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MARSHALL, Texas – For the sixth straight season, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team has qualified for the American Southwest Conference tournament as the #4 seed from the East Division. This six year run is the longest in program history as they have played for two championships in that time winning the 2015 tournament. The tournament will be held, at UTD Activity Center in Richardson, Texas from Thursday, February 21 to Saturday, February 23, hosted by the University of Texas Dallas.
 
ETBU finished the regular season with a 12-13 record and was 8-8 in the East Division. ETBU averaged 81.2 points per game throughout the course of the season. Robby Dooley led the team in scoring (19.9 ppg), rebounds (6.2 rpg), assists (62) and steals (30). Westin Riddick is ETBU's top three-point shooter with 60 three's on the season while Zach Elliott blocked 19 shots.
 
One thing that head coach Brandon Curran expressed about his current team was their ability to overcome adversity throughout the season to reach his third straight conference tournament appearance at the helm. "I think they've had to show a lot of toughness, resilience, and adaptability. They've had to step up. Last year, things just were kind of smooth where we didn't have any struggles or injuries. This year, we've had consistent changes to the lineup from injuries, guys being hurt, banged up, sick, and all sorts of things coming up. It's been an incredible learning experience for all of us. For me as a coach, I think we look completely different now, even stylistically offensively and defensively then what we did at the start of the year. Our guys have been incredibly adaptable and resilient. It's been incredibly good for them."
 
Last season, the Tigers reached the ASC tournament finals with wins over the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and LeTourneau University before falling to Sul Ross State University in the title game. For the second straight season, ETBU will start their tournament run against UMHB, who won the West Division at 20-5 overall and 11-5 in the West Division. ETBU last played UMHB on November 29^th and battled all the way until they fell 98-95. Finishing the season with an average of 93.2 ppg, the Crusaders are led by Sam Moore, who averages 20.1 ppg and grabs 7.0 rpg. Brian Long (18.0 ppg), Demarius Cress (14.9 ppg, 75 assists), LaKendric Hyson (11.8 ppg), and Byrale Carter (10.2 ppg) average double figures for the team.
 
ETBU will face UMHB at 2:30 PM on Thursday afternoon. The winner will advance to the second round against the winner of LETU (No. 2 East) and Hardin-Simmons University (No. 3 West) at 5:00 PM on Thursday. The championship game will be at 6:00 PM on Saturday, February 23^rd.