Louisiana Basketball Preview: at Louisiana Tech

RUSTON – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Basketball team returns to action after completing final exams when it travels to face in-state rival Louisiana Tech on Saturday at the Thomas Assembly Center.

Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. The game will be available on ESPN+ with fans able to listen to the game in the Lafayette area on KPEL-FM (96.5) and worldwide on the Varsity Network app.

Louisiana (1-9) and Louisiana Tech (5-3) renew a nearly 100-year rivalry as the teams meet for the 171^st time on the hardwood. The Ragin' Cajuns look to end an eight-game skid by earning their first win in Ruston since a 75-71 win in 2017.

Jaxon Olvera (12.7) and Dorian Finister (11.3) lead Louisiana in the scoring column with three players – Finister (4.8), Olvera (4.6) and freshman Joshua Lewis (4.1) – pacing the team in rebounds.

Louisiana Tech, which has won all five games at home, is paced in scoring by AJ Bates (11.6), Kaden Cooper (10.9) and DJ Dudley (10.4). Cooper pulls down a team-high 7.0 rebounds per game for the Bulldogs.

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GAME 11 PREVIEW – Louisiana (1-9) at Louisiana Tech (5-3)
Date/Time: December 13, 2025 / 2 p.m.
Site: Ruston, La.
Arena: Thomas Assembly Center (8,000)

RADIO/TV
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Teddy Allen (pxp); Dickie Crawford (color)
Radio: KPEL 96.5 FM/ The Varsity Network
Talent: Jay Walker (pxp)

LIVE STATS/SOCIAL MEDIA
Live Stats: Cajunstats.StatBroadcast.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsMBB | #GeauxCajuns

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Louisiana Tech leads, 93-77
In Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 39-24
In Ruston: Louisiana Tech leads, 45-16
Neutral Sites: Louisiana leads, 4-0
Unknown Sites: Louisiana Tech leads, 5-2
Last 10: Louisiana Tech, 6-4
Streak: Louisiana Tech +2

STORY LINES
• Louisiana returns from final exams as it heads north to renew its in-state rivalry with Louisiana Tech for the 171st time on the hardwood.
• LA Tech leads the all-time series, 93-77, but since the beginning of the Beryl Shipley era on 1957-58, the Cajuns hold a 53-51 lead.
• The series between the former - and future - conference rivals began in 1926.
• The series with the Bulldogs has been played on an annual basis since the 2013-14 season.
• Since the series resumed, Louisiana is 2-4 overall in games played in Ruston.
• Louisiana's eight-game losing streak is its longest since the 1953-54 season when it lost a school-record 10 straight games.

QUICK HITS
• Louisiana makes its final tuneup before opening Sun Belt Conference play on Thursday at Southern Miss.
• Louisiana's 66 points scored against Stanford was a season high.
• Louisiana's 43 points at Santa Clara was the fewest scored by the Ragin' Cajuns against a non-conference opponent since scoring 44 at Indiana in 2021.
• Jaxon Olvera, a transfer from WCC member Pepperdine, leads the Ragin' Cajuns in field goal attempts (127) with Dorian Finister next at 95.
• Olvera's 21-point performance against UNCW was the third 20-point game of his collegiate career.
• Dorian Finister is eighth in the league in minutes played (31.8).
• Joshua Lewis' 16 points against Stanford were a season high.
• Starting point guard Jamyron Keller (Oklahoma State transfer) has missed the last eight games due to injury after averaging 17.0 points in games against Ball State and SLU.
• Working to find the right mix with both point guards Keller and Karris Bilal (Vanderbilt transfer) out to injury, Louisiana has used nine different lineups in the first 10 games.
• Louisiana has 13 new players on the roster.
• Nine players hail from the state of Louisiana.

UP NEXT
• Louisiana opens Sun Belt Conference play on Thursday (December 18) at Southern Miss.
• The Ragin' Cajuns return to North Louisiana on Saturday (December 20) when it faces ULM at Fant-Ewing Coliseum in Monroe.

Louisiana Basketball Preview: at Louisiana Tech

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Players Mentioned

Karris Bilal

Dorian Finister

Jamyron Keller

Joshua Lewis

Jaxon Olvera

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