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Caleb Dunlop, LSUA Athletics

Men's Basketball

PREVIEW | Men's Basketball Faces DI La. Tech and Reigning National Champion Freed-Hardeman

Presented by Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

ALEXANDRIA, La. – The No. 12 Louisiana State University of Alexandria men's basketball team travels to NCAA DI Louisiana Tech and reigning NAIA National Champion No. 4 Freed-Hardeman University in a pair of road games.
 
"Louisiana Tech is good, well-coached team," LSUA Head Coach Dimario Jackson said. "They have one of the best players in the country. We have to be the more disciplined team, and we have to be the tougher team. That has to be our mindset for 40 minutes. We have to team rebound and be aggressive offensively. Our guys are prepared and ready.  Freed-Hardeman is the Reigning NAIA National Champions. They are coached up and they have a lot of talent. It's their homecoming, along with it being a Top 15 matchup. It will be a hostile environment. We are ready! We have to execute defensively and offensively. We have to set the tempo of the game."
 
The Generals won their home opener over Loyola (La.), 89-77.
 
SCOUTING LOUISIANA TECH
Talvin Hester enters his third season as the Bulldogs' bench boss. Returning to the Bulldogs' lineup is Daniel Batcho, who was named to the 10-person Preseason All-Conference USA Team and voted CUSA Preseason Player of the Year.
 
Last season, Batcho earned CUSA Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-CUSA, and CUSA All-Defensive Team with 15.2 points per game and leading CUSA in rebounding (9.8) and blocks per game (2.4). He finished top 25 in the country in rebounding and blocks per game.
 
Sean Newman Jr. also returns for the Bulldogs after earning Honorable Mention All-CUSA honors. He led the Bulldogs and CUSA with 146 assists and ranked 42nd in the country at 5.2 assists per game.
 
Despite losing five seniors, all of which were fifth year seniors, the Bulldogs are still a veteran club with 10 of their 13 players being upperclassmen.
 
The Bulldogs lost 61 percent of their scoring from last season. Isaiah Crawford, CUSA Player of the Year and CUSA Defensive Player of the Year, along with Third Team All-CUSA selection Tahlik Chavez, made up the bulk of that loss.
 
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SCOUTING NO. 4 FREED-HARDEMAN
The Lions are 3-0 on the season after forcing 21 turnovers in their last outing, a 90-63 win over Fisk. FHU is 2-0 at home on the young season.
 
Peyton Law leads FHU in scoring, averaging 20 points per game. Jordan Stephens (13.7), Phil Horton (13.7), and Geraldo Lane (13.0) are also averaging 10 or more points per night. Law and Horton also lead the Lions in rebounding, hauling in seven boards per contest each.
 
The Lions are averaging 88 points per game and shooting 51.9 percent from the field as a unit. They are outrebounding their opponents 33 to 31.7.
 
Freed-Hardeman was 32-4 last season, including a 10-2 mark in conference play. They defeated Langston, 71-67 to claim the NAIA National Championship in Kansas City, Missouri last season.
 
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