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THE GAME
After a week layoff due to inclement weather, he Tarleton State Texans (4-0) return to the floor this Tuesday, Nov. 25, against the Dallas Christian Crusader (1-5) at Wisdom Gym in Stephenville. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m.
 
TOYS for Tots Night
The Tarleton Athletics department, TexAnn Basketball and Texan Basketball teams are working with the Texan Club and Toys for Tots to give back to the community.
 
Tuesday night is Toys for Tots night at Wisdom Gym with free admission for one will be awarded to any fan bringing a new, unwrapped toy for donation. All donations will be given to others in the Stephenville/Cross Timbers area.
 
QUICK HITS
• The Texans are 4-0 for the first time since the 2010-11 season and will be looking to improve to 5-0 for the first time since the 2007-08 campaign.
• Chuck Guy has began the season scoring at least 20 points in three of his first four games. He has poured in 20 points or more in 12 of his last 20 games dating back to last season.
• Tarleton is on a current 11-game home winning streak and has won 11 consecutive home games against non-conference opponents as well.
• The Texans have won three games by 25 points or more already this season. The squad did not have a 25-point or more win all of last season.
• Tarleton leads the Lone Star Conference with 101.2 points per game. The Texans would rank seventh among all NCAA Division II conference-point-leaders - just behind the GLIAC's Malone (104.0) and ahead of the MIAA's Central Oklahoma (96.0)
 
Covering the Game
Tarleton State Basketball will be broadcast live on KSTV (93.1 FM) throughout the season. Casey Hogan will have the call with Mike Young joining him for color commentary. The games can also be found online at www.kstvfm.com for Saturday's contest.
 
A live video feed will be available as well by logging onto TarletonSports.com and clicking the "Live Video" link at the top of the page. Live stats will be provided and can also be found online at TarletonSports.com.
 
Series Information
Tarleton leads the all-time series with a perfect 8-0 mark against the Crusaders dating back 20 2002 when the series began. All eight games have been played inside Wisdom Gym with the Texans posting a 42.0 margin of victory. Tarleton's largest margin of victory was a 75-point win over the Crusaders back on Nov. 20, 2007, when the Texans won 94-19. Last season's 21-point victory was the series' closest contest, with Tarleton winning 91-70.
 
Last Meeting
Despite Dallas Christian shooting 55.8 percent from the field and 57.1 percent from beyond the arc, Tarleton still managed to come away with a 21-point win over the Crusaders in Stephenville last season. Tarleton shot 53.5 percent on the evening, but the Texans made up the difference with 13 steals and forcing 20 turnovers overall en route to scoring 24 points off those turnovers.
 
DCU managed to keep the game close over the course of the first 15 minutes of the game, but then the Texans went on an 11-0 run late in the first half and then opened the final half with an 11-2 run to keep the Crusaders at bay.
 
Davene Carter scored a career-high 21 points in the contest and De'Andre Upchurch followed with 16 points after going 4-for-8 from the three-point line. Carter's eight rebounds were a game-high, but Jon Cathey-Macklin followed with seven boards as well.
 
Scouting the Crusaders
Dallas Christian is coming off its first win of the season, picking up a 105-69 victory over Barclay College last Friday in Dallas. The Crusaders are now 1-5 on the season following the win.
 
Four different Crusaders tallied 10 points or more in the win with Trent Dawson leading the way on a game-high 17-point effort. Ched Herring followed with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Renaldo Thompson recorded a double-double as well with 10 points and 10 boards. DCU shot 46.7 percent from the field and 35.2 percent from downtown.
 
DCU is averaging 74.0 points per game this season, but defensively the team is giving up 92.3 points per contest.
 
Last Time out for Texans
Tarleton won its fourth straight contest last Tuesday, defeating Arlington Baptist 107-54 in Stephenville. The Texans shot better than 50 percent from the field for the fourth time in as many chances, while limiting the Patriots to just a 32.3 percent effort from the field and a 22.2 percentage from behind the three-point line.
 
Chuck Guy led all players with 21 points - his third straight game with 20 points or more - and had five assists as well. De'Andre Upchurch scored 18 points with five assists and Michael Hardge tallied seven points with five assists. Tarleton finished the game with 24 assists - the teams most assists in a single same since dishing out 24 assists against Abilene Christian back on Feb. 23, 2011.
 
Davene Carter pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds and Jon Cathey-Macklin had a season-high four blocks, while the team defensively forced 21 turnovers and had 16 steals in the process.
 
Tarleton's High-octane Offense
The Texans have scored at least 85 points in four straight games for just the second time in school history and for the first time since 1989-90. If the Texans score 85 or more points on Tuesday, it would be the first time in school history that Tarleton has acheived the feat.
 
Leading the LSC
Despite playing just one game last week, the Texans continue to lead the league in eight major offensive/defensive categories so far this season. The Texans are first in scoring (101.3), scoring defense (60.3), margin of victory (+41.0), shooting percentage (.558), three-point shooting (.453), and rebounding margin (+16.3).
 
Tarleton ranks second in rebounding with 43.8 boards per game, but the squad ranks first in rebounding defense, allowing opposing teams to get net just 27.5 boards per contest.
 
NABC Poll
The Tarleton State men's basketball team made its season debut in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Coaches Poll, coming in at No. 24 in last week's rankings.
 
Last Week's No. 24 ranking marks the 70th week that the Texans have been ranked inside the top-25 poll since the 2002-03 season. Tarleton's last ranking came in 2012-13 when the squad was preseason ranked No. 17.
 
Up next for the Texans
Tarleton will come back from the Thanksgiving break with a Saturday contest against former Lone Star Conference foe, East Central. The Tigers are 2-3 on the season and will not have a game until Saturday's contest with the Texans.
 
Tarleton leads the all-time series over the Tigers, 15-2, which includes an 8-0 mark inside Wisdom Gym.