The Teams: Tarleton State Texans (1-3, 0-0 WAC) vs. Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks (3-2, 0-0 WAC)
Game Sponsor: Everything Shredded
Where: Stephenville, Texas
Arena: Wisdom Gym (3,000)
Day and Time: Wednesday at 7 p.m. CT
Streaming Platform: ESPN+ (Jeremy Bryant, Byron Anderson)
Radio: Tarleton Sports Network (Clayton Neville)
 
ABOUT THE MATCHUP

• This is the third ever meeting dating back to 2021-22. This is the second straight meeting in Stephenville. SFA won last year's matchup 68-54 thanks to a 31-10 FT attempt advantage.
• This is the first conference game for each team this season.
• Teresa Da Silva (13 points, six rebounds, two assists) and Tyler Jackson (11 points) each played SFA last year.
• SFA has won 20-plus games in seven straight seasons. They made the WNIT's second round last year.
• SFA's Kurstyn Harden is the reigning WAC Player of the Week (21.5 PPG, 71.4 FG%, 10.0 RPG). 

 
QUICK HITS

• With a win, the Texans will snap a three-game skid. All three losses have been by fewer than 10 points, including a two-point loss vs. Big Sky preseason favorite Eastern Washington last week.
• With a win, Tarleton would win their first conference game of the season for the first time since 2018-19, when they opened their Lone Star Conference slate with a W vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville.
• On Wednesday, Tarleton will have played just one game in the past 16 days, a game on Nov. 22.
• The Texans have shined in fourth quarters this year. They've outscored each opponent in the final frame this season, combining to win the quarter 91-56, winning the frame by an average of 8.8 points. Tarleton has shot a combined 34-of-62 (.548) in the fourth quarter this season.
• Jakoriah Long just scored a career-high (and team-high) 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting, adding four rebounds and two blocks off the bench. Her 16 points are most by a Texan reserve this year.
• The Texans just debuted a new starting five for the first time after posting the same starting lineup the first three games. Miannah Little and Lexi Bull just logged their first starts. Little scored a career-high 10 points, while Bull had career-highs in points (eight) and rebounds (nine).
• Tarleton's bench has pulled its weight, accounting for 42.0 percent of the team's points (120/286).
• Tarleton lost their last game despite outshooting (.407 to .397) and outrebounding (42-33) their opponent. Before Wednesday, that had happened only twice over the past three seasons.

 
WHO'S HOT

• Jakoriah Long: Long has scored 10-plus points in three of four games, last pouring in a career-high 16 on 6-of-9 shooting, adding four rebounds and two blocks. She has the tied-most double-digit scoring games on the Texans and is averaging the tied-second most points on the team (10.3 PPG).
• Lexi Bull: Bull just had a career-best game, going for career-highs in points (eight), rebounds (nine) and assists (three). She started for the first time in her four-year collegiate career, covering 26 career games played. Bull is now averaging 5.0 PPG (.643 FG%) and 4.0 RPG.
• Elise Turrubiates: Despite not starting for the first time this season, Turrubiates still led the team in rebounding last time out with six boards, adding seven points. She's second on the team this year at 5.5 RPG, plus has splits of .609/1.000/.714, averaging 10.3 PPG (tied-second on team).

 
NUMBERS TO KNOW

• 30: The Texans are averaging 30.0 BENCH POINTS PER GAME, the second most in the WAC and tied-31st most across all of NCAA Division I. Only Utah Valley is averaging more in the WAC, just above Tarleton at 30.4 bench points per game.
• 5.2: Tarleton leads the WAC right now in BLOCKS PER GAME at 5.2, tied-26th most in the nation. This is coming after a season they averaged 2.4 blocks per game, 10th in the WAC, tied-262nd in the country.
• 12: Of Tarleton's 15-woman roster, the Texans have three returners and 12 newcomers. Their 12 NEWCOMERS ARE TIED FOR THE MOST among all NCAA D1 programs, along with Utah State and fellow WAC program UT Arlington.
• 6: Of Tarleton's 15-woman roster, six ARE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS, the tied-eighth most on a D1 roster this season. The Texans are represented by the United States (nine), the U.K. (two), Brazil, Montenegro, Norway and Poland.

 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
The Texans will be on the road for the first time in nearly three weeks for their second early conference game, at the UTRGV Vaqueros on Dec. 2 at 2 p.m.