The Teams: Tarleton Texans (15-15, 9-9 WAC) vs. Southwestern Assemblies of God Lions (20-10, 4-1 14-8 SAC)
Where: Stephenville, Texas
Arena: Wisdom Gym
Day and Time: Tuesday at 8 p.m. CT
Streaming Platform: WAC International (Byron Anderson, Scott Garner)
Radio: Tarleton Sports Network (Kyle Crews)
 
ABOUT THE MATCHUP

• This is the seventh all-time meeting. Tarleton is 5-1 against the Lions dating back to 1983, with the last five meetings in Stephenville. These two played last year, with Tarleton winning 81-75.
• In last year's game, Freddy Hicks had 16 points (5-9 FG, 3-5 3PT), four rebounds, two steals.
• SAGU just lost Monday in the Sooner Athletic Conference semifinals 80-76 against Langston in Oklahoma City. SAGU is hoping for a 2023 NAIA Men's Basketball National Tournament bid.
• The Lions can light it up, averaging 82.7 points on 47.1 percent shooting, plus 9.8 3PM per.

 
QUICK HITS

• This is Tarleton's final regular season game. With a win, they would have their first winning regular season in the D1 era at 16-15. They already have a new D1 era record for wins at 15.
• With a win Tuesday, Tarleton would finish 12-2 (.857) at home. That would mark their most home wins since 2017-18 (13) and their best home W% since 2016-17 (.882, 15-2). At home under head coach Billy Gillispie, the Texans are 27-10 (.730).
• The Texans wrapped up WAC play 9-9. With a win Tuesday, they'd finish 7-6 in non-conference.
• This game was not on the original schedule, and replaces Tarleton's canceled season finale against New Mexico State, which was supposed to be played this upcoming Friday.
• If the season ended today, No. 7 Tarleton would match up with No. 10 UTRGV in the opening round of the WAC Tournament. Tarleton is locked at No. 7, but No. 10 could change. That means Tarleton will begin WAC Tournament play on Tuesday, March 7, at 8 p.m. CT.
• Tarleton just played their first overtime game of the season, just coming up short against UTRGV 99-95. It marked their first OT loss since 2017 (Nov. 11 vs. UC-Colorado Springs, 103-100).
• The Texans have had 38 FTA in each of their last two games, going a combined 64-for-76 (.842). This is the first time since Feb. 24-March 2, 2018, Tarleton has had consecutive games with 30+ FTA, and the first time since Nov. 18-21, 2015, they've had consecutive games with 35+ FTA. Tarleton is third in the country in FTA per game (25.2), behind Texas A&M (25.5) and UTRGV (25.4).

 
WHO'S HOT

• Shamir Bogues – Bogues has scored 10+ points in four straight games, a new career-long streak, surpassing his three-game stretch from Jan. 7-14 this season. He just had 19 points, four assists, three rebounds and five steals at UTRGV. Over the last four he's at 14.3 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 2.0 SPG.
• Shakur Daniel – Daniel just played all 45 minutes, recording 15 points (6-10 FG), five assists, three rebounds, and three steals. It was his tied-career high for scoring (Dec. 11 at UCF). It marked his eighth time playing the entire game this year. He leads the WAC in playing time at 35.5 MPG.
• KiAndre Gaddy – Gaddy just scored his first 10+ point game since Jan. 28, going for 13 points (5-6 FG) and three blocks. He's now shooting 60.0 percent from the field (48-of-80). No Texan has shot 60+ percent on 50+ FGA since Clashon Gaffney in 2019-20 (66.3 percent, 110-of-166).

 
NUMBERS TO KNOW
5: Tarleton just forced 26 TO's with just 11 giveaways in 45 minutes. Out of 30 games, Tarleton has won the TO battle 24 times, posting MORE TURNOVERS THAN OPPONENTS just five times. Nationally they're fifth in average TO margin (+5.2, first in WAC) and eighth in TO's forced per game (17.5, second in WAC).
  
70: The number 70 usually means a win for Tarleton, as the Texans are 13-2 THIS SEASON WHEN SCORING 70+ POINTS, and 2-13 when scoring under 70. Tarleton is 14-3 when leading at halftime and 13-3 when outshooting their opponents.
 
95: The Texans just scored 95 points in their last game, their HIGHEST SCORING GAME SINCE DEC. 21 vs. Huston-Tillotson. It marked their fourth 90+ point game of the season, tied for their most such games in a single-season since 2016-17.
 
3: Tarleton will honor THREE PLAYERS ON SENIOR NIGHT -- Shakur Daniel, Coreyoun Rushin and Rod Brown. Between the three, they have played in a career 270 D1 games since 2017. Daniel has played three seasons and 66 games at Tarleton, averaging 7.1 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 2.7 APG and 1.3 SPG.
 
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
The Texans will play on Tuesday, March 7, at 8 p.m. CT in Las Vegas to begin Tarleton's first D1 conference tournament in athletics history. The Texans will play the No. 10 seed, which at the moment is UTRGV.