MARSHALL, Texas – Gearing up for the final four home games of the season, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team will take on American Southwest Conference West Division foes in the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Concordia University (TX) this weekend. ETBU is currently 16-5 overall and ranked seventh in the first NCAA Division III South Region rankings.
Below is the information about the games.
ETBU vs. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Marshall, TX | Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020
Arena: Ornelas Gymnasium
Time: 7:30 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 17-14
* Last ETBU Win: Feb. 22, 2018 (86-82)
* Last UMHB Win: Feb. 21, 2019 (90-73)
ETBU vs. Concordia University (TX) | Marshall, TX | Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020
Arena: Ornelas Gymnasium
Time: 3:00 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU 25-13
* Last ETBU Win: Dec. 1, 2018 (97-95)
* Last CTX Win: Jan. 2, 2016 (101-90)
ETBU
- 16-5 overall and 9-3 in the ASC East Division following a win over the University of Ozarks and a loss to the University of Texas Dallas.
- Defeated UO, 83-64. Westin Riddick (15 points), Robby Dooley (14 points), and Colton Collins (14 points) all reached double-figures in scoring.
- Lost, 84-76, to UTD. Dooley and Collins recorded 15 points each while Jordan Gray tallied 10 points.
- Last defeated UMHB, 86-82, in the first round of the 2018 ASC Championship tournament. Landin Brown recorded a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds while Dooley added 13 points.
- Won last four meetings with CTX, including a 97-95 win in 2018. Dooley (21 points), Nathan Fontenot (19 points), Brown (16 points), Jarrell Taylor (14 points), Riddick (12 points), and Christopher Haynes (10 points) scored in double-figures.
- ETBU is third in the ASC averaging 85.0 points per game and allowing 76.0 ppg to opponents.
- First in the nation and ASC with an 81.1% free throw percentage.
- First in the ASC with 47.5% made field goals.
- Second in the ASC with 37.2% three-point percentage
- Third in the ASC in steals (8.5 per game)
- Dooley is eighth in the ASC top 10 in points (8th; 16.9 ppg), steals (T3rd; 2.2 per game) and three-point field goal percentage (2nd; 45.3%).
- Haynes is in the ASC top 10 in field goal percentage (4th; 60.5%), free throw percentage (4th; 85.1%), and blocks (T6th; 22).
- Brown is in the ASC top 10 in assists (3rd; 4.5 per game) and steals (6th; 2.0 per game).
UMHB
- 13-8 overall and 5-7 in the ASC West after a 103-68 win over Howard Payne University.
- Sam Moore led UMHB with a triple-double (30 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) against HPU. Logan Hicks (20 points), Joseph Mitchell (14 points), and Casey Armour (10 points) all recorded double-figures.
- Defeated ETBU, 90-73, in the first round of the 2019 ASC Tournament last season. Also defeated ETBU, 98-95, in the regular season on November 29th, 2018.
- First in the ASC in allowing the lowest three-point percentage to opponents (30.1%)
- Second in the ASC in steals (8.8 per game), rebounds (41.7 per game), defensive rebounds (30.1 per game), and field goals percentage allowed by the defense (41.6%)
- Sam Moore is second in the ASC in scoring with 21.7 ppg. This includes 13 20+ point games with a season high 42 points against Schreiner University on Nov. 11. He also is fifth in the conference in assists (4.3 per game).
- Casey Armour is in the ASC top five in rebounds per game (4th; 7.7), field goal percentage (3rd; 60.5%) and steals (2nd; 2.4 per game).
CTX
- 11-10 overall and 6-6 in the ASC West after a 105-98 loss to Sul Ross State University.
- Philip Meikle finished with a team-high 33 points against the Lobos.
- Averaging 85.3 ppg, which is second in the ASC
- Conceding 83.8 ppg, which is ninth in the ASC
- Third in field goal percentage (46.1%) in ASC
- Second in the ASC in rebounds allowed (35.1 per game).
- Lead the ASC in steals (11.6 per game).
- Meikle is tenth in the ASC in points per game (15.8)
- Gonzalo Munoz is eighth in the ASC in rebounds per game (6.8) and sixth with 5.2 defensive rebounds per game.
- Antoine Henderson leads the ASC with 68.1% made field goals.
- Alexander Estrada is fourth in the ASC in three-point field goal percentage (42.6%)
- Tommy Holiday is third in the ASC with 2.7 offensive rebounds per game.
