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Utah St. falls to No. 25 Louisiana Tech 84-61

Utah State coach Stew Morrill is usually demonstrative on the sidelines: arms waving, feet stomping and voice shouting non-stop instructions.On Thursday night, he spent most of the game seated in his chair. There was no reason to get upset. Louisiana Tech was just too good.The 25th-ranked Bulldogs — playing in their first game as a nationally ranked team since 1985 — easily handled Utah State 84-61 in a lopsided game that started ugly for the Aggies and got worse."Tech played great — the game was over early," Morrill said. "They established the ground rules by just dominating us early and we were never really in the game. It was a thorough butt-kicking. They're playing really well."The Bulldogs (25-3, 15-0 Western Athletic Conference) never left anything in doubt, taking a 15-2 lead in the opening minutes on the way to a 49-23 halftime advantage. It was a surprisingly lopsided game considering Louisiana Tech barely beat Utah State (19-8, 9-6) 51-48 in Logan, Utah, on Jan. 26.It's been ...

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