MARSHALL, Texas – Continuing to build on their best start in the history of the American Southwest Conference, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team heads out to Louisiana College and Belhaven University for the start of a three-game road trip. ETBU is currently receiving votes in the d3hoops.com national poll.
Below is the information about the games.
ETBU at Louisiana College | Pineville, LA | Thursday, Jan. 23rd
Arena: H.O. West Fieldhouse
Time: 7:30 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 30-21
* Last ETBU Win: Jan. 17, 2019 (94-80)
* Last LC Win: Feb. 9, 2019 (81-76)
ETBU vs. Belhaven | Jackson, MS | Saturday, Jan. 25th
Arena: Rugg Arena
Time: 3:00 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 8-2
* Last ETBU Win: Feb. 7, 2019 (84-83)
* Last BU Win: Nov. 16, 2007 (79-68)
ETBU
- 13-2 overall and 6-0 in the ASC East after victories over Howard Payne and Sul Ross State University. This marks the best ASC start in program history
- Scored 100 points in both wins over HPU (104-79) and SRSU (102-85)
- Ahmad Caldwell led ETBU with 17 points against HPU
- Six players scored in double figures during ETBU's win over SRSU: Robby Dooley (19 points), Chris Haynes (17 points, 12 rebounds), Colton Collins (17 points), Jordan Gray (13 points), Nathan Fontenot (12 points), and Jarrell Taylor (10 points)
- Leads the nation in free throw percentage with 80.60%.
- First in the American Southwest Conference averaging 86.9 points per game, which is 26th in the nation
- First in the ASC with 477 made field goals (48.0%)
- Tied for first in the ASC with 10.3 made three-point field goals per game
- Third in the ASC conceding 74.1 ppg
- In the top 30 nationally in scoring margin with a +12 scoring margin, which is 28th overall and first in the ASC
- Dooley is in the top 10 in the ASC in points per game (16.2) and steals per game (2.2), and three-point field goal percentage (51.4%).
- Haynes leads the ASC in free throw percentage (86.7% made) and is second in field goal percentage (63.0%). He also is seventh in the ASC with 16 blocks
- Jayden Williams has the highest three-point field goal percentage (53.1%)
- Landin Brown is third in the ASC with 4.6 assists per game and seventh with 2.0 spg
- Last defeated the Wildcats in Pineville, La., 97-83, on Feb. 10, 2018. Dooley tallied 16 points while Westin Riddick finished with 15 points.
LC
- 10-5 overall and 4-2 in the ASC East after a 78-68 win over the University of the Ozarks
- Winners of four of their last five games
- Average 75.8 ppg, which is tenth overall in the ASC
- Second in the ASC in fewest points allowed with 71.9 ppg
- Has the highest three-point field goal percentage in the ASC with 39.2% made as a team
- Third in the ASC as a team in assists with 16.5 apg.
- Third in the ASC in three-point field goals made with 10.1 per game.
- Kae'ron Baker is third in the ASC in scoring (20.0 ppg), which includes seven 20+ point games. He also is third in three-point field goal percentage (50.5%), and three-pointers made (49) while ninth in assists with 3.3 per game
- KJ Bilbo is 10th in the ASC with 13 blocked shots (0.9 per game) and eighth with 35 offensive rebounds (2.3 per game).
BU
- 7-8 overall and 4-2 in the ASC East after falling to the University of Texas Dallas
- Fifth in the ASC in scoring with 82.3 ppg
- Third in the ASC in free throw percentage with 72.2%
- Leads the ASC in assists averaging 17.3 per game
- Share the lead in the ASC with ETBU with 10.3 three-pointers made per game
- Lost the last eight meetings to the Tigers, including the 84-83 game in Jackson, Miss., last season. They last defeated the Tigers in 2007
- Brosnan Cooks is eighth in the ASC in scoring (17.1 ppg), fourth in rebounding (7.2 rpg), seventh in assists (4.1 apg). This included a 42-point outburst against Covenant College
- Justin Jones is sixth in the ASC in free throw percentage with 83.3% made
- Both Luke Couch (31) and Joshua Roberts (28) have made 43.8% from three-point range, which qualifies them for ninth and 10th in the ASC respectively
