15 on 5 sept 2015 in Ruston
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Louisiana Tech men 82-72 over Texas A&M in second round of NIT 23 March 2015
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LA Tech vs. Texas A&M box
LA Tech season stats
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Louisiana Tech senior point guard Kenneth "Speedy" Smith was confident his Bulldogs were headed to Philadelphia for a rematch with Temple Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament.
Although a very talented Texas A&M team stood in the way of the Bulldogs' potential quarterfinal appearance, Smith told his father - Kenneth Sr. - to go ahead and buy his plane ticket to the City of Brotherly Love.
The younger Smith delivered. The Conference USA player of the year scored 16 points and registered eight assists to lead Louisiana Tech to an 84-72 win over Texas A&M at Reed Arena, setting up a Wednesday night showdown at Temple with a trip to Madison Square Garden in New York on the line.
On a night where Raheem Appleby struggle offensively, hitting only 1 of 10 field goals, Smith and backcourt teammate Alex Hamilton were unstoppable, combining to score 41 points on 14-of-23 shooting, including 7-of-10 from the three-point line.
"Speedy and Alex were terrific," said Tech head coach Mike White. "Anytime you can hit jump shots against a team that is so strong on the interior defensively, it only helps with loosening them up. Speedy hit a couple. He was incredible. I thought it was Alex' best game of season, and I'm not sure it wasn't Speedy's as well. He hit a couple of late-clock, off-the-bounce three-pointers that he created for himself. Those weren't easy shots. I thought we got into the late clock, played with poise, and Speedy Smith hit some hard ones and key ones that were timely."
Tech (27-8) trailed 29-22 with just over five minutes to play in the first half as the Aggies front court combination of Kourtney Roberson - son of former LA Tech great Victor King - and Jalen Jones posed match-up problems inside early.
However, the Bulldogs started warming up on both ends of the floor. After making just 1 of their first 11 three-point field goal attempts, Qiydar Davis made a three-pointer that started a 13-5 run that ended the first half, giving Tech a 35-34 lead in the locker room. Smith and Hamilton both connected on three-pointers during the run to fuel the Bulldogs strong finish.
Tech held A&M to only five points over the final five minutes of the first half.
"We had a week to prepare," White said. "Early in the game we weren't able to get back and settle in to our man-to-man. They were breaking the press and driving it right at us. When we settled into our man-to-man defensive in the full-court and half court, our guys showed attention to detail and pride. It wasn't just our bigs defending them, our guards really helped. We did a good job of helping down low and then contesting three's when they kicked it back out."
Smith picked up where he left off early in the second half, hitting a pair of three-pointers in less than a 60 second span as the two teams traded baskets with Tech holding a 43-41 advantage with 17:32 to play in the game.
The Bulldogs then began to get defensive stops while continuing to hit on the offensive end as a Xavian Stapleton three-pointer and Erik McCree layup with 14:18 to play gave Tech a double digit lead at 51-41.
Tech's lead remained around 10 as Smith connected on his fourth three-pointer of the game at the midway mark of the second half, giving the Bulldogs a 56-44 advantage.
Texas A&M made one final run as a Roberson free throw with 7:42 remaining cut the deficit to 60-54. However, freshman Jacobi Boykins made a pair of big three-pointers in a 60 second span of time - both coming off Smith assists - as the lead ballooned back to 12 points.
Hamilton then took over, scoring 10 of the next 16 points for Tech as the lead increased to as many as 17 points at 82-65 with 1:29 to play.
"Alex Hamilton was the best player on the floor tonight," White said. "He was incredible. I thought Jacobi Boykins was big too. Jacobi was in the game for Raheem and that was a tough decision for me. Usually we have our three all-conference guards in the game down the stretch. Raheem was great on the bench during timeouts. He was like an extension of the staff. He was awesome. Jacobi steps up and hits two big three's. It was arguably Alex' best game of the season. I saw it at the tip; he had a higher energy level. He played with a lot of pride tonight."
Michale Kyser added 14 points in the win as helped Tech stay even on the glass with Texas A&M at 30-30.
For the game, Tech shot 52 percent (31-60) from the field, including 11-of-27 from the three-point line.
LA Tech vs. Texas A&M box
LA Tech season stats
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Louisiana Tech senior point guard Kenneth "Speedy" Smith was confident his Bulldogs were headed to Philadelphia for a rematch with Temple Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament.
Although a very talented Texas A&M team stood in the way of the Bulldogs' potential quarterfinal appearance, Smith told his father - Kenneth Sr. - to go ahead and buy his plane ticket to the City of Brotherly Love.
The younger Smith delivered. The Conference USA player of the year scored 16 points and registered eight assists to lead Louisiana Tech to an 84-72 win over Texas A&M at Reed Arena, setting up a Wednesday night showdown at Temple with a trip to Madison Square Garden in New York on the line.
On a night where Raheem Appleby struggle offensively, hitting only 1 of 10 field goals, Smith and backcourt teammate Alex Hamilton were unstoppable, combining to score 41 points on 14-of-23 shooting, including 7-of-10 from the three-point line.
"Speedy and Alex were terrific," said Tech head coach Mike White. "Anytime you can hit jump shots against a team that is so strong on the interior defensively, it only helps with loosening them up. Speedy hit a couple. He was incredible. I thought it was Alex' best game of season, and I'm not sure it wasn't Speedy's as well. He hit a couple of late-clock, off-the-bounce three-pointers that he created for himself. Those weren't easy shots. I thought we got into the late clock, played with poise, and Speedy Smith hit some hard ones and key ones that were timely."
| 1st | 2nd | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Tech (27-8) | 35 | 49 | 84 |
| Texas A&M (21-12) | 34 | 38 | 72 |
| LA Tech Stats | PT | RB | AS | BK | ST | TO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON, Alex | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| SMITH, Kenneth | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 36 |
| KYSER, Michale | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| BOYKINS, Jacobi | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| STAPLETON, Xavian | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| DAVIS, Qiydar | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| MCCREE, Erik | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| HOLDEN, Merrill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| APPLEBY, Raheem | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| GRIFFIN, Dayon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 84 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 200 |
| LA Tech Stats | FG | 3FG | FT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Half: | 14-33 | 4-16 | 3-3 |
| 42.4% | 25.0% | 100.0% | |
| 2nd Half: | 17-27 | 7-11 | 8-10 |
| 63.0% | 63.6% | 80.0% | |
| Total: | 31-60 | 11-27 | 11-13 |
| 51.7% | 40.7% | 84.6% |
However, the Bulldogs started warming up on both ends of the floor. After making just 1 of their first 11 three-point field goal attempts, Qiydar Davis made a three-pointer that started a 13-5 run that ended the first half, giving Tech a 35-34 lead in the locker room. Smith and Hamilton both connected on three-pointers during the run to fuel the Bulldogs strong finish.
Tech held A&M to only five points over the final five minutes of the first half.
"We had a week to prepare," White said. "Early in the game we weren't able to get back and settle in to our man-to-man. They were breaking the press and driving it right at us. When we settled into our man-to-man defensive in the full-court and half court, our guys showed attention to detail and pride. It wasn't just our bigs defending them, our guards really helped. We did a good job of helping down low and then contesting three's when they kicked it back out."
Smith picked up where he left off early in the second half, hitting a pair of three-pointers in less than a 60 second span as the two teams traded baskets with Tech holding a 43-41 advantage with 17:32 to play in the game.
The Bulldogs then began to get defensive stops while continuing to hit on the offensive end as a Xavian Stapleton three-pointer and Erik McCree layup with 14:18 to play gave Tech a double digit lead at 51-41.
Tech's lead remained around 10 as Smith connected on his fourth three-pointer of the game at the midway mark of the second half, giving the Bulldogs a 56-44 advantage.
Texas A&M made one final run as a Roberson free throw with 7:42 remaining cut the deficit to 60-54. However, freshman Jacobi Boykins made a pair of big three-pointers in a 60 second span of time - both coming off Smith assists - as the lead ballooned back to 12 points.
Hamilton then took over, scoring 10 of the next 16 points for Tech as the lead increased to as many as 17 points at 82-65 with 1:29 to play.
"Alex Hamilton was the best player on the floor tonight," White said. "He was incredible. I thought Jacobi Boykins was big too. Jacobi was in the game for Raheem and that was a tough decision for me. Usually we have our three all-conference guards in the game down the stretch. Raheem was great on the bench during timeouts. He was like an extension of the staff. He was awesome. Jacobi steps up and hits two big three's. It was arguably Alex' best game of the season. I saw it at the tip; he had a higher energy level. He played with a lot of pride tonight."
Michale Kyser added 14 points in the win as helped Tech stay even on the glass with Texas A&M at 30-30.
For the game, Tech shot 52 percent (31-60) from the field, including 11-of-27 from the three-point line.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Louisiana Tech beats Rice 76-31 to take western division title for CUSA and face Marshall University next Saturday
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Saturday, March 22, 2014
Louisiana Tech moves to quarterfinals of NIT with win at Georgia
Louisiana Tech is headed to the third round of the NIT. The Bulldogs will host Georgetown or travel to FSU. / Ben Breland/Special to The Times
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ATHENS, GA. — Louisiana Tech made its way onto the court at 11 a.m. local time for a second-round NIT game Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum.
Apparently someone forgot to send the memo to No. 3 Georgia, a message that was finally delivered at halftime.
Third-seeded Tech, which led by as many as 26 points, survived a late rally to earn a 79-71 win and a berth in Wednesday’s quarterfinals.
“It was a very good win for our program being able to win our second in such a prestigious tournament,” Tech coach Michael White. “To be able to back that up with a very solid win at an SEC school is just terrific for the continual building of Louisiana Tech basketball.”
The victory also tied a program record for most wins in a season, which was established in 1984-85 when Tech went 29-3.
The Bulldogs (29-7), who are in the quarterfinals for the first time since 1986, will play the winner of Monday’s second-round game between top seed Florida State and No. 4 Georgetown. If the Hoyas pull the upset, the Bulldogs would host another home game with a trip to New York City on the line.
Saturday’s win could have been much easier, but Georgia wouldn’t go away in the final two minutes thanks to a flurry of 3-pointers and some help from Tech’s cold offense.
J.J. Frazier banked in a 3-pointer with 15 seconds left to cut the lead to 75-71, but some free throws and a two-handed dunk from Michale Kyser, who had six points, six rebounds and seven blocks, sealed the Bulldogs’ win.
“We were in a great rhythm at doing what we do best — creating turnovers and turning those turnovers into points in the open floor,” White said. “Knowing how good Georgia is, especially in the half court defensively, that was key. The early turnovers that allowed us to play in the open floor for jumpers got us a lead that we were fortunately able to hold onto for the rest of the game.”
Alex Hamilton led Tech with 20 points, and Chris Anderson muscled in 18. Cordarius Johnson and Kenyon McNeail came off the bench to add 16 and 15, respectively.
Thanks to a 22-4 run to start the game that stunned the crowd, to go along with 19 Georgia turnovers, Tech was able to hang on despite another cold shooting stretch in the second half.
“We talked about it all week coming out and starting with our pressure and try and force them to turn the ball over,” Hamilton said. “That was the biggest key to the game. That gave us a little run and people were hitting shots and it just led to a big lead.”
Fresh off a last-second win over Iona on Wednesday, Tech wasted little time blowing the game up and took a 39-13 lead on Johnson’s first-half layup.
Everything went in at first as the Bulldogs made 15 of their first 21 field goals (71 percent), including 7-of-8 from the 3-point line, and shot 53 percent to take a 46-27 lead into the break.
Tech’s defense was just as much of a factor, though. Georgia averaged 12.9 turnovers per game and piled up 13 in the first 20 minutes alone. The pressure was relentless from the tip, forcing Georgia coach Mark Fox to call four timeouts in the first 13 minutes to try and stop the bleeding.
“Obviously we had a terrible start and dug such a big hole that we couldn’t make it all the way out of,” Fox said. “I thought we made a lot of mental errors in the first half and those were very costly. Louisiana Tech has a good team and good teams make you pay for mistakes.
“The bus had to run over us five times before we started playing.”
The score stayed in place for most of the game until Brandon Morris’ lay in with 6:46 left brought the margin to within single-digits for the first time since an 11-2 advantage early in the game.
The same shots that fell in the first half clanked off the rim in the second half. Tech managed just four points during a 7:19 span that saw the Bulldogs connect on just 2-of-9 field-goal attempts.
On many of the sequences, Tech more or less fired up desperation shots with the shot clock winding down as Georgia forced the Bulldogs to play in the half court.
“You preach let’s not be tentative, let’s not be tentative, but I thought we got tentative both offensively and defensively,” White said. “Some of it’s me. You’re watching that clock probably a little bit too much and we’re not at our best when we’re doing that, which makes us have to score against a set D. That’s not our strength compared to playing in the open floor.”
Tech won down the stretch without point guard Speedy Smith, who banged up his knee with 1:18 to play when going for a loose ball. Smith never returned, but the injury doesn’t appear serious. He’ll undergo minor treatment back in Ruston and should be ready to play Wednesday.
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
Louisiana Tech beat Tulsa Hurricane in Ruston on Feb. 6, 2014, in men's basketball
Final moments of Louisiana Tech win over Tulsa University on 6 Feb. 2014 in Ruston, Louisiana
Friday, January 24, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
Louisiana Tech beats Tulane in New Orleans in January 2014
Louisiana Tech beats Tulane in January 2014 in New Orleans
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Terry Bradshaw and Phil Robertson reunion highlight of Tech/Tulane game
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
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