GAME DAY INFORMATION

When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 | 4 p.m.

Where: Canyon, Texas | First United Bank Center

Records: No. 10 Tarleton 14-3, 4-1 LSC | West Texas A&M 14-7, 3-3 LSC

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THE GAME
No. 10 Tarleton travels to West Texas A&M on Saturday, Jan. 23 for a game at the First United Bank Center at 4 p.m.
 
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.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tarleton defeated Eastern New Mexico 89-71 behind five Texans scoring in double figures. Charles Hill led the way with 22 points.
 
THE OPPONENT: WEST TEXAS A&M
West Texas A&M is 14-7 overall and 3-3 in the Lone Star Conference. The Buffs have won two straight games and are 8-3 at home this season. WT is coming off a road win, 85-81, against A&M-Commerce. WT is led by sophomore David Chavlovich's LSC-leading 20 points per game.
 
THE SERIES: WEST TEXAS A&M
West Texas A&M leads the all time series against Tarleton 23-22 dating back to 1994. Tarleton has won the last six match-ups and eight of the last nine games. Tarleton is 5-14 when playing at WT but has won the last two games in Canyon.
 
TARLETON AFTER A LOSS
Tarleton continued the streak without two straight losses since the Texans had a four-game losing streak in 2013. Tarleton has gone 99 straight games without back-to-back losses.
 
LEADING THE CONFERENCE
Michael Hardge leads the Lone Star Conference in assists (5.1) and steals (1.9). As a team, the Texans lead the LSC in scoring defense (63.8 points allowed), defensive rebounds per game (31.4) and turnover margin (2.71).
 
REISMAN IN JANUARY
Since his debut season as the head coach of Tarleton in 1988, Lonn Reisman and the Texans have played 244 January games and amassed a record of 176-69 for a January winning percentage of .718. Tarleton has won eight straight games in January.
 
TEXANS AT HOME
In Coach Reisman's 28 seasons at Tarleton State, the Texans have amassed a total record of 387-63 including a record of 168-15 (.918) with two undefeated home seasons since 2005. The Texans went 20-1 at Wisdom Gym last season.
 
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD CHART
4-year Texan Michael Hardge, who has 282 career assists, passed Tarleton associate head coach Chris Reisman for 8th all time. Hardge needs 10 assists to pass Marcus Jacobs for 7th place.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
- Michael Hardge needs 20 points for 800 in his career.
- EJ Reed needs 28 points for 650 in his career.
- Malcolm Hamilton needs 31 points for 500 in his career.
- Nosa Ebomwonyi needs 2 points for 250 in his career.
- Charles Hill needs 11 points for 250 in his career.
- Deshawn Riddick needs 20 points for 200 in his career.
 
MAGIC NUMBER 5
Michael Hardge has 20 career games of at least 5 assists. Tarleton is 19-2 when Hardge records 5 assists in a game.
 
SCORING STREAK
EJ Reed has scored in double figures in 17 straight games dating back to last season. Reed has double figures in all 16 games this season.
 
20 POINTS A NIGHT
EJ Reed is averaging 19.6 points per game, which ranks 15th on the single season record list. Tarleton hasn't had a player average 20 per game since Brandon Burney averaged 22.1 in 2000-01. The Tarleton record is 23.6 points per game by Steve Dean in 1968-69.
 
DOUBLE DIGIT SCORERS
Tarleton has four players averaging at least 10 points per game in EJ Reed (19.2), Charles Hill (14.1), Michael Hardge (11.2) and Malcolm Hamilton (10.8). It's the first time since 2010-11 that the Texans have four double-digit scorers when Devon Hills (13.0), Effran Bryant (12.1), Corin Henry (11.8) and Jeremiah Wilson (10.8) did so.
 
TEXANS VS WT
Michael Hardge averaged 11.5 points and 4.5 assists and EJ Reed averaged 11 points and 4.5 rebounds in two wins against WT last season. Hardge is 6-1 against WT in his four-year career.
 
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME WINS LIST
Reisman comes into the game with 603 wins. Reisman became the 6th active Division II head coach with 600 career wins and the 16th Division II coach to win 600 games in a career. With 1 more win, Reisman will pass Dave Boots (Ausburg, 603 wins) for 15th on the all-time wins list.
 
NCAA TEAM STAT LEADERS
- 3rd in NCAA in rebound margin (10.8)
- 7th in NCAA in scoring defense (63.3)
- 7th in NCAA in opponent field goal % (38.8)
- 10th in NCAA in scoring margin (16.1)
- EJ Reed is 24th in the NCAA in field goal percentage at 61.5% and 6th in double-doubles (9)
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton returns home to take on Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.