GAME DAY INFORMATION

When: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 | 8:30 p.m. CT

Where: Portales, New Mexico | Greyhound Arena

Records: Tarleton 17-7, 6-5 LSC | Eastern New Mexico 6-17, 2-9 LSC

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THE GAME
Tarleton travels to Eastern New Mexico to take on the Greyhounds on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8:30 p.m. CT.
 
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 Texas A&M-Kingsville 76-63 at home to improve to 17-7 overall and 6-5 in the Lone Star Conference
 
THE OPPONENT: EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Eastern New Mexico 6-17 on the season and 2-9 in the Lone Star Conference. The Greyhounds are in the midst of a 3-game losing streak and but is 3-3 at home this season. The Greyhounds are led by Lawrence Domingo's 11.6 points per game.
 
THE SERIES: EASTERN NEW MEXICO
In the Lonn Reisman era (1988), Tarleton is 39-7 against ENMU and 39-8 all time since the series began in 1964. Tarleton won the last meeting 89-71 in Stephenville. Tarleton has won eight straight against ENMU and 17 of 18. Tarleton has won two straight on the road against ENMU and 8 of 9 in Portales. Tarleton is 16-5 all time at ENMU.
 
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD CHART
4-year Texan Michael Hardge, who has 312 career assists, passed Tracy Guy for 6th all time. Hardge needs 5 assists to pass Glen Schuelke for 5th place. Hardge's 111 steals rank 9th all time and needs 3 steals to pass Jim Moreno for 8th all time.
 
SINGLE SEASON SWATS
Xavier Smith has 51 blocks in his first season with Tarleton. The junior forward ranks 13th on the single-season blocks list and needs 2 blocks to pass Donald Buckler for 12th. Vincent Bridgewater holds the record with 81.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
- Michael Hardge needs 39 points for 900 in his career.
- EJ Reed needs 6 points for 750 in his career.
- EJ Reed needs 4 assists for 50 in his career.
- EJ Reed needs 3 blocks for 50 in his career.
- Malcolm Hamilton needs 33 points for 550 in his career.
- Deshawn Riddick needs 9 points for 250 in his career.
- Deshawn Riddick needs 5 assists for 100 in his career.
- Chantz Chambers needs 13 points for 100 in his career.
- Jakob Damstra needs 5 points for 100 in his career.
 
WHEN THE TEXANS...
 Tarleton is 11-0 when they shoot at least 45 percent from the floor.  When Tarleton dishes out at least 16 assists, they are 8-1 on the year. The Texans are 11-1 when they have less than 15 turnovers.
 
ELITE COMPANY
Michael Hardge leads the LSC in assists at 4.8 per game. Hardge would join Chuck Guy (6.1 in 13-14) and Chris Reisman (6.08 in 00-01) as the only Texans to do so since 2000. Hardge is also 2nd in the LSC in steals at 1.7 per game. Hardge would become the first Texan to lead the LSC in steals since the LSC stats became available in 1999.
 
DOUBLE DIGIT SCORERS
Tarleton has four players averaging at least 10 points per game in EJ Reed (18.3), Charles Hill (12.8), Michael Hardge (11.3) and Malcolm Hamilton (10.5). It's the first time since 2010-11 that the Texan 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.
 
SUCCESS AGAINST THE GREYHOUNDS
Tarleton has had a player top 20 points against Eastern New Mexico in seven straight games. Tashawn Mabry 31; Mo Lee 26; Malcolm Ham- ilton 21; Deandre Upchurch 23, 38; Chuck Guy 24, 21; Charles Hill 22.
 
WINNING SEASONS
At 17-7 this season, Tarleton has guaranteed themselves a winning record. Lonn Reisman has now guided Tarleton to 15 straight winning seasons in the NCAA era, and 19 out of 20. Tarleton has finished at least .500 or better in 20 straight seasons.
 
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME WINS LIST
Reisman comes into the game with 606 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. Reisman passed Dave Boots (Ausburg, 603 wins) for 15th on the all-time wins list. Reisman needs 13 wins to pass Tom Smith (Mo. Western State) for 14th all time.
 
NCAA TEAM STAT LEADERS
- 6th in NCAA in scoring defense (64.4)
- 8th in NCAA in rebound margin (8.2)
- 8th in NCAA in scoring margin (13.8)
- 11th in NCAA in opponent field goal % (39.7)
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton returns home to take on West Texas A&M for Senior Night on Saturday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.