The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (11-9, 4-5 C-USA) visit the UAB Blazers (13-7, 4-5 C-USA) in Birmingham Alabama at Bartow Arena on Thursday for a Conference-USA clash. Louisiana Tech was defeated by Middle Tennessee 68-51 on Saturday and has lost three of the last four. UAB was defeated by North Texas 63-52 last Saturday and the Blazers have lost two straight and five of the last six. Louisiana Tech does not have any players on its injury report, while Jordan Walker is questionable for Thursday for UAB.
Louisiana Tech is scoring an average of 75.6 (97th) points per game, while the Bulldogs have a field goal shooting percentage of 46.0 (102nd) and a three-point shooting percentage of 35.2% (127th). Louisiana Tech’s defense is allowing an average of 69.3 (180th) points per game, while opponents are shooting 43.5% (201st) overall and 37.2% (339th) from behind the three-point line.
Cobe Williams is scoring an average of 18.7 points a game to lead Louisiana Tech. The guard is shooting 45.8% overall and 31.7% from three point land. Isaiah Crawford is the second leading scorer with an average of 12.4 points per game and is shooting 51.2% overall and 41.0% from long range. The next three high scorers for Louisiana Tech are shooting between only 35.0% and 42.6%. Williams is also the leader in assists with an average of 4.1 dishes for a contest. On the boards, Louisiana Tech averages 34.5 rebounds per game, with Crawford the king of the boards averaging 4.7 per game while Kenny Hunter averages 4.4 boards per contest. Williams is the leader in steals with an average 2.2 per contest and Crawford is the rim protector with an average of 0.6 blocked shots per game.