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SAN ANGELO - The Tarleton Texans (4-1, 0-0 LSC) open the Lone Star Conference portion of the schedule this Wednesday, Dec. 5, as the team travels to face the Angelo State Rams (2-4, 0-2 LSC). Tip-off between the two teams is set for 7:30 p.m. at Stephens Arena in San Angelo.
 
QUICK HITS
• The Texans head into Wednesday's contest against ASU with a four-game winning streak.
• Tarleton is coming off a 77-61 win over Arlington Baptist this past Saturday in Stephenville.
• The Rams are have dropped four-consecutive games after beginning the season at 2-0.
• ASU is coming off a 73-44 loss to then No. 18-ranked West Texas A&M at home on Saturday.
 
SERIES HISTORY
• The Rams lead the all-time series 34-27, which dates back to 1965.
• Tarleton has won the previous four match-ups between the two teams and have not lost to the Rams since falling 90-81 back on Feb. 27, 2010, in San Angelo.
• The Texans won both games last season, downing the Rams 76-55 at Wisdom Gym and then 67-61 at Stephens Arena.
• Head coach Lonn Reisman is 25-10 against the Rams all-time.
 
OPENING UP THE LSC SCHEDULE
• The Texans are 12-6 in LSC openers since joining the league in 1994.
• Tarleton is 2-1 all-time when opening up LSC play against Angelo State.
• The Texans have won three-straight LSC openers dating back to the 2009-10 season. Tarleton's last loss in a season opener came to Texas A&M-Kingsville back on Jan. 14, 2009 (L, 51-45).
 
DID YOU KNOW?
• Angelo State was Tarleton's first-ever Lone Star Conference opponent when the Texans made the jump to NCAA Division II and joined the LSC.
• The Rams won the contest 58-51 in Stephenville.
• The last time a Tarleton team played in four overtimes was against ASU back on Jan. 17, 2009, in San Angelo. The Rams managed to defeat the Texans 85-50.
 
SCOUTING THE RAMS
• Head coach Fred Rike, a West Texas A&M alum, is in his seventh year at the helm of the ASU men's basketball program.
• Rike brings in an overall record of 87-84 into Wednesday's contest and is 3-9 all-time when his team plays the Texans.
• ASU won its first two games of the season, but are in a current four-game slump after falling to West Texas A&M by 29 points this past Saturday.
• The Rams are scoring a clip of 70.2 points per game and are allowing opposing teams to score 72.8 points.
• ASU is shooting just .383 from the field as a team and are allowing opponents to shoot .500 from the floor. The Rams rank last in the conference in both categories.
• Despite its troubles from the floor, the Rams are shooting a conference-best 71.1 percent from the free throw line.
• Chris Talkington leads all Ram players with a 16.6 points per game average. He is followed by Jovan Austin (12.5 ppg) and Antonio Dye (12.4).
• Talkington leads his squad with 7.0 rebounds per game, while Ryan Marsh is tops with nine blocks so far this season.
 
CARTER'S STREAK ENDS
• Davene Carter's consecutive field goals streak came to an end in Tarleton's 77-61 victory over Alrington Baptist on Saturday.
• Carter headed into the contest having made his previous 16 field goal attempts.
• The sophomore made his first four field goals in Saturday's game, pushing the streak to 20-straight field goals just before missing a put-back at the 5:22 mark of the second half.
• Carter heads into Wednesday's game having missed just four field goals (26-for-30) on the young season.
 
HOME SWEET HOME
• The Tarleton Texans are 321-57 (.849) overall when playing inside the friendly confines of Wisdom Gym under head coach Lonn Reisman.
• The Texans have posted a record of 195-24 (.890) at home under Reisman since the year 2000.
• Tarleton is 248-43 (.852) all-time at home under Reisman since joining NCAA Division II.
 
FINAL TUNE-UP
• Saturday's game against Arlington Baptist was Tarleton's final tune-up before opening up the LSC schedule this week.
• The Texans are now 10-4 in contests played the first LSC contest, since the year 2000.
 
COLEMAN NOTCHES PAIR OF CAREER-HIGHS
• Junior guard Coleman 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 on Saturday 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.) scored 13 points in Tarleton's win over Arlington Baptist on Saturday.
• The junior transfer has now scored double-digits in four of his first five games that he has suited up for the Texans.
• He and Furst are the only two Texans to score in double-digits in at least four games this season. Furst has scored in double figures all five games for Tarleton.
 
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 returns home this Saturday, Dec. 8 to host Abilene Christian (4-2, 1-1 LSC) in Lone Star Conference Action.
• Saturday's contest will be the last time the Texans and Wildcats play inside Wisdom Gym as NCAA Division II members as ACU heads to the Southland Conference next season.
• Tip-off between the Texans and Wildcats is set for 7 p.m. inside Wisdom Gym in Stephenville.
• The Texans will then have a 10-day lay-off for final exams and will not return to the court until Tuesday, Dec. 18, in a non-conference home contest against Henderson State.