Tarleton State Women’s Basketball to take on league leading CBU in final regular season home game Saturday

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Tarleton State will play their final regular season home game of 2025-26 and will face the current leaders of the WAC standings, CBU, on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the EECU Center.

Saturday's game is sponsored by Kirbo's Office Systems and it is also Senior Day for Tarleton State Women's Basketball. The Texans will honor the 2026 senior class with a special pregame ceremony starting not before 1:30 p.m.

CBU has won the previous two meetings of the season. The Texans are looking to get back to their winning ways after four straight losses while CBU has won two out of the last three games. Senior guard Jakoriah Long recently became the 23rd 1,000-point scorer in program history, accomplishing that feat in the Texans' last game.

Tickets can be purchased by visiting TarletonSports.com/Tickets or by visiting the EECU Center Box Office.

Fans unable to attend the game in person can watch on ESPN+ and also listen to Clayton Neville's radio call on Tarleton Sports Network.

LETTING LONG LOOSE

Tarleton State Women's Basketball senior guard Jakoriah Long is a scoring threat for the Texans, averaging over 13 points per game in conference play and over 10 points per game overall last year. She was named to the All-WAC Second Team in 2024-25 and Preseason All-WAC Team entering 2025-26.
Long became the 23rd player in program history to record 1,000 career points at Tarleton State, accomplishing that feat against Utah Valley (2/26)
Long knocked down her 100th 3-pointer in addition to 19 points at CBU (1/3).
Currently fifth on the all-time career 3's list, she needs 20 more to pass Kylie Collins (2016-20) for fourth.
Long has registered four 20-point games this season, having back-to-back 20-point games Feb. 18-21. She has scored at least 20 points in three of her last four contests.
Long had her first Division I double-double earlier this year, pouring in 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in Tarleton State's double overtime win over Houston Christian (11/9).
The senior guard set a new Division I Era single game program record with seven made 3-pointers twice last season.
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).

QUEENS OF THE BLOCK

Tarleton State has shot blockers in its frontcourt in Tessa Engelman and Elodie Lutbert.
Lutbert blocked five shots against Texas A&M-San Antonio. She was the first Tarleton State freshman since 2005 to have five blocks in a single game (TaNesiah Leak).
Lutbert had her second five-block game against UTA (12/29). She was the first Texan in the Division I era and first since 2009 to block five shots in a conference opener (5, JoAnne Jones vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville).
Lutbert is the first Texan since 2021-22 to have multiple five block games in a season (Seynabou Thiam, 4).
Lutbert is currently second on the program's single season blocks list in the Division I era.
Lutbert cracked the top five on the program's all-time single season blocks list against Utah Valley (2/26). She is currently fourth and needs three more to pass Jennifer Washington (1985-86) for third on the program's all-time single season blocks list.
She needs 10 more for the program record.
Engelman has five games in college basketball with 3+ blocks, including two this season. Her most recent game with 3+ blocks was against McNeese (11/16, 3).
Engelman's five blocks on Feb. 6, 2025 at Iona were the most by a Mountaineer player in a single game since Nov. 2019.

STRONG STARTERS

Tarleton State's starting five has accounted for the majority of the Texans' scoring this season.
The Texans have used eight different starting lineup combinations this season, with each starting five accounting for at least 53% of the team's scoring.
The starting five for the last six games (Gia Adams, Jakoriah Long, Kyriana Jones, Caroline Lyles, Elodie Lutbert) have accounted for 82.2% of the Texans' points.
Tarleton State's five starters all scored in double figures in a win against Southern Utah (1/15), combining for 67 of the Texans' 81 points.
The starting five of Adams, Long, Jones, Shadasia Brackens and Lutbert have all scored in double figures in three games this season.
All five starters scored in double figures in back-to-back games on Dec. 2-7 (at Mississippi Valley State, vs. Texas A&M-San Antonio). It was the first time since Feb. 16-18, 1989.