RETURNING TO ACTION
The Tarleton Texans will hit the road again for two straight long trips, starting with an 8 p.m. CST tip-off at Eastern New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 22 in Portales, N.M.

ON THE AIR
Saturday's game can be seen by all Tarleton fans through the TarletonSports.com/Showcase.  The video feel will be brought to you by the ENMU Sports Information Department, but the Texan fans can turn down their broadcast and listen to KSTV 93.1 FM. 

Fans can also join the LIVE CHAT with Tarleton Athletics and watch live stats via the ENMU web site.

ON THE ROAD
The Texans have struggled in their five road games so far, going 2-3. 
   
Earlier this season, the Texans played four games in nine days, including three on the road. During that road trip, Tarleton traveled approximately 1,021 miles in seven days through Oklahoma and Texas.
   
The longest stretch, however, is when Tarleton goes to Portales, N.M. this weekend, returns Saturday night, then goes to Canyon next Tuesday and returns Wednesday night.  The Texans will travel over 1,500 miles in that stretch while trying to improve their road record to one that is of the winning variety.

PLAYING IN THE SOUTH
The Texans are 85-44 in the South Division since the LSC split into divisions in 1997-98.  Tarleton played in the North Division in 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05.  In division play, the Texans are 114-49 in that span.
   
Since the 2001-02 season, Tarleton is 84-25 in division play, including a 55-20 mark in the South Division.

PLAYING THE SOUTH
The Texans are 93-51 against LSC South teams since the 2001-02 season, a .646 winning percentage.  That includes the three years Tarleton competed in the North Division, but still played the South teams in crossover or tournament action.
   
Since joining the LSC, Tarleton is 151-118 against current LSC teams since the 1994-95 season.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK x2
Tarleton's Wes Dipprey was named the Lone Star Conference South Division Defensive Player of the Week for the second straight week.
   
Dipprey recorded the team's first double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Abilene Christian on Tuesday while adding eight boards and a team-high 18 points in the win at home over Angelo State. He also led the team with three steals at ACU and tied for the team lead with three steals against ASU. Eight of his rebounds at ACU were of the defensive variety while four of his boards against ASU were on the defensive end. The Texan also had a block, averaged .588 from the floor and .889 from the charity stripe while averaging 9.0 rebounds and 14.0 points per game.

DEFENSE, DEFENSE
The Tarleton defense is ranked No. 1 in the nation scoring defense, allowing opponents to score an average of 51.4 points per game heading into this week.  Tarleton is No. 2 in the nation in field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 36.4 percent from the field.
   
Thanks to the defense, Tarleton has the No. 3 scoring margin in the country with a plus-25.9 margin.

FORCING TURNOVERS
Tarleton is forcing lots of turnovers this season, but giving away less.  The Texans are No. 2 in the nation in turnover margin with a 8.4 margin in favor of the purple and white.
   
Part of turnovers is taking the ball away, and the Texans are No. 12 in the country in doing so, averaging 10.4 steals per game.

REBOUND THAT BALL
Heading into this week, the Texans are No. 17 in the nation in rebound margin (7.9).  The Texans have outrebounded every foe this season except Cameron, Texas A&M-Commerce and Abilene Christian.
   
Tarleton is outrebounding opponents by an average of 37.3 to 29.8.

LEADING THE TEXANS
The Texans are led by Corin Henry with 13.9 points per game.  He is the only Texan in double figures in the balanced attack as Carrington Tankson is second with 9.5 points per game and Devon Hills is third with 9.3 points per outing.  Wes Dipprey's 6.5 rebounds per game leads the team with Donta Smith second with 4.2 boards per outing.  Fabian Wilson leads the team with 11 blocks while Henry tops the squad with 29 steals.

OUTSCORING FOES
The Texans are outscoring foes 76.7 to 52.4.  The Texans'  biggest win of the season came against Arlington Baptist – 108-30 (78 points).  The smallest margin of victory is four at home against Texas A&M-Commerce (70-66).

SHOOTING TEXANS
The Texans are averaging .462 from the floor, .388 from the arc and .685 from the charity stripe while opponents are shooting .372 from the field, .336 from the arc and .655 from the line. 

NOW ON SPECIAL
Tarleton is outscoring opponents in points off turnovers (24.5 to 10.1) and points in the paint (35.1 to 17.5). 

OFF THE BENCH
Tarleton is averaging 32.9 points per game off of the bench this season as the Texans are outscoring opponents from the bench by 18.6 points per game (14.3 for opponents).

IN THE CONFERENCE
The Texans are first in the LSC in scoring defense, scoring margin, field goal percentage defense, three-point field goal percentage, turnover margin (+8.36), offensive rebounds (13.7), rebounding defense and rebounding margin (7.5).  Tarleton is also first in defensive rebounding percentage (.739) and in offensive rebounding percentage (.393) and third in rebounding offense and in assist/turnover ratio (1.1).

SCOUTING THE GREYHOUNDS
The Greyhounds are 7-8 on the season and 2-1 in the LSC South Division after wins over Texas A&M-Kingsville (70-49) and at West Texas A&M (73-70).  The loss came on Wednesday at Midwestern State (89-69).
   
The Greyhounds are led by Stefan Mirabal with 13.9 points per game while Max Carrier is second in scoring with 13.5 points per outing.  He leads the team with 7.5 rebounds per game.  Aaron Edwards is second with 5.4 boards per contest.
   
ENMU is averaging .424 from the field, .358 from the arc and .688 from the line while opponents are shooting .478 from the floor, .336 from the arc and .696 from the charity stripe.  The Greyhounds are being outscored 77.2 to 75.4 and outrebounded 37.4 to 34.9 this season.

ALL-TIME SERIES
Tarleton leads the all-time series that began in 964, 27-7. The Texans claimed a 73-48 win in Portales, N.M. last season on Feb. 10, 2010 in the last meeting.  Tarleton has won six straight games.  The last ENMU win came in overtime in Portales, 77-74.  Tarleton had won the previous 18 games before that loss.  The Texans are 21-6 against the Greyhounds under head coach Lonn Reisman, including a 12-4 mark in Portales.