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Tarleton State Women’s Basketball closes regular season at Utah Valley Saturday

OREM, Utah – Tarleton State Women's Basketball has its regular season finale on Saturday at 3 p.m., taking on Utah Valley at the UCCU Center. 

The Texans lifted themselves into second place in the WAC standings after a 75-44 win against California Baptist on Thursday in the final game at Wisdom Gym. Tarleton State clinches the No. 2 seed in the WAC Tournament with a victory on Saturday. 

The game will be available to watch on ESPN+ and fans can listen to Clayton Neville's radio call on Tarleton Sports Network. Neville will have a 30-minute pregame show starting at 2:30 p.m. and a 30-minute postgame show will follow each game. 

MATCHUP NOTES
  • Tarleton State and Utah Valley will meet for the ninth time. Utah Valley currently leads the series 5-3, but the Texans won the previous matchup 68-61 at Wisdom Gym on Feb. 8. 
  • Going into the final 10 minutes tied at 42 in the last matchup, Tarleton State completed the comeback with a strong fourth quarter outing in the last meeting between the two schools. 
  • A win for Tarleton State would give the Texans the No. 2 seed in the WAC Tournament next week. 
MAKING IT RAIN
  • Tarleton State has recently shot lights out from 3-point range, having a season-high 52.4% from beyond the arc against CBU (3/6)
  • The Texans are undefeated with a 7-0 mark when they knock down at least 40% of their 3-pointers. 
  • Tarleton State has made 10 or more 3-pointers five times this season, winning four of those contests. 
  • Senior guard Jakoriah Long needs just 16 more 3-pointers to break the Division I Era single season program record. 
  • Long currently has the Division I program record for most 3-pointers in a game with seven, hitting that mark twice this season. She shot 70% from 3-point range against CBU (3/6). 
LONG LETTING LOOSE
  • Tarleton State Women's Basketball senior guard Jakoriah Long leads the Texans in WAC play, averaging over 13 points per game. 
  • Long had back-to-back 25-point outings Feb. 6-8, being named WAC Player of the Week in the process. She is coming off a season-high 26 points on Thursday against CBU (3/6). 
  • The senior guard set a new Division I Era single game program record with seven made 3-pointers twice this season, most recently doing so against CBU (3/6). 
  • Long's 70% shooting from beyond the arc against CBU (3/6) is the second-highest 3-point percentage by a Texan in a single game in the Division I Era. She is just the second Texan in the Division I Era to hit 70% of her 3-pointers off a minimum of seven attempts. 
  • Long is the first Texan in the Division I Era to post two consecutive 25-point games. She is the first Texan since the 2013-14 season to post back-to-back games with at least 25 points (Kiara Wright, Feb. 5-8, 2014). 
  • She also became the first Texan in the Division I Era to have back-to-back games with six or more 3-pointers. She is the first Texan since the 2011-12 season to have two consecutive games with six or more 3-pointers (Peyton Adamson, Jan. 11-14, 2012). 
STRENGTH IN SENIORS 
  • Tarleton State has a veteran team of eight seniors, the most of any team in the WAC. 
  • The eight seniors have accounted for over 75% of the team's scoring this season, with five out of the top six leading scorers for the Texans being seniors. 
  • A Tarleton State senior has been the leading scorer for the Texans in 27 out of the 30 games this season. A senior has been the leading scorer in every WAC game this season for the Texans. 
  • Tarleton State's seniors combined for 60 points to account for 80% of the Texans' scoring on Senior Night against CBU (3/6).
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Jakoriah Long

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Players Mentioned

Jakoriah Long

#11 Jakoriah Long

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