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Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - The Louisiana Tech
Bulldogs look to take down a power five conference team
when they take on the Big Tens Illinois Fighting Illini
in the Heart of Dallas Bowl, which will be held at the
Cotton Bowl on Dec. 26. The Bulldogs finished as the top
team in Conference-USAs West Division this season, going
8-5 overall and 7-1 in conference play. LaTech had a
chance for the C-USA outright title, but lost to Marshall
in the championship game, 33-26, back on Dec. 6.
Illinois, meanwhile, is coming into the game thanks to a
win in its regular- season finale against Northwestern,
47-33. The victory made the Illini bowl eligible at 6-6
and improved the teams conference mark to 3-5, which was
fifth best in the Big Ten. LaTech sits in a good spot to
pick up just its third bowl win in its seventh try (2-3-
1). The Bulldogs recorded four more wins in 2014 than
they did in head coach Skip Holtzs first season at the
helm in 2013. The Bulldogs ranked fourth in most-improved
scoring offense with a 102.1 percent improvement, going
from an average of 19.2 points per game in 2013 to a
current average of 37.5 points per game this season.
Running back Kenneth Dixon leads the Bulldog offense. He
rushed for 156 yards and three touchdowns against
Marshall to improve his season total to 1,238 yards and
21 touchdowns. For his career, Dixon has amassed 3,347
rushing yards with 52 touchdowns on the ground in 35
games. As a team, the Bulldogs offense averages 403.8
yards per game, going for 151.2 on the ground and 252.6
through the air. Redshirt senior quarterback Cody Sokol
threw for 3,189 yards with 29 touchdowns and 13 picks
this season. He was named the C-USAs Newcomer of the Year
after transferring in from Iowa. It all starts with Cody
Sokol, said Holtz. He came in and did a great job of
getting players to buy in, setting a real example as a
leader with his toughness and the way he plays the game.
Sokols favorite target was sophomore wide receiver Trent
Taylor, who hauled in a team-high 62 catches for 814
yards with nine scores. On the defensive side of the
ball, Louisiana Tech is the national leader in points off
of turnovers. With 14 points off of turnovers in the
Marshall game, the Bulldogs have scored 164 points off
turnovers in 13 games this season (12.6 points per game).
Last season, Louisiana Tech scored only 64 points off
turnovers the entire year (5.3 points a game). This will
be a nice opportunity for starting defensive end Houston
Bates, who transferred to the Bulldogs from Illinois. A
fifth-year transfer to the Bulldog program, Bates is a
previous All-Big Ten Conference selection. He started all
13 games for the Bulldogs with 28 total tackles to his
credit including 10.5 tackles for a loss of 55 yards, 5.5
sacks, an interception, a forced fumble, a fumble
recovery, two pass break-ups and a team-leading 12 QB
hurries. The Bulldogs last bowl win came in 2008 when
they defeated Northern Illinois in the Independence Bowl.
Illinois had to win three of its last five games to even
become bowl eligible and the program had a real gut check
to get there. There came a point in time right before we
played Minnesota where we gathered up as a team and had
to go one direction or the other, said Illinois head
coach Tim Beckman. We could either step forward, meet the
challenge and attack the Minnesota Golden Gophers or we
could just give in. This football team was not going to
do that. It was important for Beckmans squad to earn its
first bowl bid since 2011, despite the lack of overall
success this season. We needed to get to a bowl game, our
program needs those types of things to move forward,
Beckman added. I cannot tell you the excitement that is
in Champaign and in our facility with our athletic
department to earn a bowl game down here in Dallas.
Offensively, Illinois boasts one of the top passing
offenses in the Big Ten, ranking third in the conference
in passing yards per game (243.2) and completion
percentage (61.2 percent) and fifth in passing
efficiency. Beckman has done it with a QB competition
approach. Senior Reilly OToole was under center for the
last two games, both wins, but Wes Hunt and Aaron Bailey
are also getting action in practices leading up to the
bowl game. OToole finished the season completing 58.7
percent of his passes for 1,049 yards with nine
touchdowns and seven interceptions in 12 games. Lunt
completed 63.9 percent of his passes for 1,729 passing
yards, 14 touchdowns and three interceptions in seven
games. Despite who plays under center, wideout Mike Dudek
appears to be everyones favorite target, hauling in a
team-best 69 catches for 965 yards with six TDs. The
Illini averages 26.6 points per game with Josh Ferguson
leading the way on the ground. He has run for 685 yards
and eight scores. Donovonn Young has added five TDs on
the ground. This is a rematch of a 2012 meeting between
the two schools that saw Louisiana Tech roll to a 52-24
win in Champaign, Ill. Louisiana Tech is 2-2 all-time
against the Big Ten and has won its last two meetings
against Big Ten opponents. Prior to Techs 52-24 win over
Illinois in 2012, the Bulldogs topped Michigan State, 20-
19, in East Lansing on Sept. 13, 2003. These school have
a common opponent this year in Western Kentucky.
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1, while Illinois beat WKU, 42-34, on Sept. 6 in
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Knicks, Carmelo Anthony only needed to play 28 minutes.
That left plenty of energy for pitching books and
swatting away free agency questions. Anthony had 24
points and nine rebounds, and the Knicks avenged an
embarrassing home loss with a rout of their own, beating
the Boston Celtics 114-88 on Wednesday night for their
third straight victory. Jeremy Tyler added a career-high
17 points and fellow reserve J.R. Smith also scored 17
for the Knicks, who lost by 41 the last time the Celtics
came to Madison Square Garden but led this one by 35.
"Todays game in particular, it was kind of personal, you
know what Im saying, the way they beat us the last time
we played them," forward Kenyon Martin said. "So we
wanted a little get-back." Anthony, who leads the NBA in
minutes per game with 39.2, was quick on his feet after
the game, easily handling a question about his
relationship with Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau (he said he
doesnt have one) and one about comments made by his wife,
actress La La Anthony, who has a new book out called "The
Love Playbook" and said in a TV interview that she
"definitely" thinks he will re-sign with the Knicks.
"Thats my wife. I support her, I support what she said,"
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your wives and girlfriends will enjoy the book." New York
evened its record at 3-3 on its eight-game homestand,
with games remaining against Cleveland on Thursday and
Miami on Saturday. New York is headed in the right
direction again since ending a five-game losing streak
Friday behind Anthonys 62 points, and is only a half-game
out of the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff
spot despite its 18-27 record. "Youre going to have ups
and downs throughout the season," centre Tyson Chandler
said. "The thing is when you have those lulls youve got
to be able to bounce back, and weve done that." Jeff
Green scored 14 points on 4-of-13 shooting for the
Celtics, who have lost three straight and six of seven.
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finishing up their Super Bowl media day duties, the
Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson and Golden Tate, and Wes
Welker, Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker of Denver were
part of the sellout crowd of 19,812. Hopefully their game
Sunday will be better than this clunker. Boston jumped to
a 12-0 lead in its 114-73 victory here on Dec. 8, when it
handed New York its worst home loss in 11 years. But it
never really got much better this season for the Celtics,
who led the Atlantic Division at 10-12 after that victory
but are 5-20 since. "We didnt take anything away
tonight," Rondo said. "We pretty much gave them
everything they wanted. They took away stuff from us but
we didnt take anything away from those guys." The Knicks
jumped to a 21-5 lead helped by the Celtics lack of
execution (they missed 11 of their first 13 shots) and
effort (6-foot-1 Raymond Felton grabbed an offensive
rebound under the basket without even having to jump on
one possession). New York led 31-15 after one and opened
a 45-20 bulge when Chandler threw down an alley-oop pass
from Smith midway through the second. The Celtics scored
11 straight to cut it to 14, but the Knicks outscored
them 18-6 the remainder of the half to take a 63-37 lead.
The Knicks overcame the loss of Iman Shumpert to a
sprained right shoulder just over 4 minutes into the
game. Martin left with a sprained left ankle in his first
game after missing five games with the same injury,
though the team said he was available to return. New York
also announced at halftime that reserve guard Beno Udrih
was unavailable because of illness, but everyone else who
was active scored. That included Metta World Peace, who
played for the first time in a month after having a
procedure on his left knee and made a 3-pointer. Notes:
Jerryd Bayless was back for Boston after missing four
games with a sprained left big toe. ... Chris Johnson
scored 12 points for the Celtics on the day he was signed
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silence before the game for Hall of Famer Tom Gola, an
All-Star with the Knicks in the 1960s who died Sunday.
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