Men's Basketball | 1/20/2015 3:10:00 PM

Tuesday, January 20, 2015
                                                                                                     
PORTALES, N.M. — The Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball team (7-10; LSC 0-4) is set for a tough pair of Lone Star Conference opponents, this week, with a Wednesday trip to Texas A&M-Commerce and a Saturday home game against Tarleton State. Both opponents are receiving votes in the latest media poll, sponsored by D2SIDA and are ranked sixth and seventh, respectively, in the South Central Region.
 
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• Eastern has reached the 100-point mark twice this season. The Hounds haven't done that twice in a season since 2011-12 against University of the Southwest and Oklahoma Panhandle
• The last time ENMU reached 100-points three times in a season came in 1996-97, with games against National Christian, Central Oklahoma and Angelo State
• Eastern has reached 90 points five times this year and is 5-0 in those games. Last season, the Hounds reached 90 points just three times, last season.
• The Greyhounds also are 6-1 this season in games decided by eight points or less. Last season, ENMU posted a 6-8 record in those games last season.

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Texas A&M-Commerce is 13-3 on the season and 7-0 at home. The Lions have won their last four games.
 
Last season, the Lions tied ENMU for fourth place and finished with a record of 14-13. After a win over the Hounds at the LSC tournament, A&M-Commerce lost to Tarleton State.        
 
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Tarleton State is 14-2 this season and has won two of its last four games. The Texans are 1-1 in road games with a three-point win over Cameron. Tarleton State will host West Texas A&M, before coming to Greyhound arena.
 
Last season, the Texans went tied for the league title and finished 28-3. Tarleton State defeated Midwestern State for the LSC Tournament title, but dropped a 74-68 decision to the Mustangs in the second round of the NCAA regional.
 
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The Greyhounds are third in three-point field goals in the LSC.
 
Midwestern State and Angelo State are the only undefeated teams in LSC play. That duo along with Texas A&M-Commerce and Tarleton State have combined to post a 38-1 home record.
 
Inside the Series
 
Texas A&M-Commerce took two of three meetings against the Greyhounds last season, which included a 74-73 heartbreaker in the opening round of the Lone Star Conference Championships.  At Greyhound Arena, the Lions held a four-point lead with 5:45 left, but the Hounds came back to claim an 83-78 win behind 19 points from Rodney Blackmon and Cornelius Cammock.
 
Tarleton State has won the last four meetings and 14 of the last 16 against Eastern.
 
On January 13, 2013, the Hounds used 20 points from Blackmon to rally from a 15-point deficit and post a 59-56 win over Tarleton State. The Texans held a 43032 lead with 10:10 left, but a jumper from Lawrence Domingo (Union City, Calif., Community Charter Early College High School/Stoneridge Prep)ignited a 13-5 Greyhound run to tie the game. Tarleton State would lead twice more, before Blackmon hit a tie-breaking trey with two seconds left. The Greyhounds has 12 three-point field goals in the game and allowed just six.
 
Looking Ahead
 
After hosting Tarleton State and West Texas A&M, the Greyhounds will hit the road to play Texas A&M-Kingsville. Eastern will return home to take on Angelo State and Cameron.