BATON ROUGE — Undefeated LSU closes a three-game homestand Monday night against undefeated Louisiana Tech at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Tip is just after 7 p.m. on SECN+, with Chris Blair and Jordy Hultberg on the LSU Sports Radio Network (Eagle 98.1 FM). Lyn Rollins and Victor Howell have the SECN+ call. It is also Military Appreciation Night ahead of Veterans Day, with free tickets available at the upper concourse windows for active-duty service members and veterans when those windows open at 6 p.m.
Both teams are 2-0. LSU opened with a 100-57 win over LSU-New Orleans and followed it with a 92-51 win over Texas Southern on Friday. Louisiana Tech beat Kent State 85-75 and Arkansas-Monticello 76-17.
Guard Donovan Dent has 20 assists and zero turnovers through two games and has posted back-to-back points-assists double-doubles. Forward Saliou Niang has two points-rebounds double-doubles and matched for the team scoring lead Friday with 15 points and 11 rebounds against TSU. LSU is shooting 57.1 percent from the field overall and ranked sixth nationally in two-point shooting at 70.8 percent through Saturday’s games.
Coach Will Wade still wants cleaner three-point shooting and free-throw execution after LSU went 5-of-22 from deep and 15-of-25 at the line against Texas Southern.
“I mean, we have some good shooters. We just haven’t made them,” Wade said after Friday’s game. “… we got to step up and knock them down. … The free throw line kills us too. We could never get going in the first half because when you get an offensive rebound, and you get fouled and miss two free throws it is like a turnover.”
Louisiana Tech is led by Brayton Wenger at 20.5 points per game, with Iyran Francis at 10.5. It is the first LSU-Louisiana Tech meeting since December 2021 in Bossier City. LSU leads the series 13-1.
After Monday, the Tigers travel west for a Saturday game at Gonzaga (2:30 p.m. CT, USA Sports).
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