M. Basketball. Bulldogs Dominate Rice, 74-64

[dawg80]

I think the Louisville Tournament was right after that. We beat a Top 10 Louisville team on their floor with Malone only playing a few minutes of the game. I agree with DogsWin that the officials had a vendetta against him following that Rice game. The older (like my age ) Rice fans remember the incident well and still hold it against Malone.

UL was ranked 5th when we beat 'em. The next night we beat WKU to win the mini-tourney.

That UL game is a great example of a Russo coaching tactic. He rarely called a TO if the other team was on a run. Instead he would have Wayne Smith slow it down (no shot clock back then) and let the Dawgs handle matters on the court. His thinking was he didn't want to feed the frenzy of the opposing fan base going nuts. In that game we led by double digits and UL went on a run cutting our lead to 2. Russo did not call a TO. He coached from the bench and the Dawgs went on a run of our own, like 8 straight points, Bam! up 10 again.

[Bearpaw]

Score looks good, 46-33 at half. How does the game look?

[Bearpaw]

Score looks good, 46-33 at half. How does the game look?

Dawgs win 74-64!!

[DogsWin]

It is soooo refreshing to have a physical inside presence that we haven't had in about 30 years.

[techman05]

We played well. Crappy free throws. Good defense. Rice played the final minute poorly. Like they were ready to hop on the bus and head home.

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A new article has been posted on www.latechsports.com:

In a battle between two of the top teams in the West, Louisiana Tech (13-6, 5-1 C-USA) dominated from wire-to-wire, defeating Rice (12-7, 2-4 C-USA), 74-64, on Thursday night in the Thomas Assembly Center.

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[tenacious_dog]

Think I heard Dave say we had 40 pts in the paint.

[techman05]

Yes and several second chance points

[Dwayne From Minden]

Did everything well except shoot FTs

[boxerdog]

Alot of balance in this team. Can't really concentrate on 1 or 2 because it's difficult to see where the points are coming from. On the defensive side, our team has begun to pride itself on getting stops and winning scrambles.

[skilldawg]

Since UTSA the team has taken on a winning identity. Lock down defense and pounding the ball inside.

I like the plan.

[dawg80]

Free throws....sheesh!

[Dawg06]

We played well. Crappy free throws. Good defense. Rice played the final minute poorly. Like they were ready to hop on the bus and head home.

My thoughts exactly. Solid win.

[Dawg06]

Why don't we have game programs anymore? Could we at least print out rosters for both teams for the fans?

[Tech77]

I bought a program at a recent game. Did not see any last night though.

Why don't we have game programs anymore? Could we at least print out rosters for both teams for the fans?