RUSTON – It was a total team effort by the Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team on Saturday night as they put an end to its three-game losing skid by having six Bulldogs score in double figures which led to a 97-88 victory over UTEP in front of 3,654 fans inside the Thomas Assembly Center.
What made the scoring output even more impressive for LA Tech (10-7, 1-3 C-USA) was playing with just eight players as two regular starters DaQuan Bracey and Joniah White were not available.
The Bulldogs ended up getting major contributions from all eight with guard Derric Jean scoring a season-high 20 points to lead the team, followed closely by forward Jy’lan Washington who came off the bench to score a career-high 19 points (15 in the first half alone).