The Teams: Tarleton Texans (11-10, 4-4 WAC) vs. Grand Canyon Antelopes (14-7, 5-3 WAC)
Where: Stephenville, Texas
Arena: Wisdom Gym
Day and Time: Saturday at 7 p.m. CT
Streaming Platform: ESPN+ (John Liddle, Scott Garner)
Radio: Tarleton Sports Network (Kyle Crews)
 
ABOUT THE MATCHUP

• This marks the sixth all-time meeting dating back to 1995. GCU is 5-0 all-time against Tarleton.
• Tarleton last hosted GCU on Jan. 8-9, 2021, for their first conference games as members of the WAC. In last year's game in Phoenix, Shamir Bogues had 14 points (7-8 FG) and three steals.
• GCU has alternated wins and losses since losing WAC Preseason Player of the Year Jovan Blacksher Jr. for the season due to a torn ACL at Sam Houston on Jan. 5. Since then, Ray Harrison has posted 22.3 PPG, 4.9 RPG and 3.6 APG, including a 38-point game vs. Utah Tech on Jan. 18.

 
QUICK HITS

• Tarleton is a perfect 9-0 at home, their best start at home to a season since 2014-15, a year they began 11-0 in Stephenville. They also have 11 straight home wins dating back to last season, their longest such stretch since Jan. 21-Nov. 21, 2015 (13 straight home wins).
• Tarleton is one of two WAC teams undefeated at home (Seattle U). Under head coach Billy Gillispie, the Texans are 25-8 (.758) at home across his three seasons.
• Tarleton is off to their best conference start through eight games since joining the WAC at 4-4. With a win Saturday, they can continue that trend, as they began 4-5 last year, 2-7 in 2020-21.
• Tarleton is the only team in the nation both undefeated at home (9-0) and winless on the road (0-9). The closest team to both feats is Arkansas, who is 10-1 at home and 0-4 on the road.
• The Texans have rolled offensively at home, averaging 82.1 points on 51.3 percent shooting, including 40.9 percent from distance. That's well above their road marks of 58.8 PPG on 38.3 FG% and 22.4 3PT%. Tarleton has won by an average of 20.9 points at home this year.
• Tarleton is eighth in the WAC standings, just a game back of GCU and CBU, who are tied-sixth. Tarleton has a 4.0 game cushion to make the WAC Tournament.
• Lue Williams just recorded 25 points (11-23 FG, 3-8 3PT), six rebounds, four steals and two blocks in Tarleton's 74-72 win over Utah Tech. It's his second 25+ point game and first since Dec. 21 when he scored a career-high 30. His four steals and two blocks are career-highs.

 
WHO'S HOT

• Lue Williams – After being held scoreless in four minutes at CBU on Jan. 21, Williams went for 25 points in 39 minutes on Thursday. He's Tarleton's leading scorer in conference play at 13.1 PPG. He's accounted for more than a third of Tarleton's three-point makes this year, making 32-of-78 (.410).
• Garry Clark – Clark has his first career stretch of scoring 10+ point games, averaging 13.0 points on 9-of-17 (.529) shooting, plus 4.5 RPG over the past two. Per 40 minutes, Clark has the second best rebounding average on the team at 8.8, only behind Rod Brown at 9.6.
• Shakur Daniel – Daniel just played the full 40 minutes once again, the sixth time he's done so this season. Daniel is averaging both the most minutes in the WAC overall at 35.7 MPG and in conference play at 38.7 MPG. Nationally, he's 35th in minutes per game.

 
NUMBERS TO KNOW
20: Tarleton just forced 21 turnovers by Utah Tech, the eighth time this year the Texans have FORCED 20+ TURNOVERS IN A GAME (first since Dec. 21). That's already their most such games in a single-season in at least the past 10 years. Tarleton is 13th in the nation in TO's forced per game (17.7).
  
70: The number 70 usually means a win for Tarleton, as the Texans are 10-1 THIS SEASON WHEN SCORING 70+ POINTS, and 1-9 when scoring under 70. Tarleton is also 11-1 when leading at halftime and 10-2 when outshooting their opponents.
 
28.2: At home against D1 opponents, Tarleton averages 28.2 FREE THROW ATTEMPTS PER GAME, the third highest average in games between D1 opponents in the country. Overall this season they're at 25.0 FTA per game, fourth most in the country and second most in the WAC (UTRGV leads at 27.5).
 
5.3: The Texans have an AVERAGE TURNOVER MARGIN of +5.3 this year, tops in the WAC and sixth best in the country. They just had 10 steals against Utah Tech, their most in a game since Dec. 21. They're tied-18th in the country in steals per game at 9.4.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton will travel just 90 miles away to play at UT Arlington on Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT. The Texans hosted the Mavericks in their conference opener earlier this season, winning 70-63 at Wisdom Gym.