| GAME DAY INFORMATION |
| When: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 | 6:30 p.m. CST |
| Where:Â Portales, New Mexico | Greyhound Arena |
| Records:Â Tarleton 14-9, 8-5 LSC | Eastern New Mexico 10-13, 5-8 LSC |
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THE GAME
Riding the wave of its five-game winning streak, Tarleton looks to keep the good times rolling with a Wednesday night contest with the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico at 6:30 p.m. CST.
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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 TexAnns, Keltin Wiens, will serve as the play-by-play 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 pregame show will begin 15 minutes prior to tip-off.
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LAST TIME OUT
Led by 19 points from
Bailey Wipff and a career-high seven blocks from
Breanna Fuller, Tarleton has pushed its winning streak to five in a row with a 61-53 victory over Texas A&M-Kingsville Saturday night. Fuller flirted with a double-double despite only having three rebounds, scoring 10 points and her career-high seven blocked shots.
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THE OPPONENT
Eastern New Mexico continues to move upward as a program under third year head coach Josh Prock. The Greyhounds have already topped last season's win total (9) by winning 10 games in a season for the first time since 2006-07. Led by 12.5 and 11.9 points per game from Kassandra Harris and Sarah Stinnett, respectively, the Greyhounds have won their last two games entering Wednesday.
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THE SERIES
Tarleton is 31-12 all-time against Eastern New Mexico, including 12-7 in Portales. Tarleton has won eight straight against Eastern New Mexico in Portales, dating back to Feb. 6, 2008.
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STREAKING vs EASTERN
Tarleton has won 18 straight games against the Greyhounds, formerly the Zias, dating back to Feb. 6, 2008. Over than span, Tarleton has won eight straight against Eastern New Mexico at Greyhound Arena in Portales.
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WINNING FIVE IN A ROW
Tarleton has won its fifth straight game for the first five-game winning streak of
Misty Wilson's head coaching career. Tarleton has had a five-fame winning streak in seven of the last eight seasons, dating back to 2008-09.
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FOURTH-QUARTER SHOOTING
Over the last five games - all victories - Tarleton is shooting .533 from the floor in the fourth quarter, which is an improvement from the .387 shooting percentage from the first 18 games of the season. Over the last five, Tarleton has three starters shooting over .600 in the fourth quarter - Fuller (.667), Iwobi (.600), and Wipff (.600).
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THE RACE TO 100 3'S
Tarleton has nine players in its history, and just four since 2004, with 100 career 3-pointers. Entering Wednesday's game, the TexAnns have three players within four triples from the century mark.
Bailey Wipff and
Raven McGrath have 97 career 3-balls while
Meagan O'Dell enters the game with 96.
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UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton will return home for senior night against No. 10 West Texas A&M Saturday at 5 p.m. The TexAnns will recognize their four seniors –
Breanna Fuller,
Meagan O'Dell,
Raven McGrath, and
Morgan Ashmore – in the final home game at Wisdom Gym this season.
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