| Game Preview: Louisiana Tech | Date: Dec. 4, 1999 |
| Site: Freedom hall | Records: U of L: 2-2, Louisiana Tech: 2-1 |
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| The Cards finally play their regular season home opener this Saturday afternoon. At 2-2 the Cards have rebounded from their opening two losses, although one win was against a Division II school. Louisiana Tech is currently out of the Sun Belt conference, though will be moving to the Western Athletic Conference in 2001. Going into the game U of L is 36-7 in home openers in Freedom Hall. |
So far this season, Louisiana Tech, who become the Cards' second opponent this season to be named the Bulldogs, have gotten crushed on the road to UTEP 72-53, but then also rallied to defeat CUSA member St. Louis 68-60.
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| Game Summary: Louisiana Tech | Score: Louisville 79, Louisiana Tech 67 |
| Leading Scorers: U of L: Marques Maybin (20) Louisiana Tech: Gerrod Henderson (31) |
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| The difference in the game was the Cards' 31 points coming off of 29 Louisiana Tech turnovers, 15 of them steals by the Cardinals. With 7-13 shooting from the field and 6-6 at the line, Marques Maybin led the Cards in scoring with 20 points, while Tony Williams added 18. Other double-digit scorers for the Cards were Nate Johnson with 16 and Reece Gaines with 11 points. |
| For Tech it was all Gerrod Henderson, who scored a career-high 31 points on 10-17 field goal shooting, including six three-pointers. The Bulldogs outrebounded U of L 36-29, but shot an embarrassing 5-17 from the free throw line in the second half. |
| The Cards used a 14-2 run a few minutes into the second half to turn a 43-37 deficit into a 51-45 lead. From there U of L went on to lead by as many as 16 at 74-58. Seven unanswered points by Kendrick Spruel, who finished with 11 points, pulled Louisiana Tech to 74-65 with 1:51 left, but the Bulldogs got no closer. |
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