Brandon Gibson grabbed the offensive rebound with a few seconds left in the first half, wheeled toward the basket and put up an awkward running 10-footer between two defenders as time expired. Somehow, it went in. Of course it did. On this night, nearly all of Louisiana Tech's shots did. Playing as a nationally ranked team for the first time since Karl Malone was a college superstar in 1985, No. 25 Louisiana Tech cruised past Utah State for an 84-61 victory Thursday night, its 17th straight win to stay undefeated in the Western Athletic Conference.
