Led by Daniel Batcho's 25 points, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs defeated the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 75-69

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Homer, Louisiana is a town of just over 2,500 people. It’s where Tennessee commit Star Thomas was raised and made a name for himself on Louisiana High School’s football team at the 1A level, the state’s smallest classification.

The forecasted thaw should serve as a reminder that the area is entering one of the most active times of year for severe weather — including tornadoes. Historically, February has been the fourth most active month in the Volunteer State. Since 1811, there have been 74 tornadoes that have touched down in Tennessee.

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (14-6, 3-4 CUSA) will host the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (14-5, 5-1 CUSA) after winning six home games in a row. The matchup tips at 6:30 PM ET on Saturday, January

Alston 0-1 0-0 0, Mostafa 4-8 0-0 8, Bufford 3-9 0-1 7, Counter 6-12 0-0 13, Porter 6-13 1-1 15, Weston 5-13 4-7 16, T.Green 1-1 0-0 3, Loofe 3-7 1-1 7, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 6-10 69.

3-Point Goals_Middle Tennessee 7-25 (Weston 2-4, Porter 2-6, T.Green 1-1, Bufford 1-5, Counter 1-6, Loofe 0-3), Louisiana Tech 5-17 (Cooper 3-5, A.Green 1-4, Ree 1-4, Elkinton 0-1, Newman 0-1 ...

RUSTON, La. (AP) — Daniel Batcho scored 25 points as Louisiana Tech beat Middle Tennessee 75-69 on Saturday night. Batcho also added 12 rebounds for the Bulldogs (15-6, 4-4 Conference USA).

A sprawling winter storm that is pushing slowly across the United States will bring a risk of severe weather and excessive rainfall to a large part of the south-central United States from Wednesday into Friday. Isolated thunderstorms, flooding rains and damaging winds are all possible in an area between East Texas and western Kentucky.

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