MARSHALL, Texas – Winners of their last eight straight games, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team will face off twice this week against the LeTourneau University in American Southwest Conference East Division play. ETBU (8-0) is currently two games ahead of LETU (6-2) in the standings and is 15-2 overall.
Below are the information about the games.
ETBU at LeTourneau | Longview, TX | Thursday, Jan. 30th
Arena: Solheim Arena
Time: 7:30 PM
ETBU at LeTourneau | Marshall, TX | Saturday, Feb. 1st
Arena: Ornelas Gymnasium
Time: 3:00 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 47-20
* Last ETBU Win: Feb. 23, 2018 (108-101)
* Last LETU Win: Feb. 12, 2019 (76-68)
ETBU (15-2/8-0)
- 15-2 overall and 8-0 in the ASC East following two wins over Louisiana College and Belhaven University
- Won 14 of their last 15 games since beginning 1-1.
- Defeated LC, 84-81, in Pineville, La. Chris Haynes tied a career high with 25 points. Robby Dooley posted 19 points while Landin Brown (12 points) and Jarrell Taylor (10 points) also had double-figures.
- Defeated BU, 84-83, in Jackson, Miss. Dooley posted his 12th career double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Jordan Gray tallied 17 points while Haynes and Westin Riddick each scored 12 points.
- Dooley hit game-winners in each of the last two contests.
- Currently lead LETU by two games in the ASC East Division standings
- Last defeated LETU, 108-101, in the ASC Tournament semifinals in 2018. Dooley led all Tigers in that game with 28 points while Nathan Fontenot added 24 points and Brown collected 11 points.
- Last defeated LETU in Longview, Texas, 96-93, on Jan. 15, 2018 where Dooley posted a double-double (18 points, 10 rebounds) and Brown tallied 10 points.
- Lost to LETU twice by scores of 85-84 and 76-68 (OT) last season.
- Second in the ASC in scoring with 86.5 points per game.
- Third in the ASC in defense allowing 75.1 ppg.
- +11.5 margin of scoring difference is the highest in the ASC
- Lead the ASC and the nation in free throw percentage with 79.6% made free throws.
- Leads the ASC in field goal percentage with 48.3%, which is enough for 39th in the nation.
- Second in the ASC in three-point field goal percentage (37.5%)
- Dooley leads ETBU in scoring with 16.6 ppg, which is also eighth in the conference. He also is fourth in steals (2.3 per game),
- Haynes is second in the conference with 63.1% field goal percentage
- Riddick is fifth in the conference with 2.4 three-pointers made per game.
LETU (13-4/6-2)
- 13-4 overall and 6-2 in the ASC East following wins over BU and LC.
- Defeated BU, 95-73, as Nate West finished with a triple-double scoring 31 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, and dishing out 12 assists. Justin Moore posted a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
- Defeated LC, 89-66, in Pineville, La. West scored 26 points and collected 12 assists.
- Won five of their last seven meetings with ETBU.
- Lead the ASC in scoring with 86.7 ppg, which is 0.2 points ahead of ETBU
- Lead the ASC in blocks (4.4 per game) and offensive rebounds (43.1 per game)
- Second in the ASC with 16.9 assists per game and 8.9 steals per game.
- Nate West leads the ASC in scoring (24.1 ppg), assists (8.1 apg), and three-point field goals made (3.5 per game) while second in rebounding (7.8 rpg) and third in steals (2.4 per game) and free throw percentage (86.0 %)
- John Argue is second in the ASC with 1.5 blocks per game
