Last night was pretty rough as teams in action went 0-3.

Louisiana Tech dug themselves a big hole in the first half and ultimately lost at UTSA 73-89. Daquan Bracey and Kalob Ledoux were the leading scorers for the Bulldogs with 12 points each and Derric Jean added 11 points in the loss. Louisiana Tech drops their first conference game and now sit at 11-4 overall and 2-1 in CUSA.

ULL got absolutely destroyed losing 52-90 at Georgia State. Jalen Johnson scored 12 points and he was the only Cajuns player to reach double figures in the scoring column in the game. The Cajuns fall to 7-10 on the season and 2-4 in SBC play.

ULM also fell behind in the first half at Georgia Southern and ended up losing 56-67. The Warhawks got 20 points from JD Williams, 14 points from Chris Efretuei and 12 points from Michael Ertel in the loss. ULM drops to 6-9 this year and 2-4 in the Sun Belt.

There are no games tonight, but every state school is back in action tomorrow. We have three in state match ups taking place in Lake Charles, Hammond and Baton Rouge. See below for the weekend schedule.

Friday, January 10th
NO GAMES

Saturday, January 11th
Tulane @ Temple - 11am (ESPNU)
ULM @ Georgia State - 1pm (ESPN+)
ULL @ Georgia Southern - 3pm (ESPN+)
Northwestern State @ McNeese - 3:30pm
Nicholls @ Southeastern - 4pm
UNO @ Incarnate Word - 4:15pm
Grambling @ Southern - 5:30pm
LSU vs Mississippi State - 7pm - (ESPN)
Louisiana Tech @ UTEP - 8pm (ESPN+)

Sunday, January 12th
NO GAMES

Good luck to all teams this weekend. Records & standings updated in the OP.

This post was edited on 1/10/20 at 7:50 am

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Posted by msutiger

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Posted on 1/10/20 at 12:11 pm to burdman

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First regular season conference game Louisiana Tech has had on an ESPN network in years

Huge opportunity to show the country how dangerous this team can be

Unfortunately this is also the usual spot where we lay an egg and lose a game we are heavily favored by double digits

because..... Louisiana Tech

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Posted by burdman

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Member since Aug 2007

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Posted on 1/13/20 at 8:27 am to burdman

Over the weekend state teams went a combined 6-6.

Tulane was on the road and picked up a 65-51 win over Temple. Teshaun Hightower and Jordan Walker each scored 17 points to lead the Wave and KJ Lawson added 16 points & 10 rebounds in the win. Tulane improves to 10-6 on the season and 2-2 in AAC play.

ULM struggled in the second half and ended up losing 62-84 at Georgia State. Tyree White was the high scorer for the Warhawks with 21 points while JD Williams added 14 points and Michael Ertel scored 10 in the loss. ULM falls to 6-10 on the year and 2-5 in the SBC.

ULL also had a rough second half losing 51-71 at Georgia Southern. Jalen Johnson scored 15 points and Tirus Smith scored 12 as they were the only Cajuns to reach double digits in the scoring column. The Cajuns drop to 7-11 overall and 2-5 in Sun Belt play.

In the first of three in state match ups on Saturday, McNeese beat Northwestern State 85-76. Four of the five Cowboys starters were in double figures including Shamarkus Kennedy (21), AJ Lawson (20), Dru Kruxhausen (19) and Roydell Brown (14 & 15 rebounds). The Demons also had four players in double figures including Trenton Massner (17), Jairus Roberson (17), Chudier Bile (15 & 13 rebounds) and Jamaure Gregg (10) in the loss. McNeese now sits at 7-9 overall and 2-3 in conference while Northwestern State drops to 6-9 and 3-3.

In the second in state match up, Nicholls was able to go to Southeastern and get a 69-58 win. The Colonels were led by Kevin Johnson's 16 points, 14 points & 16 rebounds from Warith Alatishe and 14 points from Dexter McClanahan. The Lions got double figure efforts from Pape Diop, Von Julien and Byron Smith who scored 16, 14 & 10 respectively in the loss. Nicholls improves to 11-6 on the year and 5-1 in the SLC while Southeastern falls to 4-12 and 1-4.

UNO lost in a nail biter at Incarnate Word 70-73. The Privateers got 17 points from Bryson Robinson, 15 points from Troy Green and 13 points & 13 rebounds from Gerrale Gates but it wasn't quite enough. UNO is now 5-11 on the season and 1-5 in Southland play.

In the final in state match up from Saturday, Grambling made a big second half comeback to win at Southern 61-56. Cam Christon and Devante Jackson each scored 13 for the Tigers and Anthony Gaston added 11 points in the win. The Jags got double figure scoring efforts from Brendon Brooks (14), Ahsante Shivers (12), Amel Kuljuhovic (11) and Micah Bradford (10) in the loss. Grambling improves to 9-7 overall and 3-0 in SWAC play while Southern is now 3-13 and 0-3.

Skylar Mays made a bucket at the end to get LSU past Mississippi State 60-59. The Tigers were led by Emmitt William's 17 point effort and got 15 points from Charles Manning, Jr. and 11 points from Skylar Mays in the win. LSU gets to 11-4 on the season and 3-0 in the SEC.

And in the last game of the day Louisiana Tech picked up a 64-61 road win at UTEP. The Bulldogs were led by Amorie Archibald, Derric Jean and Daquan Bracey who scored 14, 13 & 12 points respectively in the win. Louisiana Tech now sits at 12-4 on the year and 3-1 in CUSA play.

We have a lot of action this week with games almost everyday. See below for today's games and this week's schedule.

Monday, January 13th
Southern vs Jackson State - 3pm
Grambling @ Alcorn State - 7:30pm

Tuesday, January 14th
LSU @ Texas A&M - 6pm (SECN)
Tulane vs UCF - 7pm (WatchESPN)

Wednesday, January 15th
McNeese vs Incarnate Word - 6:30pm
Northwestern State @ Nicholls - 7pm
Southeastern vs Texas A&M-CC - 7pm
UNO @ Houston Baptist - 7pm

Thursday, January 16th
Louisiana Tech vs Rice - 6:30pm (ESPN+)
ULL vs UT-Arlington - 7pm (ESPN+)
ULM vs Texas State - 7pm (ESPN+)

Friday, January 17th
NO GAMES

Saturday, January 18th
Tulane vs Tulsa - 1pm (WatchESPN)
ULM vs UT-Arlington - 2pm (ESPN+)
Nicholls vs Central Arkansas - 3:30pm
Louisiana Tech vs North Texas - 4pm (ESPN+)
Grambling vs Prairie View A&M - 5:30pm
McNeese @ UNO - 6pm
LSU @ Ole Miss - 7pm (ESPN2)
ULL vs Texas State - 7pm (ESPN+)
Southeastern @ Abilene Christian - 7pm (ESPN+)
Southern @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff - 7pm

Sunday, January 19th
NO GAMES

Records, standings and NETs updated in OP.

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