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STEPHENVILLE - The Tarleton TexAnn basketball team will host the Cameron Aggies this Monday, Dec. 21 in the team's final game of 2009 before making the transition over to the new decade. Tip-off inside Wisdom Gym is set for 6 p.m.
 
The match-up will be broadcast live on KSTV (93.1 FM) in Stephenville.  Play-by-play announcer Lucas Vane will have the call for all TexAnns home games. Fans can also listen to the action live via the Tarleton Athletics Radio Network by logging onto the KSTV web site. The video and audio streams of the broadcast will be available on TarletonSports.com as part of Tarleton All-Access.
 
ABOUT THE TEXANNS
Tarleton enters Monday's game with a 9-1 overall record after returning to the win column with an 81-56 victory over Southwestern Oklahoma at Wisdom Gym on Saturday. The 9-1 record is the best 10-game start for the TexAnns since the 1983-84 team opened 9-1 as well.

The TexAnn offense played much better this time out, shooting .527 percent from the field, including a .556 percent effort from the floor in the first-half. Shelby Adamson recorded a team-high six assists and Haley grabbed four offensive boards for the TexAnns.

Brittanie Haley scored a season-high 21 points and came within a rebound shy (9) of recording her third double-double of the season. She shot .900 (9-10) from the field and was a perfect 3-of-3 from the foul line. Sonay Sundberg scored 11 points in the win, netting the junior her first double-digit scoring total since Dec. 1 against Central Oklahoma (12 points). JoAnne Jones poured in 10 points for the TexAnns as well.

Tarleton's defense came into the game as one of the top team's in the nation in field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot just .315 from the field. That proved to be just the case as SWOSU was limited to just .350 percent shooting on the evening. Tarleton held the Bulldogs to just .259 percent and seven field goals in the first-half.

The TexAnn defense had a season-high 10 blocks on the night as well. Kelsey Benford led the way with three blocks, while Jones and Tara Towns each diverted two shots away also. Noted as one of the nation's elite team's in getting steals, Tarleton had just nine takeaways on the night compared to SWOSU's 13.

TARLETON AMONG THE NATION'S ELITE
Coach Ronnie Hearne's squad is well represented in the latest NCAA national statistics released on Monday. The TexAnns led the nation in scoring defense (46.1) and field goal percentage defense (.304). Tarleton ranked second in scoring margin (+33.5), eighth in field goal percentage (.495), 12th in blocks (5.3) and 27th in assists (18.1).

Several players are included in the latest individual national rankings. Jones was 11th in field-goal percentage (.597) going into Monday's game, but with her 7-of-9 performance at SOSU, she is now shooting an impressive .618 from the floor. She ranks 53rd averaging 1.6 blocks a game. Junior guard Sonya Sundberg ranks 51st overall with a 4.8 assists per game average and is 19th in assist to turnover ratio (2.53).
 
AROUND THE LSC
In addition to ranking in the top 15 nationally in field goal percentage, Jones leads the LSC with her .627 shooting percentage. SOSU's Kacey Russell is next, shooting .593 from the field. Jones ranks 22nd in points (11.6) and teammate Brittnie Haley is right behind her 23rd (11.4). Abilene Christian's Jamie Meyer leads the league (21.7). Haley ranks ninth in rebounds (6.7) and Jones is behind her in 10th (6.6). Meyer's sister, Jody, is tops in the LSC (11.6). Haley is eighth in the LSC in free throw percentage (.808). Sonya Sundberg ranks second in three-point percentage (.591), fourth in assists (4.4) and eighth in steals (2.1).
 
STEHLING ON TOP
Sophomore Morgan Stehling has provided some offense off the bench recently. Stehling is averaging 9.8 points a game on the season and has reached double figures in six of the nine games she's played in, including scoring a career-best 16 points versus Concordia. Stehling scored an impressive 11 points in just 11 minutes in Tarleton's upset victory over then No. 19 Central Oklahoma back on Dec. 1, and was named the LSC South Divsion's Offensive Player of the Week on  Dec. 7.

TAKE IT, IT'S FREE
Brittnie Haley has proved to be a monster at the free-throw line for the TexAnns lately. Haley missed her first free throw attempt at Southeastern Oklahoma on Monday, but has since then rattled off 17 straight. She finished 14-of-15 from the charity stripe in Durant, Okla. and added to her consecutive streak with a 3-of-3 performance on in Saturday's game.
 
SCOUTING THE AGGIES
Cameron enters Monday's contest with a record of 3-7 and loser's of five straight. The Aggies fell to Midwestern State in Wichita Falls on Saturday. Last week the Aggies fell at home to West Texas A&M (68-48) and Eastern New Mexico (79-74). Cameon's last win came back on Nov. 30 with a 101-59 victory over Hillsdale Freewill Baptist at Aggie Gym in Lawton, Okla.

Josie Stewart leads the Aggies in scoring as she averages 17.8 points an outing. She leads her team on the boards as well, grabbing 7.7 rebounds a game and has a team-high 20 steals on the season. Lyndie Neville is second on the team wtih a 10.7 points per game average. Luv Rattler is tops on her squad with 42 assists. Jessica Preist leads the blocks department with five swatted shots this season.

As a team, Cameron is shooting .386 from the field and allowing opponents to a .418 field goal percentage. The Aggies make .330 percent of their shots from beyond the arc and .748 percent of their shots from the charity stripe.

Tom Webb is in his second season as the head coach at Cameron. Before taking over as the leader of the Bulldogs, Webb spent four seasons at Division I Eastern Washington University where he was the associate head coach for the Eagles.

Prior to EWU, Webb was the head women's basketball coach for the Northwest College (Powell, WY) Trappers. At Northwest he led the team to a 94-32 overall record and posted a school record for wins in back-to-back seasons. His record of 94-32 (75%) is the highest winning percentage in school history.

Webb also was named the Wyoming Community College Athletic Conference (WCCAC) Coach of the Year, and won two WCCAC Championships. His team's 86 points per game average is still the highest season average in school history.
 
THE SERIES
The all-time series between the Aggies and TexAnns entering Monday's game is tied 9-9. Tarleton has won the previous three contests and four of the last five as well. The TexAnns defeated the Aggies 51-45 last season in Lawton, Okla. Tarleton trailed throughout most of the contest before overtaking the Aggies in the late stages of the second-half and pulling away with the victory.

Tarleton is just 4-5 all-time when playing the Aggies inside Wisdom Gym and have won just one of the last five meetings in Stephenville.

Head coach Ronnie Hearne is 4-4 all-time against Cameron under the direction of the TexAnns.