Tarleton State (16-0, 5-0) vs. Eastern New Mexico (9-7, 3-2)
Date & Tip-off	Saturday, Jan. 25 | 7 p.m. CT
LOCATION	Stephenville, Texas | Wisdom Gym
RADIO	KSTV FM 93.1 in Stephenville (Listen Live)
WEBCAST	TarletonSports.com
Live Stats	TarletonSports.com
GAME INFO	Game Notes (PDF)

 
THE GAME
The No. 4 Tarleton State Texans (16-0, 5-0 LSC) return to the friendly confines of Wisdom Gym this Saturday, Jan. 25, to host the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds (9-7, 3-2 LSC) in Lone Star Conference action. Tip-off between the two squads is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Stephenville.
 
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 on mosts of the broadcasts. 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
The Texans and Greyhounds will meet for the 41st time on Saturday with Tarleton leading the all-time series 33-7. The Texans have won two straight and 12 out of the past 13 games against the Greyhounds dating back to the 2007-08 season. Tarleton and ENMU split the regular-season series last year, with each home team picking up a win. The Texans then went on to defeat the Greyhounds 72-59 in the first round of the LSC Championship Tournament.
 
Tarleton is 18-2 overall and have won 17 consecutive games against the Greyhounds when playing at Wisdom Gym. The last time an ENMU team defeated the Texans in Stephenville was a 73-70 win at Tarleton back on Feb. 8, 1996.
 
Last Time out for the Texans
Tarleton went on the road for the third time in four games this past Wednesday to face West Texas A&M and came away with an 87-63 win over the Buffs at First United Bank Center.
 
It was just the fifth time the Texans had won in Canyon and it marked the both the most points scored against the Buffs, as well as the largest margin of victory with the 24-point advantage.
 
The Texans moved to 16-0 overall on the season, not only extending its best start ever to a season, but tying the second longest win streak in school history as well.
 
Scouting the Greyhounds
The Greyhounds are 9-7 overall and 3-2 in the Lone Star Conference heading into this weekend's match-up with the Texans.
 
ENMU has won three straight and is coming off an 83-78 home win over A&M-Commerce this past Wednesday. After falling in its first two LSC contests, the Greyhounds have managed to win three in-a-row and all three victories having a margin of victory by five points or less.
 
The Greyhounds are shooting 43.2 percent from the field as a team and rank second in the conference behind the Texans (.402) with a 36.2 three-point shooting percentage. The Greyhounds rank third in the league with 76.1 points per game, but rank first with 8.7 assists per contest.
 
Rodney Blackmon ranks among the top five in the league and leads ENMU with 16.3 points per game, while Corneilius Cammock tops the squad with 6.1 boards per game.
Henry Phil leads the team with 23 blocks, Devone Davis leads the team with 31 steals and Blackmon paces the offense with a team-leading 49 assists on they year.

Texans in the NABC Poll
The Texans moved up to No. 4 in this week's NABC Top-25 Poll, giving Tarleton its highest ranking since being ranked third in the nation back on Jan. 31, 2012.
 
The Texans have been ranked inside the NABC Top-25 for 77 different weeks since making its first-ever appearance in the poll back on Dec. 17, 2002. Including this week, Tarleton has been ranked inside the top 10 for 45 different weeks overall.
 
Countdown to 550
With every Texan victory, head coach Lonn Reisman keeps nearing the 550 career wins mark. Reisman, who is in his 26th season at Tarleton, has 546 career wins heading into this Saturday's contest against ENMU. Reisman now needs just four more victories to earn his 550th career win. He would become just the 26th coach overall and ninth active NCAA Division II head coach to earn 550 wins. He would be the 83rd coach at both the D-1 and D-II levels to achieve the feat.
 
Reisman picked up victory No. 500 back on Jan. 21, 2012 when Tarleton defeated A&M-Commerce 78-53 in Stephenville.
 
Wild Streaks
The Texans tied its second longest win streak in school history during the senior college era with its 24-point win over West Texas A&M. With the win, the Texans pushed its current win streak to 16 games and just one win away from tying the all-time mark of 17 straight win in the modern era. The Texans have won a school record 17 straight games twice under head coach Lonn Reisman. The last time a Texan team achieved that accomplishment came in 2011-12 when they won 17 straight games from Nov. 22, 2011 through Feb. 1, 2012.
 
Home Sweet Home
The Texans picked up its 18th straight win at home last Saturday. The winning streak, which dates back to Jan. 2, 2013, last season, is currently the fourth-longest home winning streak in school history.
 
Tarleton's longest home win streak was a 33-game win streak that began on Jan. 22, 2005 and ran through Jan. 27, 2007. The Texans are now 355-64 (.847) overall inside Wisdom Gym under head coach Lonn Reisman.
 
Mabry Tabbed LSC POW
Junior forward Tashawn Mabry was named this week's LSC Offensive Player of the Weeek for his outstanding performance on the court in a pair of Tarleton wins last week.
 
Mabry averaged 18.5 points per game this week after scoring 16 points in Tarleton's showdown win at MSU last Wednesday and then followed it up a career-high 21-point effort in a blowout win over Cameron that helped the Texans take sole possession of first place in the LSC.
 
Basketball Program Earns First-ever Winning Record
For the first time since becoming a senior college in 1961, the Tarleton Basketball team has a winning record. Tarleton's 76-52 win over Cameron last Saturday gave the Texans an all-time record of 725-724 - marking the first time the program has eclipsed the .500 mark. Following Wednesday's win in Canyon, the Texans are now 726-724 all-time in the senior college era.
 
Tarleton had an overall record of just 180-498 before head coach Lonn Reisman took over, but behind Reisman's overall record of 546-226, the Texans are finally a winning program.
 
Up next for the Texans
Tarleton will have an entire week off before concluding the first half of Lone Star Conference play against A&M-Commerce next Saturday, Feb. 1. The Texans and Lions will tip-off at Wisdom Gym next Saturday at 7 p.m.