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STEPHENVILLE - The Tarleton Texans (4-2, 0-1 LSC) will host the Abilene Christian Wildcats (4-3, 1-2 LSC) in Lone Star Conference action, this Saturday, Dec. 8 in Stephenville. Tip-off between the Texans and Wildcats is set for 7 p.m. inside Wisdom Gym.
 
QUICK HITS
• Tarleton snapped its four-game winning streak with Wednesday's 57-52 loss to Angelo State.
• The Wildcats have dropped two-straight games after collecting wins in its previous four outings.
• The Wildcats are coming off a 90-88 loss to A&M-Commerce in Abilene this past Tuesday.
 
SERIES HISTORY
• Tarleton leads the all-time series 33-30 after defeating the Wildcats in both games last season.
• Tarleton has won seven consecutive meetings between the two teams, which dates back to an 80-64 win over the Wildcats on Feb. 18, 2009.
• Tarleton's last loss to ACU came back on Jan. 28, 2009 - a 73-70 decision in favor of ACU in Abilene.
• The Texans have won 23 of the past 24 games over ACU.
• Tarleton head coach Lonn Reisman is 32-8 all-time when facing the Wildcats.
 
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.
 
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
• Head coach Joe Golding is in his second year at the helm of the ACU men's basketball program.
• Golding brings in an overall record of 16-19 into Saturday's contest and is 0-2 all-time when his team plays the Texans.
• Golding was a four-year letterwinner at ACU from 1994-98, playing in all 108 games, and was given the Teague Point Guard Award as a senior. He shot 46 percent from the floor over his four-year career, and averaged 4.3 points and 4.2 assists per game.
• The Wildcats are averaging nearly 76 points (75.7) a game, while giving up 72.9 points to opposing teams. The 75.7 ppg ranks second in the LSC.
• The Wildcats are shooting .478 percent as a team from the field. ACU is shooting .356 from beyond the arc and .575 percent from the charity stripe.
• ACU has three players averaging double figures with Eric Lawton's 16.9 ppg leading the way.
• Steven Werner leads the squad on the boards with 7.7 rebounds per contest. He and Cornelius Cammock both lead the team with seven blocks.
• Lawton has a team-high 27 assists on the season and Parker Wentz leads the team with 15 steals.
 
CARTER'S STREAK ENDS
• Davene Carter's consecutive field goals made streak came to an end in Tarleton's 77-61 victory over Alrington Baptist on Saturday.
• Carter (F, So, Duncanville) 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.
 
CLEMONS PULLS DOWN A NEW CAREER-HIGH
• Damion Clemons (F, So, Dallas) recorded a new career-high on Wednesday 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
• Junior guard Coleman Furst (G, Jr, Densison) 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 10 points in Tarleton's loss to ASU on Wednesday.
• The junior transfer has now scored double-digits in five of his six 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 five games this season. Furst has scored in double figures all but one game as well for the Texans.
 
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 a long lay-off before returning to action on Tuesday, Dec. 18, hosting Henderson State in non-conference action in Stephenville.
• The Texans and Reddies will tip-off at approximately 8 p.m. following the TexAnns' game with Texas-Permian Basin.
• Following Tarleton's game with HSU, the Texans will not play until Dec. 29, when they host Ouachita Baptist in another non-conference home match-up.