Louisiana Tech hosts Douglas and Georgia Southern

Published Dec. 12, 2024 3:43 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Georgia Southern Eagles (6-4) at Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (8-2)

Ruston, Louisiana; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Georgia Southern visits Louisiana Tech after Bradley Douglas scored 21 points in Georgia Southern's 93-91 overtime victory over the North Florida Ospreys.

The Bulldogs are 2-1 in home games. Louisiana Tech has a 1-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Eagles are 1-3 in road games. Georgia Southern is 2-0 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 15.7 turnovers per game.

Louisiana Tech's average of 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.1 more made shots on average than the 7.9 per game Georgia Southern allows. Georgia Southern has shot at a 44.1% clip from the field this season, 3.4 percentage points higher than the 40.7% shooting opponents of Louisiana Tech have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Daniel Batcho is scoring 19.2 points per game and averaging 6.3 rebounds for the Bulldogs.

Nakavieon White is averaging 12.6 points for the Eagles.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.