MARSHALL, Texas – Appearing in their seventh straight American Southwest Conference Championship tournament, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team travels out west to Alpine, Texas, for their chance to make a postseason run. ETBU starts off with Concordia University – Texas who is the #2 seed from the West Division.
ETBU has now made four straight ASC Tournaments under
Brandon Curran which is a first for the program. ETBU is 2-3 under Curran in the post season and played for the 2018 ASC Tournament Championship. With 19 wins, ETBU is ranked 8
th in the newest South Regional Rankings.
Below is the information about the game.
ETBU vs. Concordia University (TX) | Alpine, TX | Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020
Arena: Gallego Center
Time: 12:00 PM
All-Time Series: ETBU, 26-13
* Last ETBU Win: Feb. 15, 2019 (83-70)
* Last CTX Win: Jan. 2, 2016 (101-90)
ETBU
- Finished as the #3 seed in the East Division with a 19-6 overall record.
- Defeated Belhaven University, 99-88, on Thursday. ETBU shot 58.3% as a team. Christopher Haynes (23 points) and Nathan Fontenot (20 points) led ETBU in scoring while Landin Brown tied a career high in points (19) and set a new career high in assists (13) to finish with a double-double.
- Fourth straight conference tournament appearance in the Brandon Curran era.
- Fell to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in the first round of the American Southwest Conference Tournament last season.
- Last played in Alpine in the 2018 American Southwest Conference Tournament where they defeated UMHB and LeTourneau University before losing to Sul Ross State in the ASC Championship.
- If ETBU beats CTX, they would take on either the East's top seed University of Texas or the West division's fourth seed in Hardin-Simmons University.
- Recently defeated CTX, 83-70, on Feb. 15th. Fontenot (17 points), Robby Dooley (15 points), Jordan Gray (13 points), and Haynes (13 points) all scored in double-figures.
- Second in the American Southwest Conference in scoring (85.7 points per game) and three-point field goal percentage (38.1%)
- Have the highest scoring margin (+9.1) in the ASC.
- First in the ASC in free throw percentage (80.1%), field goal percentage (48.2%) and assists/turnover ratio (1.3)
- Third in the ASC in steals (8.4 per game).
- Dooley is in the ASC Top 10 in points (9th; 16.2 ppg), field goal percentage (6th; 56.8%), steals (6th; 1.9), and three-point field goal percentage (2nd; 46.7%)
- Haynes is in the ASC Top 10 in field goal percentage (2nd; 62.6%), free throw percentage (4th; 84.9%), and block shots (6th; 1.2 per game)
- Brown is in the ASC Top 10 in assists (2nd; 5.0 per game), steals (5th; 2.0 per game), and assist/turnover ratio (2.3)
CTX
- Finished as the second seed in the ASC West Division with a 12-13 overall record.
- Recently defeated Howard Payne University, 87-81.
- Against ETBU in their 83-70 loss, Luis Gonzalez led with 22 points while Phillip Meikle (14 points), Gonzalo Munoz (10 points), and Trevon Hester (10 points) scored in double-figures.
- Third in the ASC in scoring (85.0 ppg).
- Fourth in the ASC in field goal percentage (45.7%).
- Lead the ASC in steals per game (11.2)
- Have the highest turnover margin (+4.12)
- Meikle is 10th in the ASC in scoring (16.2 ppg)
- Munoz is eighth in the ASC in rebounding (6.7 rpg)
- Antoine Henderson leads the ASC with 68.1% made field goals
- Tommy Holiday is seventh in the ASC with 2.4 offensive rebounds per game.
