THE GAMEAfter defeating No. 11 Midwestern State, Tarleton travels to Lawton, Oklahoma to take on first-place Cameron on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 4 p.m.
THE BROADCASTEach 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 OUTTarleton defeated No. 11 Midwestern State 66-65 on
Michael Hardge's game-winning layup with 3 seconds left.
THE OPPONENT: CAMERONCameron comes in with a 13-8 record overall and tied atop the Lone Star Conference standings with a 6-3 mark. The Aggies are 5-1 at home this season and have won two straight in Aggie Gym. Cameron has already matched last season's win total when they went 13-15.
THE SERIES: CAMERONIn the
Lonn Reisman era (1988), Tarleton is 25-8 against CU and 26-11 all time since the series began in 1972. Tarleton won the last meeting 71-61, which gave Reisman 600 career wins at Tarleton. The Texans have won the last five meetings and the last two games at Cameron. Two of the last four games have been decided by 3 points or less.
TARLETON THROUGH 21 GAMESTarleton is 16-5 this season, which compared to past seasons, might seem like an down year. But Tarleton is right at its average number of wins. Over the last six seasons, Tarleton is averaging 17.7 wins to 3.3 losses through its first 21 games.
TEXANS ON THE ROADTarleton is 1-2 on the road this season. In the last 7 seasons, Tarleton has only 1 losing record on the road (2-8, '12-'13). In that span, Tarleton is 35-23 on the road since 2009 and 31-17 on the road against LSC teams.
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD CHART4-year Texan
Michael Hardge, who has 298 career assists, passed Marcus Jacobs for 7th all time. Hardge needs 12 assists to pass Tracy Guy for 6th place. Hardge's 109 steals rank 9th all time and needs 5 steals to pass Jim Moreno for 8th all time.
SINGLE-SEASON SWATSXavier Smith has 43 blocks in his first season with Tarleton. The junior forward ranks 15th on the single-season blocks list and is 5 blocks from passing Tarleton Hall of Famer Jeffrey McFadden. Vincent Bridgewater holds the record with 81.
MALCOLM MAKING HIS MARKMalcolm Hamilton has 19 career double-digit scoring games. When Hamilton scores 10 points, Tarleton is 17-2 all time. When Hamilton scores at least 12 points, Tarleton is 17-1 and 5-0 when the senior guard tops 20 points.
MILESTONE WATCH-
Michael Hardge needs 30 points for 850 in his career.
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EJ Reed needs 8 points for 700 in his career.
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Malcolm Hamilton needs 13 points for 500 in his career.
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Charles Hill needs 19 points for 300 in his career.
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Michael Hardge needs 2 assists for 300 in his career.
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EJ Reed needs 10 rebound for 300 in his career.
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Malcolm Hamilton needs 8 rebounds for 250 in his career.
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Jakob Damstra needs 5 points for 100 in his career.
ELITE COMPANYMichael Hardge leads the LSC in assists at 4.9 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.
MAGIC NUMBER 5Michael Hardge has 25 career games of at least 5 assists. Tarleton is 22-3 when Hardge records 5 assists in a game.
WHEN THE TEXANS...When Tarleton dishes out at least 14 assists, they are 9-1 on the year. Tarleton is 10-0 when they shoot at least 45 percent from the floor. The Texans are 10-0 when they have less than 15 turnovers.
DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORERSTarleton has four players averaging at least 10 points per game in
EJ Reed (18.4),
Charles Hill (13.4),
Michael Hardge (11.0) and
Malcolm Hamilton (10.6). 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.
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME WINS LISTReisman comes into the game with 605 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 14 wins to pass Tom Smith (Mo. Western State) for 14th all time.
NCAA TEAM STAT LEADERS- 3rd in NCAA in rebound margin (9.2)
- 7th in NCAA in scoring defense (64.0)
- 7th in NCAA in scoring margin (15.2)
- 9th in NCAA in opponent field goal % (39.3)
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EJ Reed is 22nd in double-doubles (9)
UP NEXT FOR TARLETONTarleton will travel to Angelo State to take on the Rams at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10.
