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LAWTON, Okla. - The Tarleton Texans (15-7, 8-6 LSC) will cross the Red River for the first time this season and head to Lawton, Okla., to face the Cameron Aggies (15-7, 11-5 LSC) this Wednesday, Feb. 20. Tip-off between the two teams is set for 8 p.m. inside Aggie Gym.
 
QUICK HITS
• The Texans clinched a spot in the 2013 Lone Star Conference Championship Tournament with its 77-71 win over Incarnate Word on Saturday. ACU's loss to CU over the weekend secured Tarleton's place in Allen.
• Tarleton moved to 15-7 overall on the season and 8-6 in conference play.
• The Texans head into this week's slate of games currently tied for third-place with UIW. Tarleton is just one game back of Cameron (11-5) in the loss department, but CU has played two more LSC games than the Texans.
• The Aggies are coming off a 67-62 win over Abilene Christian on Saturday. CU needed overtime on Wednesday to defeat Angelo State, 76-72.
• Tarleton's Chuck Guy (G, Jr, Fort Worth) has scored 20 points or more in two straight games and in four of the last five. He has recorded double-figure scoring in eight straight games and in 11 out of the last 13 contests.
 
SHAKE-UP IN THE LSC THIS WEEKEND
• Just when you thought the Midwestern State Mustangs had the conference championship all wrapped up, Angelo State comes into town and messes that picture up.
• The Rams downed the Mustangs 53-50 in Wichita Falls on Saturday, giving MSU a 13-3 mark and conference play. That means, not only does Tarleton have a chance to still win the LSC, but so does four other teams (CU, UIW, TAMUC, ENMU).
• ASU's win means that the Rams are still alive for a conference tournament berth, should West Texas A&M or Texas A&M-Kingsville stumble in the final two weeks of the regular-season.
• While four teams (MSU, CU, UIW, TSU) have locked up spots in the conference tournament, the final four spots remain with any of the other six teams having a shot to get in.
 
ABOUT THE AGGIES
• Head coach Wade Alexander is in his fifth season at the helm of CU basketball program. He heads into Wednesday's game with an all-time record of 71-59 overall and at CU. Prior to taking over at CU, Alexander served as assistant coach at East Central (Okla.).
• He is 35-35 in Lone Star Conference games, despite having an 0-12 mark in league play during the 2009-10 season.
• Alexander is just 2-4 when going up against the Texans, but he is 2-1 when playing Tarleton inside Aggie Gym.
• CU has won three straight ballgames heading into Wednesday night's showdown. The Aggies have just dropped on game in its previous six contests and have just two losses in its previous 12 games.
• The Aggies are shooting 45.1 percent from the field as a team, which ranks fourth in the LSC. Opposing teams are shooting 41.1 percent from the floor.
• CU averages a league's fifth-best 70.2 points per game; they give up 66.5 points per game, which also ranks fifth in the league.
• CU has recorded just 396 fouls this season, which ranks in the top five in the league; but, opposing teams are not fouling the Aggies as much either, having just 363 fouls against them heading into Wednesday.
• CU is 273-for-404 from the charity stripe, but opponents have been to the free-throw line more 100 times and making 355-of-515 shots.
• The Aggies average 34.5 rebounds per game and have out-rebounded opponents on a +2.5 margin.
• Despite Craig Foster ranking eighth in the conference in steals (1.8), the Aggies remain dead last in the conference as a team, averaging just 4.4 steals per game.
 
SERIES HISTORY
• Tarleton leads the all-time series 19-11 despite falling to Aggies earlier this season, 71-62 in Stephenville.
• The Texans snapped a two-game win streak over the Aggies with the loss, giving CU its first win over the Texans since Nov. 27, 2010.
• The Texans are 19-7 overall when playing the Aggies under head coach Lonn Riesman. Reisman is 7-4 all-time as a coach playing CU inside Aggie Gym.
 
WHILE YOU WERE AWAY...
• CU has gone 7-2 since defeating the Texans back on Jan. 9. Of those seven victories, one of them was to conference leading Midwestern State (64-63), while another two games went into overtime (TAMUK, 82-79; ASU, 76-72).
• The Texans have went 7-3 since falling to CU. The Texans dropped two more games after the Aggie loss, but then turned around to win six-straight games. Tarleton has played just one overtime game since then (ACU, 75-70).
 
 
FOSTER CARE FOR AGGIES
• CU is led by its senior point guard Craig Foster, who is averaging 16.6 points per game and dishing out a team-high 127 assists. Foster currently ranks fourth in the league in scoring, but is leading he conference with his 5.8 assists per game.
• Foster shoots 39.1 percent from the three-point line and is second in the league with 54 made three-pointers. He trails only ACU's Eric Lawton, who has made 62 three-pointers so far on the season.
• Foster lead the team with a 79.6 free throw shooting percentage, which ranks third in the LSC.
 
CLOSE GAME WOES
• With last Wednesday's one-point loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville, Tarleton dropped to 1-4 on the season in games decided by five points or less.
• Tarleton's other five-point or less defeats have come to Angelo State (57-52), UIW (72-67) and Eastern New Mexico (59-56).
• Tarleton's lone win in a five-point game or less came against Abilene Christian (75-70).
• All five games that have been decided by five points or less have come on the road.
 
TAKE THAT BACK TO THE REC
• Tarleton ranks second in the LSC and 31st in the nation in blocked shots per game. The Texans are averaging 4.5 blocked shots as a team.
• The Texans moved back into the top spot in the league in blocked shots, leading the conference with 4.5 blocked shots. MSU is right behind with 4.4 blocks.
• Jon Cathey-Macklin continues to lead the league with 1.7 blocked shots per game. He raised his average after collecting a career-high seven blocks against Incarnate Word on Saturday.
• Cathey-Macklin came just one block shy of tying the school's single-game record of eight blocked shots set by Vincent Bridgewater back on Jan. 25, 2003 against Southeastern Oklahoma.
 
20/20 VISION
• Tarleton's Chuck Guy and Brian Word (G, Sr, Baltimore, Md.) each scored at least 20 points in Tarleton's 77-71 win over UIW on Saturday. Guy tallied 23 points, while Word poured in a career-high 21 points for the home team.
• It marked the first time a Texan duo has scored 20+ points in the same game since Mar. 5, 2010. That night Effran Bryant scored 22 points and Corin Henry recorded 25 points to lead the Texans to an 82-68 victory over West Texas A&M in Stephenville.
• That was Word's first career 20-point game, while it was Guy's sixth of the season. Guy has now scored in the 20's in two straight games and four of the past five.
 
WINNING AT WISDOM
• The Tarleton Texans are now 330-58 (.850) overall when playing inside the friendly confines of Wisdom Gym under head coach Lonn Reisman.
• The Texans moved to 204-25 (.890) playing under Reisman inside Wisdom Gym since 2000.
• Since joining NCAA Division II, Tarleton is 257-44 (.854) all-time at home.
 
NATIONALLY SPEAKING
• The last time national statistics came out, Tarleton ranked 5th in scoring defense. The Texans are giving up just 58.3 points per game to opposing teams. Cal-Poly continues to lead the nation giving up just 54.9 points per contest. Tarleton finished the past two seasons leading the country in scoring defense.
• Tarleton ranks 44th in field goal percentage-defense, as opponents shoot just 40.4 percent from the floor.
• The Texans rank 31st in blocks per game, averaging 4.4 blocks against opposing teams.
 
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.
 
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 D-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 just in time for a huge Lone Star Conference match-up against the league-leading Midwestern State Mustangs. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 23, inside the friendly confines of Wisdom Gym.
• The Texans will have just two regular-season games left after this week, hosting Eastern New Mexico on Wednesday, before traveling to face West Texas A&M next Saturday.