GAMEDAY INFORMATION

When: Saturday, Dec. 6 | 7 p.m. (CST)

Where: Stephenville, Texas | Wisdom Gym

Series: Texans lead 10-4 | Streak: TSU, Won 1

Last Meeting: TSU 70, STMU 64 on Mar. 15, 2008 in Stephenville

Radio: Tarleton Sports Network on KTRL 90.5 FM | Listen Live | Pregame begins at 6:45 p.m.

Web Stream: TarletonSports.com/ListenLive

Social Media: Facebook | Twitter

Live Stats | Game Notes

THE GAME
Coming off a 50-point blowout of Arlington Baptist Tuesday night, No. 7 Tarleton State will host St. Mary's in a South Central regional showdown at Wisdom Gym Saturday night at 7 p.m.
 
THE BROADCAST
The game will have a live radio broadcast presented by the Tarleton Sports Network presented by North Texas Ford Dealers. The Voice of the Texans, Casey Hogan, will be back calling the play-by-play for Tarleton basketball this season. The radio broadcast can be heard on KTRL 90.5 FM in Stephenville and surrounding areas or online at TarletonSports.com/ListenLive. The pregame show will begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off.
 
THE OPPONENT
Led by eight seniors, St. Mary's has opened the season with three wins over its first six games - including two straight against Lone Star Conference opponents. The Rattlers opened the season 1-4 but have since defeated Midwestern State (63-50) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (60-55).
 
THE SERIES
Since the series made its debut under head coach Lonn Reisman in 1999, this is the 15th meeting between the Texans and Rattlers. Tarleton holds the advantage 10-4 in the series and is 9-0 in games played in Stephenville. The last time these two teams met came in the quarterfinals of the 2008 South Central Regional Tournament in Stephenville when the Texans won 70-64 on March 15.
 
STARTING OUT 6-0
The Texans have started the season 6-0 in three seasons since joining the NCAA in 1994. The first 6-0 start came in the 2006-07 season and now the Texans have started each of the last two seasons with a perfect 6-0 mark.
 
LOOKING TO GO 7-0
Tarleton State has only started a season 7-0 one time under head coach Lonn Reisman - last year in the midst of a senior-college era record winning streak of 18-straight victories to open the season.
 
CHEER NIGHT AT TARLETON
The Tarleton Cheerleaders will be signing autographs in the lobby after the game.
 
TARLETON IN NATIONAL POLLS
After starting the season ranked No. 12 in the nation, Tarleton State has since moved up five total spots to No. 7 in the latest edition of the polls after starting the season 6-0. This now marks the 20th consecutive week in which Tarleton has appeared in the national rankings after joining the top-25 on Nov. 19 last season.
 
NABC HISTORY
Of the 88 weeks in the NABC rankings, Tarleton has spent 54 of those weeks in the top 10, 36 in the top 5 and eight weeks at No. 1.
 
REISMAN IN DECEMBER
Lonn Reisman enters the month of December with five games on the schedule. His all-time record for the Christmas month is 93-36 for a winning percentage of .721. He is 1-0 in December games this season.
 
TEXANS AT HOME
In Coach Reisman's 27 seasons at Tarleton State, the Texans have amassed a total record of 360-61 including a record of 142-13 with two undefeated home seasons since 2005.
 
IN SEARCH OF SEVEN-GAME STREAK
After winning their sixth straight game Tuesday night, Tarleton heads into Saturday's game in search of its seventh straight win. Since Reisman took over the program in 1988, Tarleton has had 17 different winning streaks of at least seven games, including 11 seven-game streaks since joining the NCAA in 1994.
 
LONE UNDEFEATED IN LSC
Tarleton State is the last undefeated team standing in the Lone Star Conference at 6-0. Angelo State dropped its first game of the season 68-70 at Colorado Mesa and are now 7-1 in second place behind the Texans.
 
IN-REGION GAMES
This will be the third in-region game for the Texans this season and the second against a Heartland conference rival. Tarleton defeated NMHU and LCU in the first two games of the season. In the two games against regional opponents, Mo Lee is averaging 17.5 points per game while Hardge (13.0) and Carter (10.5) are also averaging double figures against regional foes.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
• Davene Carter is 28 game minutes away from having played 1500 career minutes for the Texans.
• Mo Lee is 17 points away from 300 in his career.
• Michael Hardge is 10 assists away from reaching 100 and 22 points from 300 in his career.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton State will take a week off for finals and will return to action in Las Vegas on Dec. 18 against Western Washington.