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Tarleton State (10) hosts Eastern New Mexico on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. as the Texans look to bounce back from their first LSC loss.
LAST TIME OUT
Tarleton fell on the road to No. 4 Midwestern State 66-63.
THE OPPONENT: EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Eastern New Mexico is 4-12 on the year and 0-4 in the Lone Star Conference. The Greyhounds are coming off a 2-point loss to Angelo State, in which ENMU held a double-digit second-half lead. ENMU is averaging 74 points per game and giving up 81 points to opponents. ENMU is led by John Gilliam’s 16 points per game.
THE SERIES: EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Tarleton leads the all-time series with ENMU 38-8 and 38-5 in the NCAA era. Tarleton has won seven straight against the Greyhounds and 17 out of 18 games. The Texans are 16-5 in Portales and have won two straight on the road against ENMU.
TARLETON AFTER A LOSS
Tarleton hasn’t lost two straight games since 2013 when the Texans had a four-game losing streak. Tarleton has gone 98 straight games without back-to-back losses.
SCORING SUCCESS
Tarleton has had a player top 20 points against Eastern New Mexico in six straight games. Tashawn Mabry 31; Mo Lee 26; Malcolm Hamilton 21; Deandre Upchurch 23, 38; Chuck Guy 24, 21.
REISMAN IN JANUARY
Since his debut season as the head coach of Tarleton in 1988, Lonn Reisman and the Texans have played 243 January games and amassed a record of 175-69 for a January winning percentage of .717. Tarleton has won eight straight games in January.
TEXANS AT HOME
In Coach Reisman’s 28 seasons at Tarleton State, the Texans have amassed a total record of 386-63 including a record of 167-15 (.918) with two undefeated home seasons since 2005. The Texans went 20-1 at Wisdom Gym last season.
CLIMBING UP THE RECORD CHART
4-year Texan Michael Hardge, who has 273 career assists, passed Hall of Famer Chris Givens for 11th all time. Hardge needs 3 assists to pass Ross Taylor for 10th place. Hardge is the 11th player in Texan history with 270 career assists.
MILESTONE WATCH
– Michael Hardge needs 35 points for 800 in his career.
– EJ Reed needs 32 points for 650 in his career.
– Malcolm Hamilton needs 35 points for 500 in his career.
– Nosa Ebomwonyi needs 5 points for 250 in his career.
– Deshawn Riddick needs 20 points for 200 in his career.
MAGIC NUMBER 5
Michael Hardge has 20 career games of at least 5 assists. Tarleton is 18-2 when Hardge records 5 assists in a game.
SCORING STREAK
EJ Reed has scored in double figures in 17 straight games dating back to last season. Reed has double figures in all 16 games this season.
20 POINTS A NIGHT
EJ Reed is averaging 19.6 points per game, which ranks 15th on the single season record list. Tarleton hasn’t had a player average 20 per game since Brandon Burney averaged 22.1 in 2000-01. The Tarleton record is 23.6 points per game by Steve Dean in 1968-69.
DOUBLE DIGIT SCORERS
Tarleton has four players averaging at least 10 points per game in EJ Reed (19.6), Charles Hill (13.6), Malcolm Hamilton (11.3) and Michael Hardge (11.0). It’s the first time since 2010-11 that the Texans have four double-digit scorers when Devon Hills (13.0), Effran Bryant (12.1), Corin Henry (11.8) and Jeremiah Wilson (10.8) did so.
25-POINT GAMES
Charles Hill’s 25 points against Midwestern State was the fourth 25-point game for Tarleton this season (Reed x3). Tarleton only had three 25-point games last season (Mo Lee 2, Tashawn Mabry).
LEADING THE CONFERENCE
EJ Reed leads the Lone Star Conference in scoring (19.6 points per game). Michael Hardge is tops in assists (4.8) and steals (1.9). As a team, the Texans lead the LSC in scoring defense (63.3) points allowed.
CLIMBING THE ALL-TIME WINS LIST
Reisman comes into the game with 602 wins. Reisman became the 6th active Division II head coach with 600 career wins and the 16th Division II coach to win 600 games in a career. With 2 more wins, Reisman will pass Dave Boots (Ausburg, 603 wins) for 15th on the all-time wins list.
NCAA TEAM STAT LEADERS
– 3rd in NCAA in rebound margin (10.8)
– 7th in NCAA in scoring defense (63.3)
– 7th in NCAA in opponent field goal % (38.8)
– 10th in NCAA in scoring margin (16.1)
– EJ Reed is 24th in the NCAA in field goal percentage at 61.5% and 6th in double-doubles (9)
UP NEXT FOR TARLETON
Tarleton travels to West Texas A&M on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 4 p.m.
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