GAME DAY INFORMATION

When: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 | 7:30 p.m.

Where: Stephenville, Texas | Wisdom Gym

Records: No. 9 Tarleton 11-2, 1-0 LSC | No. 4 Angelo State 12-0, 0-0 LSC

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THE GAME
No. 9 Tarleton has its biggest test yet with undefeated No. 4 Angelo State on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in 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.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tarleton defeated Cameron 71-61 on Jan. 2 to give coach Lonn Reisman 600 career wins.
 
THE OPPONENT: ANGELO STATE
No. 4 Angelo State is off to its best start in school history at 12-0. The last loss for the Rams came from Tarleton on March 17, 2015 when the Texans won 66-64 in the Regional Championship. The Rams and Texans have played five of the same non-conference opponents: Adams State, UC-Colorado Springs, Arlington Baptist, Drury and Rollins.
 
THE SERIES: ANGELO STATE
Tarleton leads the all-time series against Angelo State 30-12. The Texans have won the last two games against the Rams and five of the last six. Tarleton is 18-2 at Wisdom Gym against ASU  and has won the last 12 home games. Tarleton's last home loss to ASU came on Feb. 8, 2001.
 
TOP 10 MATCH-UP
This is the first top 10 match-up for Tarleton since the Texans, ranked No. 7 at the time, took on No. 9 Mount Olive in the 2015 NCAA Division II Elite Eight where Tarleton won 77-59. The last top 10 match-up in Wisdom Gym was March 15, 2015 when No. 7 Tarleton defeated No. 10 Colorado-Colorado Springs 84-62 in the second round of the NCAA Regional Tournament. The last top 5 opponent Tarleton faced was No. 4 Angelo State on Feb. 11, 2015 when Tarleton won 72-68.
 
LEADING THE CONFERENCE
EJ Reed leads the Lone Star Conference in scoring (20.0 points per game), rebounding (9.1) and field goal percentage (.643). Michael Hardge is tops in assists per game with 5.2, steals (2.1) and minutes (32.2). As a team, the Texans lead the LSC in scoring defense (64.1) points allowed).
 
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME WINS LIST
Reisman comes into the game with 600 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 four more wins, Reisman will pass Dave Boots (Ausburg, 603 wins) for 15th on the all-time wins list.
 
REISMAN IN JANUARY
Since his debut season as the head coach of Tarleton in 1988, Lonn Reisman and the Texans have played 241 January games and amassed a record of 173-68 for a January winning percent- age of .718. Tarleton has won six straight games in January.
 
TEXANS AT HOME
In Coach Reisman's 28 seasons at Tarleton State, the Texans have amassed a total record of 384-63 including a record of 166-15 (.917) 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 261 career assists, passed Corin Henry for 13th on the all-time assists list and is tied with Freddie Pierce for 12th. Hardge needs 7 assists to move to No. 11 and pass Tarleton Hall of Famer Chris Givens. Hardge is the 14th player in Texan history with 250 career assists.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
- Michael Hardge needs 6 points for 750 in his career.
- EJ Reed needs 35 points for 600 in his career.
- Malcolm Hamilton needs 16 points for 450 in his career.
- Nosa Ebomwonyi needs 12 points for 250 in his career.
- Charles Hill needs 20 points for 200 in his career.
- Xavier Smith needs 3 points for 100 in his career.
 
SENIOR SUCCESS
When seniors Michael Hardge and EJ Reed are in the starting lineup together, the Texans have a record of 30-4 (.882).
 
ELITE COMPANY
Michael Hardge needs 6 points to reach 750 points in his career, making the senior one of five players in Tarleton history with at least 750 points, 250 assists and 100 steals. Hardge would join Corin Henry, Chris Givens, Mark Smith and Ryan Huntley.
 
20 POINTS A NIGHT
EJ Reed is averaging 20.0 points per game. 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 (20.0), Charles Hill (13.8), Michael Hardge (11.9) and Malcolm Hamilton (11.5). 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.
 
NCAA TEAM STAT LEADERS
- 4th in NCAA in rebound margin (11.0)
- 6th in NCAA in scoring margin (18.4)
- 9th in NCAA in scoring defense (64.1)
- 15th in NCAA in opponent field goal % (39.3)
- EJ Reed is 13th in NCAA in field goal percentage at 64.3% and 6th in double-doubles (7)
 
GLEN ROSE NIGHT, $1 HOT DOGS
Wednesday's game will be Glen Rose night at Wisdom Gym. If you're a resident of Glen Rose, show your identification at the ticket booth for free admission to the game. The concession stands will also have $1 hot dogs for both the men's and women's games.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton travels to Texas A&M-Kingsville for its first conference road game of the season. The Texans play at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9.