GAME NOTES: Even though they have one of the nation's longest home court winning streaks, Louisiana Tech is taking its act on the road as the team sizes up the Temple Owls in the quarterfinals of the 2015 NIT at the Liacouras Center on Wednesday night.

Louisiana Tech, a three seed in the event, is not only a perfect 17-0 at home this season, but the Bulldogs have come out on top in 30 straight outings at the Thomas Assembly Center dating back to the 2013-14 campaign.

The most recent home win for LaTech was an 89-79 triumph over Central Michigan in the first round of this tournament on St. Patrick's Day, a decision that put the squad into the second round of the NIT for the third straight year. The team showed it could win on the road as well, dusting off Texas A&M two nights ago in College Station by a score of 84-72

With this being their ninth appearance in the NIT, the Bulldogs have a 12-8 record in the event all-time.

As for the top-seeded Owls, they were one of the teams that many thought had been overlooked by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, after losing to nationally-ranked SMU during the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Temple, which has set a single-season record for wins at the Liacouras Center with 15, has defeated both Bucknell (73-67) and George Washington (90-77) in the facility over the last week.

Taking part in this tourney for the 18th time, Temple owns the distinction of being the very first NIT champion back in 1938 by taking down Colorado by a lopsided 60-36 final. The Owls also won it all in 1969 versus Boston College (89-76).

These teams met earlier this season with Temple posting an 82-75 win, as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, in what was the first-ever meeting between the two.

The winner of this contest will head to Madison Square Garden in New York City next week to take on the Miami Hurricanes in the semifinals on Tuesday, for the right to play for the championship two nights later.

A dominating team in the state of Louisiana these last few years, the Bulldogs took their act on the road a few nights ago and turned the trick at Texas A&M, scoring a double-digit win thanks to Alex Hamilton who tallied a game-high 25 points to go with five assists for the visitors as they shot 51.7 percent from the floor, which included a sizzling 63.0 percent in the second half. Kenneth Smith came within two assists of a double-double as he tallied 16 points, thanks to a perfect 4-of-4 effort from 3-point range, followed by Michale Kyser with 14 points and four blocked shots.

Raheem Appleby, who made only one of his 10 field goal tries, missing all five chances behind the 3-point line as he finished with a mere two points in 20 minutes of action versus A&M, is still the leading scorer for the Bulldogs with 15.1 ppg, but now Hamilton is on the verge of taking over as he produces 15.0 ppg. Smith, recognized as the Conference USA Player of the Year, has been sacrificing his own offensive production (6.4 ppg) in order to ensure that teammates get plenty of opportunities to score, resulting in a whopping 262 assists in 35 starts.

Against the Colonials three days ago, Temple was led by Will Cummings who tallied 21 points, shooting a perfect 8-of-8 at the free-throw line, while Jesse Morgan pitched in with 20 points thanks to a 4-of-7 showing beyond the arc. Devin Coleman produced 13 points, five rebounds and three assists in just 16 minutes off the bench, while fellow reserve Josh Brown accounted for 11 points. Jaylen Bond's game-high 15 rebounds helped push the hosts to a 38-26 advantage on the glass.

Playing 34 minutes per contest, Cummings is not only the leading scorer for the Owls with 14.9 ppg, he is also the leader on the unit in terms of assists and steals with 142 and 64, respectively, which partly make up for his mere 21.6 percent shooting behind the 3-point line. Quenton DeCosey, who tallied only four points on 1-of-5 shooting from the floor in the win over George Washington, accounts for another 12.2 ppg and Morgan 11.9 ppg, while Bond (7.7 ppg) is responsible for 8.2 rpg for a team that is getting by with just 38.7 percent accuracy from the floor and 30.5 percent shooting out on the perimeter.

Hitting the road worked well for the Bulldogs the last time out, but Temple has already proven that it can take down LaTech. The Owls also have the advantage of having several players available for this meeting that were not able to take the floor back in November, so the home team should be moving on to NYC after tonight.