By: Kane McGuire (Louisiana Tech Athletics)

RUSTON, La (Louisiana Tech Athletics) – Louisiana Tech had its seven-activity profitable streak appear to an conclude on Saturday afternoon, falling 83-76 to UAB within the Thomas Assembly Middle on Karl Malone Courtroom.

LA Tech (15-4, 6-1 C-United states of america) committed 18 turnovers, the second most in a match this season.  4 of them arrived in the opening two minutes, which swiftly place the Bulldogs in a hole, down 15-2 early.

They were being at the rear of by as a lot as 15 in the to start with half, but Amorie Archibald held the ‘Dogs in it with 6 a few-tips in the to start with stanza.  The sixth 1 from guiding the arc came as the clock expired, reducing the deficit down to eight, 41-33, at the halfway level.

Immediately after UAB (16-4, 6-1 C-United states) designed 16 initially-half subject targets, the Bulldogs came out powerful defensively in the 2nd fifty percent.  They forced 9 misses on the Blazers very first 10 field purpose attempts.  As a final result, LA Tech was equipped to claw back again and seize its 1st lead of the recreation at 50-47 with 13:02 to go on an offensive rebound and putback by Kenny Hunter.

UAB’s Jordan Walker promptly answered with a three-pointer.  And that continued as the Tulane transfer sank nine of them from deep in route to a recreation-significant 36 points. 

LA Tech was shut to conquering a different double-digit deficit, down 65-55 with eight minutes to go.  Archibald’s seventh 3 of the activity lower the deficit down to 3 at 76-73 with 2:31 remaining.  That was as close as the Bulldogs would get in the ultimate minutes, missing a trio of free of charge throws while Walker set the activity away for the Blazers at the foul line. 

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Head mentor Eric Konkol

“We are clearly disappointed.  Give a great deal of credit score to UAB.  They played really well today.  I thought we played properly in moments, but the times we did not they capitalized on.  You never ever want to come to feel like you have to outscore anyone and we ended up struggling to get stops.  I believed we played some really fantastic desperation mode there in the conclude.  We experienced a really hard time halting them.  We have been turning the ball around and that led to uncomplicated photographs for them.  It comes down to execution and assumed…