RUSTON, La. (AP) - Cordarius Johnson scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech past Louisiana-Monroe Saturday night 68-52 in nonconference action.
Raheem Appleby added 18 points for Louisiana Tech.
Tied at 26 with three minutes left in the first half, the Bulldogs (5-1) finished out the half on a 10-2 run.
Johnson and Appleby scored 13 points apiece in the first half to help Louisiana Tech lead at halftime 36-28.
The Bulldogs looked to put the game away with a 21-8 run to begin the second half, pushing the lead to 57-36 with nine minutes to play.
Louisiana-Monroe (0-2) answered with a 15-6 run cutting the lead to 12, but that was the closest the Warhawks would get. Louisiana Tech outscored Louisiana-Monroe 5-1 over the last 4 minutes to seal the victory.
Trent Mackey came off the bench to lead the Warhawks with 17 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Louisiana-Monroe (0-2) | 28 | 24 | 52 |
| Louisiana Tech (5-1) « | 36 | 32 | 68 |
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| Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. James, F | 37 | 5-9 | 0-4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Brown, F | 31 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| T. Lindsey, F | 22 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| A. Olatayo, G | 33 | 3-12 | 1-2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| R. McCray, G | 31 | 3-6 | 4-6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mackey | 28 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| K. Koszuta | 16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Birchett | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Eke | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Ponder | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-49 | 7-14 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 52 | |
| 42.9% | 50% | ||||||
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kyser, F | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Appleby, G | 32 | 6-15 | 5-8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| C. Johnson, G | 28 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| K. Smith, G | 25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| B. Gibson, G | 21 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Anderson | 15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Johnson | 14 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| I. Massey | 14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Hamilton | 11 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Lewis | 10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| K. McNeail | 10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| S. Gjuroski | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Talbot | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Wilkerson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-53 | 17-25 | 33 | 11 | 14 | 68 | |
| 41.5% | 68% | ||||||
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