Louisiana Tech beats Louisiana-Lafayette 32-31 after 19-point 4th quarter

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In a dramatic game, Louisiana Tech secured a narrow victory over Louisiana-Lafayette with a score of 32-31 after scoring 19 points in the fourth quarter alone. Quarterback Blake Baker led Louisiana Tech to their comeback win by throwing three touchdowns and running for another one. The final touchdown came on an impressive eight-play drive ending with a 7-yard pass from Baker to Eli Finley, securing the victory with 46 seconds left in the game.
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On Saturday night in RUSTON, La., Louisiana Tech narrowly beat Louisiana-Lafayette with a final score of 32-31. The decisive moment came when Blake Baker, quarterback for Louisiana Tech, threw three touchdown passes and scored another on the ground. Most crucially, Louisiana Tech rallied from an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter to score 19 points and secure their victory. This comeback included Jalen Mickens’ touchdown run that narrowed the gap early in the final period, followed by Baker’s touchdown pass with just over three minutes left to tie the game at 31-31 before the winning touchdown pass made it 32-31 with 46 seconds remaining. Louisiana Tech improved their record to 3-2, while Louisiana-Lafayette fell to 4-2 in this Sun Belt Conference matchup.

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La. Louisiana Tech Louisiana-Lafayette RUSTON Sun Belt Conference

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Louisiana Tech ORG · 5× Louisiana-Lafayette ORG · 4× Baker PERSON · 3× Blake Baker PERSON · 1× Eli Finley PERSON · 1× Jalen Mickens’ PERSON · 1× KeDarious Wade PERSON · 1× La. GPE · 1× Lunch Winfield PERSON · 1× RUSTON GPE · 1×

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RUSTON, La. (AP) — Blake Baker threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, and Louisiana Tech scored 19 points in the fourth quarter to beat Louisiana-Lafayette 32-31 on Saturday night.
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Louisiana Tech beats Louisiana-Lafayette 32-31 after 19-point 4th quarter · assertive framing

Claims (11 extracted, 0 hedged)

RUSTON, La. (AP) — Blake Baker threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score, and Louisiana Tech scored 19 points in the fourth quarter to beat Louisiana-Lafayette 32-31 on Saturday night. asserted
Tech → throw → night
Jalen Mickens’ 3-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter pulled Louisiana Tech to 24-13. asserted
run → pull → 24
Lunch Winfield answered with a 45-yard touchdown pass to KeDarious Wade to stretch the Louisiana-Lafayette lead to 31-19. asserted
Winfield → answer → 31
Baker’s 12-yard touchdown run made it 31-26 with 3:44 to play. asserted
it → make → 3:44
Louisiana Tech forced a three-and-out, and then Baker led an eight-play, 66-yard drive, capped by his 7-yard touchdown pass to Eli Finley with 46 seconds left. asserted
Baker → force → seconds
Baker was 32-of-42 passing for 319 yards. asserted
Baker → pass → yards
Finley finished with nine catches for 114 yards and two scores. asserted
Finley → finish → yards
Talyn Shettron had eight receptions for 102 yards for Louisiana Tech (3-2, 1-0 Sun Belt Conference). asserted
Shettron → have → Tech
Andrew Burnette had 14 carries for 85 yards rushing. asserted
Burnette → have → yards
Winfield completed 14 of 24 passes for 239 yards and threw a touchdown pass and two interceptions for Louisiana-Lafayette (4-2, 1-1). asserted
Winfield → complete → Lafayette
Up next Louisiana-Lafayette: Hosts Troy on Saturday. asserted
Lafayette → host → Saturday
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