GAME DAY INFORMATION (COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO)

When: Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 | 7 p.m.

Where: Stephenville, Texas | Wisdom Gym

Records: Tarleton 4-0, 0-0 LSC | Colorado State-Pueblo 3-1, 0-0 RMAC

GAME DAY INFORMATION (OUACHITA BAPTIST)

When: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 | 7 p.m.

Where: Stephenville, Texas | Wisdom Gym

Records:Tarleton 4-0, 0-0 LSC | Ouachita Baptist 1-3, 0-0 GAC

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THE GAME
The No. 1-ranked Texans have started the season 4-0 and will host the Thanksgiving Classic while taking on Colorado State-Pueblo on Friday at 7 p.m. and Ouachita Baptist at 7 p.m. at Wisdom Gym.
 
THE BROADCAST
Each 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 OPPONENT: COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO
The Thunderwolves and are coming off an upset road win over No. 11 Midwestern State, 87-74. CSPU is 3-1 on the season.
 
THE OPPONENT: OUACHITA BAPTIST
 The Tigers are 1-3 on the season with their only win coming against Oklahoma Baptist, 78-58, on Nov. 19.
 
THE SERIES: COLORADO STATE-PUEBLO
This is the first-ever match up between the two schools.
 
THE SERIES: OUACHITA BAPTIST
This is the third meeting between the schools with Tarleton winning the previous two match ups. The Texans defeated the Tigers 74-67 in 2012 in Stephenville and 61-40 back in 1998 in Arkansas.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tarleton played Bacone and defeated the Warriors 116-49. EJ Reed scored 23 points to lead 10 Texans who scored in the rout, including seven in double figures. It was the highest point total for Tarleton since its season-opening win Southwestern Adventist in 2013-14 when they scored 118 points.
 
NO. 1 IN THE NATION
For the first time since 2004, Tarleton is No. 1 in the NABC poll during the regular season. The Texans opened as the preseason No. 2. The Texans have been No. 1 nine prior times.
 
LSC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
EJ Reed was named the LSC Offensive Player of the Week a week after claiming the LSC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Reed helped No. 1-ranked Tarleton improve to 4-0 on the season by averaging 25 points per game on 81 percent shooting and 9.5 rebounds in Tarleton's two wins.
 
CHASING 600
Head Coach Lonn Reisman enters the game with 593 career wins in 28 seasons at Tarleton (614 overall). Reisman is fifth on the active NCAA Division II head coaches' win list.
 
REISMAN IN NOVEMBER
Head coach Lonn Reisman is 41-5 in November games since 2007 for an .891 winning percentage. The Texans have won 15 straight games in November.
 
TEXANS AT HOME
In Coach Reisman's 28 seasons at Tarleton State, the Texans have amassed a total record of 378-62 including a record of 160-14 (.920) with two undefeated home seasons since 2005. The Texans went 20-1 at Wisdom Gym last season.
 
ENTERING THE TOP 15
4-year Texan Michael Hardge, who has 219 career assists and 79 career steals, needs 7 assists and 13 steals to enter the top 15 on the all-time Tarleton basketball records list.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
- EJ Reed is 8 points away from 400 in his career.
- Michael Hardge is 34 minutes from 2,000 in his career.
- Michael Hardge is 2 3-pointers from 50 in his career.
- Jakob Damstra is 3 rebounds from 100 in his career.
- Jakob Damstra is 20 points from 100 in his career.
 
4-0 STARTS
The Texans have now started 4-0 in eight of the last 10 seasons, including three straight seasons. Tarleton has won the first four games of the season 13 times under Lonn Reisman.
 
5-0 STARTS
Tarleton has only started a seaosn 5-0 five times under Lonn Reisman. However, the Texans have started 5-0 the last two seasons. 2002-03, 2006-07, and 2007-08 were the other three seasons.
 
SENIOR SUCCESS
When seniors Michael Hardge and EJ Reed are in the starting lineup together, the Texans have a record of 23-2 (.920).
 
NON-CONFERENCE WIN STREAK
The Texans have won 33 straight non-conference home games. The last loss came on Nov. 12, 2012 vs SW Assemblies of God.
 
DOUBLE-DIGIT ASSISTS
Michael Hardge set a career high with 11 assists on Saturday against Bacone. Hardge's 11 assists ties him for 10th most in a game in school history, done nine other times.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton will take on Arlington Baptist on Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Wisdom Gym.