Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
First place Louisiana Tech returns to home to face Kennesaw State in the Thomas Assembly Center tonight.
Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. and the game can be seen on ESPN+.
This marks the third matchup on the hardwood for the programs, splitting conference play last season.
The Lady Techsters (13-5, 6-1) are returning to Ruston after their second away-stand sweep, beating the Missouri State Lady Bears and FIU Panthers to improve to 6-1 in conference play. Louisiana Tech is currently in first place in the Conference USA standings and have the longest active winning streak in the league.
Louisiana Tech’s defense shut down the top three scorers in Conference USA this past week. Kaemyn Bekemeier of Missouri State averaged 20.8 points per game, the most in the league, but only managed seven against the Lady Techsters, almost 14 points lower than her average. LA Tech then faced Rhema Collins and Parris Atkins of FIU, who then took the one and two spots after Bekemeier’s average fell. Collins scored nine (-9.5) while Atkins scored 14 (-3.6), both below their averages.
Kennesaw State (10-8, 3-4) currently sit at seventh place in Conference USA after sweeping their home stand against New Mexico State and UTEP. The Owls most recently bested New Mexico State with a heroic 31-point Keyarah Berry performance, her new career high.
Berry leads the team with 15 points per game, the sixth most in the league. Kailyn Fields sits third in the league in assists per game, dishing 4.5 per game. TaTianna Stoval has the most blocks in Conference USA with 27.
Kennesaw State has the best efficiency offensively and defensively in the conference. The Owls shoot a league best 44.4 percent from the field and hold defenses to 38.7 percent, the lowest mark in the league. KSU also shoots the triple at the second-best clip, making 34.6 percent of their attempts.
