BATON ROUGE (Interstat) — Louisiana Tech will visit LSU on Monday in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game at the Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La. The Bulldogs are the visiting team and carry a 2-0 record. The Tigers are the home team and also are 2-0.

Louisiana Tech enters the matchup after a 76-17 win over Arkansas-Monticello. Iyran Francis, a player to watch for the Bulldogs, had 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 19 minutes in that game. He also had nine points and seven rebounds in 18 minutes in an 85-75 win over Kent State. Francis has been productive in both games this season. In the most recent game, Braylon Wenger added 13 points, four rebounds and three assists, and Deven Bates had five points, seven rebounds and five assists. Louisiana Tech opened its season with the win over Kent State.

LSU’s most recent result was a 92-51 win over Texas Southern. Saliou Niang, a player to watch for the Tigers, had 15 points, 11 rebounds and two assists in 26 minutes. Michael Ruzic added 12 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks, and Abdi Bashir had 15 points, five rebounds and four assists. Niang also had 14 points, 14 rebounds and five assists in 23 minutes in a 100-57 win over New Orleans. Niang has posted a double-double in each of LSU’s first two games. LSU opened its season with that victory.

The game matches two teams that have opened the season with two wins apiece. Louisiana Tech has relied on Francis and a supporting group that includes Wenger and Bates. LSU has received production from Niang, Ruzic and Bashir. The Bulldogs will be on the road against a Tigers team playing at home. The game is part of a busy early-season stretch for both teams, with each program moving through nonconference competition before the heart of its schedule.

Louisiana Tech’s upcoming schedule includes a trip to Nicholls State and home games against Jacksonville State, Tulane, Alcorn State, Texas State, Arkansas Baptist and Stephen F. Austin, plus a road game at Troy. LSU’s next stretch includes a trip to Gonzaga, a home game against Louisiana-Monroe, home games against Queens, Wake Forest, Hofstra, High Point and Louisiana-Lafayette, and road games against Arizona State, SMU and Houston. Both teams will continue nonconference play after Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator projects LSU to win 77-69. Interstat’s ELO system gives LSU a 75.6 percent probability to win. LSU has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -30.5, and the over/under is 151.5.