| GAME DAY INFORMATION |
| When: Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 | 7 p.m. (CST) |
| Where: Stephenville, Texas | Wisdom Gym |
| Series: Texans lead 30-29 | Streak: TSU, Won 2 |
| Last Meeting: TSU 77, TAMUC 73 on January 31, 2015 in Commerce |
| FOLLOW THE ACTION |
| Radio: Tarleton Sports Network on KTRL 90.5 FM | Listen Live |
| Pregame Coverage: Pregame Show begins 15 minutes before tip off |
| Web Stream: TarletonSports.com/ListenLive |
| Social Media: Facebook | Twitter |
| Live Stats | Game Notes |
THE GAME
No. 7 Tarleton State returns home for the friendly confines of Wisdom Gym for the regular season finale against Texas A&M-Commerce Saturday at 7 p.m., in which a win by the Texans would guarantee them the outright Lone Star Conference championship.
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 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
The Lions are boasting arguably its best season over the past decade with a 21-6 record entering Saturday's contest. After losing three of four games at the end of January, Commerce has won its last five straight including a 71-68 victory over No. 15 Angelo State Wednesday night at the Fieldhouse. Christian Macauley slammed home the game-winning dunk and converted the 'and-one' free throw with 1.9 seconds to lift the Lions over the Rams and guarantee Tarleton at least a share of the LSC Conference Championship for the fourth time in school history.
THE SERIES
The senior-college era series began between Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Commerce in 1962 when the Lions were still East Texas State. Commerce won 13 of the first 17 games before
Lonn Reisman arrived at Tarleton, but Tarleton leads the series 25-16 since the current Texan coach took over the program in 1988. Since 2002, Tarleton has 17 wins of the next 23 meetings entering Saturday's game, including the first-ever meeting as nationally ranked rivals last January when Tarleton won 77-73 in Commerce.
SHARE OF THE TITLE
With Angelo's loss to Commerce Wednesday, Tarleton State was guaranteed at least of share of the LSC Championship for the fourth time in school history.
NOT INTERESTED IN SHARING
With a Tarleton win Saturday, the Texans would win its first outright LSC Championship since the league did away with divisions in 2011. The Texans only other 'outright' championship came in 2004 when the Texans won their division and the LSC Tournament in the same year.
TARLETON IN NATIONAL POLLS
After starting the season ranked No. 12 in the nation, Tarleton State has spent the entire season moving between the No. 3 and No. 15 spots in the national poll and are back in the top 10 in the latest ranking at No. 7. This now marks the 32nd consecutive week in which Tarleton has appeared in the national rankings since joining the polls on Nov. 19, 2013.
NABC HISTORY
Of the 100 weeks in the NABC rankings, Tarleton has spent 60 of those weeks in the top 10, 39 in the top 5 and eight weeks at No. 1.
RANKINGS BY THE MEDIA
The D2 Media Poll, sponsored by D2SIDA in its first year. Each region has two representatives. The Texans are No. 5 in the latest media-voted ranking.
SOUTH CENTRAL POWER
The latest South Central regional polls were released on Wednesday with Tarleton holding on to the top spot for the second straight week. The Texans were followed by LSC rivals Angelo State in fourth, Midwestern State in sixth and Texas A&M-Commerce in seventh. Five teams in the South Central Rankings are nationally ranked.
TOPPING 25
Tarleton's win over McMurry Wednesday night marked the third time in
Lonn Reisman's tenure that the Texans have won 25 games in the regular season, including the second consecutive year.
REISMAN IN THE NCAA
Lonn Reisman is one win away from 450 since Tarleton became an NCAA institution in 1994.
GETTIN' IT DONE AT THE LINE
Mo Lee and
Michael Hardge have been getting to the charity stripe at a record pace of late. Over the last 12 games, Lee is 86-105 while Hardge is 45-61. For their respective careers, the tandem is No. 5 and 6, respectively, over the last 10 years in free throws made with 212 and 209. The school's all-time leader in made free throws is Chris Givens with 397.
STREAKING AT 12
Tarleton State has pushed its current winning streak to 12 in a row, which marks the second time this season the Texans have won 12 consecutive after opening the season 12-0. This is also the fourth winning streak of at least 12 in a row over the last four seasons.
REISMAN MOVES UP ALL-TIME WINS LIST
After starting the season No. 26 on the all-time wins list for Division II Head Coaches,
Lonn Reisman is now tied at No. 18 on the all-time victory list with 583 all-time wins at a four-year school. He is tied with Brian Beaury, who is currently coaching at The College of St. Rose. His latest win also passed Greg Walcavich, who spent 32 combined years on the bench for Birmingham-Southern, Rice, West Virginia Wesleyan and Edinboro.
HOME DOMINANCE
With a win Saturday night, Tarleton State would improve to 17-1 at home this season. This would mark the fifth time under Coach Reisman the Texans have won at least 17 games in Wisdom Gym in a season. Entering Saturday's game, Tarleton is 48-3 at home over the last three years.
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Depending on the outcome of Saturday's game, Tarleton State will enter next week's LSC Championship Tournament as either the No. 1 or 2 seed and will play Wednesday.
