GAME DAY INFORMATION

When: Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 | 8 p.m.

Where: Kingsville, Texas | Steinke Center

Records: No. 9 Tarleton 12-2, 2-0 LSC | Texas A&M-Kingsville 8-4, 0-1 LSC

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THE GAME
No. 9 Tarleton will go on the road for the first time in Lone Star Conference play as they face Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday, Jan. 9 at 8 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.
 
THE OPPONENT: TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE
Kingsville is 8-4 on the season and 0-1 in the LSC. The Javelinas have already matched last season's win total (8-19) under second-year head coach Johnny Estelle. TAMUK lost its first LSC game to A&M-Commerce and comes in having lost 2 of 3. The Javelinas are 4-0 at home this season.
 
THE SERIES: TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE
Tarleton leads the all-time series against TAMUK 32-12. The Texans have won the last four against the Javelinas and 12 of 13. Tarleton is 10-9 all time at Kingsville.
 
TARLETON ON THE ROAD
This is the first true road game for the Texans this season, with both games away from Wisdom Gym were neutral sites in Las Vegas. The Texas have gone 12-2 in LSC road games in the last two seasons.
 
LEADING THE CONFERENCE
EJ Reed leads the Lone Star Conference in scoring (19.9 points per game) and rebounding (9.1). Michael Hardge is tops in steals (1.9) and minutes (32.0). As a team, the Texans lead the LSC in scoring defense (64.3) points allowed.
 
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME WINS LIST
Reisman comes into the game with 601 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 3 more wins, Reisman will pass Dave Boots (Ausburg, 603 wins) for 15th on the all-time wins list.
 
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)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Tarleton defeated No. 4 Angelo State 85-67 to move to 12-2 and 2-0 on the season.
 
REISMAN IN JANUARY
Since his debut season as the head coach of Tarleton in 1988, Lonn Reisman and the Texans have played 242 January games and amassed a record of 174-68 for a January winning percent- age of .719. Tarleton has won seven straight games in January.
 
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD CHART
4-year Texan Michael Hardge, who has 265 career assists, passed Freddie Pierce for 12th all time and needs 3 assists to pass Hall of Famer Chris Givens for 11th. Hardge is the 13th player in Texan history with 260 career assists.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
• EJ Reed needs 17 points for 600 in his career.
• Nosa Ebomwonyi needs 5 points for 250 in his career.
• Charles Hill needs 8 points for 200 in his career.
• Michael Hardge is tied with Barry Knott for 11th on the all-time steals list with 100.
• EJ Reed needs 4 steals for 50 in his career.
 
SENIOR SUCCESS
When seniors Michael Hardge and EJ Reed are in the starting lineup together, the Texans have a record of 31-4 (.886).
 
SCORING STREAK
EJ Reed has scored in double figures in 15 straight games dating back to last season. Reed has double figures in all 14 games this season, matching his total from last season.
 
20 POINTS A NIGHT
EJ Reed is averaging 19.9 points per game, which is tied with Chris Givens for 12th on the all-time single season scoring 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 (19.9), Charles Hill (13.7), Malcolm Hamilton (12.4) and Michael Hardge (11.6). 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.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton travels to Midwestern State to take on the No. 6-ranked Mustangs on Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m.