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Men's Basketball Preview: Henderson State

Coleman Furst is averaging a team-best 14.9 points per game heading into Tarleton's contest with Henderson State on Tuesday.
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STEPHENVILLE - Following a 10-day break from action, the Tarleton Texans (5-2, 1-1 LSC) return to the court this Tuesday, Dec. 18, to host the Henderson State Reddies (7-2, 2-2 GAC) in non-conference action. Tip-off between the two teams is scheduled for 8 p.m. inside Wisdom Gym in Stephenville.
 
QUICK HITS
• The Texans are back in the “W” column with a 64-50 home win over Abilene Christian back on Saturday, Dec. 8.
• After dropping a pair of games, the Reddies picked up a win in its last contest as well, downing Union (Tenn.) 70-67 on the road.
• The Texans are 4-1 in non-conference games this season, while HSU brings in a 5-0 mark in non-conference action.
 
SERIES HISTORY
• Tuesday's game marks just the second times the two teams will have faced each other.
• The Texans won the first and only meeting between the two teams, downing the Reddies 83-79 back on Dec. 30, 1997, in Stephenville.
 
SCOUTING THE REDDIES
• Head coach Doug Nichols is in his second season as the head coach of the Reddies. Coach Nichols took the HSU head position following a one-year stint as the assistant coach with Arkansas Tech. Prior to his arrival at Arkansas Tech, Nichols was an assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin.
• Nichols is 23-13 in his time with the Reddies.
• HSU went 16-11 last season in Nichols' first season. The Reddies went 11-5 in the GAC and earned the No. 2 seed in the inaugural GAC Tournament. A heavy favorite in the first round, the Reddies were upset by No. 7 seed Southwestern Oklahoma 81-60 and knocked out of the tournament.
• The Reddies are averaging 78.6 points a game, while giving up 72.6 points per contest to its opponents.
• HSU is shooting .464 percent from the field, but opponents are shooting close to that at .445 percent. The Reddies shoot .351 percent from beyond the arc and .660 percent from the free throw line.
• The Reddies average 35.8 rebounds per contest, but opponents are averaging 3.7 more rebounds at 39.4 rebounds per game.
• Andrew Ensley leads the team with 7.4 points per game, which ranks fifth-most in the GAC. Melvin Haynes and Denzel Lyles are averaging over 14 points per game as well.
• Cory Henshall leads the squad with 6.9 rebounds per game and Jonathan Fitzgerald is leading the team in both steals (20) and assists (29) so far this season. Fitzgerald's 2.9 steals per game leads the GAC as well.
• The Reddies are 2-2 in road games this season, but are 2-0 against non-conference teams away from Arkadelphia, Ark.
 
WHAT IS A REDDIE?
• Being a Reddie… living that Reddie Spirit… carrying that Reddie pride with you during your years at Henderson State and throughout the rest of your life. It's something special.
• Upon its establishment in 1905, the Henderson State football team became known for wearing red jerseys. Absent a traditional nickname or mascot, the team was appropriately dubbed the “Reds.” Eventually, the name shifted to “Reddies,” and it stuck.
• But being a Reddie is about much more than athletics, and involves a level of pride that could never fit into a silly, furry costume.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
• The Tarleton Texans are 322-57 (.849) overall when playing inside the friendly confines of Wisdom Gym under head coach Lonn Reisman.
• The Texans have posted a record of 196-24 (.890) at home under Reisman since the year 2000.
• Tarleton is 249-43 (.852) all-time at home under Reisman since joining NCAA Division II.
 
D...FENCE; D...FENCE; D...FENCE
• Tarleton had what could have been its best defensive effort in a first half in quite sometime, allowing ACU to make just two-field goals on 25 attempts (8.0 percent).
• The Texans did not allow the Wildcats to score a field goal until the 15:33 mark of the first half and then held ACU to without another field goal until the 2:20 mark. The Texans took a 38-12 lead into the break as ACU scored 2/3's of its points from the charity stripe.
 
TEXANS PICKING UP THE “D”
• Tarleton headed into it's game at Angelo State ranked 219th in the nation in field goal percentage-defense, allowing opposing teams to shoot 45.5 percent from the floor.
• Following its game with the Rams and a home game against ACU, the Texans moved to 110th in the nation allowing opponents to just 41.7 percent shooting from the field.
 
FURST BACK TO LEADING TEXANS
Coleman Furst (G, Jr, Denison) led the Texans in scoring for the third time this season as he poured in a game-high 18 points in Tarleton's 14-point win over the Wildcats.
• Coleman led the Texans in scoring against SW Assemblies of the God (15 pts), as well as Arlington Baptist (23 pts).
• His 18 points against ACU is a career-high for the junior against an LSC opponent.
• Furst heads into Tuesday's game leading the Texans in scoring with 14.9 points per contest.
 
CLEMONS PULLS DOWN A NEW CAREER-HIGH
Damion Clemons (F, So, Dallas) recorded a new career-high against Angelo State with seven rebounds.
• His previous career-high had been six rebounds, which he has recorded twice in his two-year span with the Texans.
 
COLEMAN NOTCHES PAIR OF CAREER-HIGHS
• Furst scored a career-high 23 points in Saturday's win over the Patriots.
• Coleman's previous career-high had been 15 points, which he scored in the team's first two games this season.
• The Denison native pulled down five rebounds on Saturday as well, which also marked a career high for the third-year player.
• Coleman set a career-high with three steals earlier this season.
 
DOUBLE DOWN
• Sophomore forward Davene Carter scored 11 points and recorded a career-high 13 rebounds against Arlington Baptist to notch his first-ever double-double.
• The accomplishment for the young Texan is the first recorded double-double for a Tarleton player this season.
 
UPCHURCH KEEPS SCORING
De'Andre Upchurch (G, Jr, Flint, Mich.), despite playing in a bench role for the Texans, is Tarelton's second leading scorer so far this season.
• Upchurch is tied with Chuck Guy (G, Jr, Fort Worth) with 10.0 points per game this season. He averages just 19.0 minutes per game.
• The junior transfer has scored double-digits in five of the seven games that he has played this season.
 
FINAL TUNE-UP
• Tarleton's game against Arlington Baptist was the team's final tune-up before opening up the LSC schedule.
• The Texans moved to 10-4 in contests played before its first LSC game, since the year 2000.
 
OPENING UP THE LSC SCHEDULE
• Tarleton dropped its LSC opener for the first time since Jan. 14, 2009 with its five-point loss to Angelo State on Wednesday.
• The Texans are now 12-7 in LSC openers since joining the league in 1994.
• Tarleton moved to 2-2 all-time when opening up LSC play against ASU.
 
TEXANS PICKED TO WIN LSC
• The Texans were selected to defend its LSC Championship, earning the No. 1 ranking in the preseason poll released by the league office on Oct. 25, 2012.
• Tarleton received 12 of a possible 29 first-place votes in the poll.
• Midwestern State received 12 first-place votes in the poll as well, but Tarleton took the top spot earning 269 total points to MSU's 262.
 
TEXANS DEBUT 2012-13 SEASON AT NO. 17 IN NABC PRESEASON POLL
• The Texans finished the 2011-12 campaign at No. 9 in the nation and head into the new season at No. 17 according to a preseason poll released by the NABC on Nov. 2.
• Tarleton was the highest ranked LSC team in the preseason poll. MSU debuts at No. 23 in 2012-13 after finishing No. 5 last season.
• Including the 2012-13 campaign, Tarleton has been preseason ranked inside the top-25 seven times.
 
TARLETON IN SEASON-OPENERS
• Tarleton snapped a 10-game winning streak in season openers after falling 73-60 to Southwestern Assemblies of God in the 2012-13 opening game. Tarleton fell to 21-4 in season-openers under coach Reisman.
• Tarleton's last loss in a season-opener had come back in 2001 against Wingate (73-83).
 
REISMAN AMONG WINNINGEST ACTIVE COACHES IN NATION
Lonn Reisman entered the 2012-13 season with a .702 winning percentage, which ranks 12th overall among active coaches in NCAA Division II.
• Reisman's .702 winning percentage ranks 26th overall among active coaches in both NCAA Division I and II.
 
TEXANS RANKED NO. 1 IN DEFENSE LAST SEASON
• The Texans finished the season ranked No. 1 overall in scoring defense for a second-straight year after allowing opponents to just 56.3 points per game in 2012-13. The Texans allowed just 53.3 points to finish no. 1 in 2010-11.
 
UP NEXT
• Tarleton will have another long lay-off before returning to action on Saturday, Dec. 29, when the team hosts Ouachita Baptist in non-conference action in Stephenville.
• The Texans and Tigers will tip-off at approximately 7 p.m. following the TexAnns' game with Texas-Permian Basin.
• Tarleton returns to Lone Star Conference action on Wednesday, Jan. 2, in a home game against Texas A&M-Kingsville.
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