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LONGVIEW, Texas – The YellowJackets will conclude a four-game homestand 3 p.m. Saturday when they host the other Yellow Jackets.

LETU's YellowJackets (10-4, 3-2 American Southwest Conference) meets Howard Payne's Yellow Jacktes (1-14, 0-6) to wrap up the two-week stay in Longview. LeTourneau has split the last 14 matchups with HPU (8-6, 5-0). The YellowJackets have won the last three in the series. The Yellow Jackets' last win at Solheim Arena came on Jan. 15, 2015. That was five seasons ago.

Saturday's game has a chance to be a record-setting day for LeTourneau senior guard Nate West, who is chasing conference and school history in a couple categories.

SCOUTING SUL ROSS ST.
The Lobos lead the American Southwest Conference West Division with a perfect record in league play … SRSU enters Thursday's game riding a four-game win streak … Tristen Licon leads the Lobos in scoring (17.5), rebounding (6.3), assists (3.0) and steals (2.4) … Logan Dixon is scoring 16.9 points per game, while pulling down 5.4 rebounds … B.J. Hollis is averaging 10.4 ppg, while shooting 34.2 percent from three-point range.
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. SRSU
The Jackets won the last meeting between the two teams, 94-69, last year in Longview … Prior to that, the Lobos had won four of the previous five games, dating back to Feb. 19, 2015 …The two teams have split the last 10 games in the series … Since 2009, Sul Ross State owns an 8-5 edge in the series.
 
SCOUTING HOWARD PAYNE
HPU entered the week in search of its first league win … The Yellow Jackets dropped 12 in a row entering Thursday's game at East Texas Baptist … In two of HPU's last four games, the verdict was decided in overtime, both of which were ASC games … Jase Miguez leads the Yellow Jackets in scoring (20.5), while shooting .823 from the free throw line in 26.9 minutes per game … Luke Cox is scoring 11.9 ppg, and shooting 45.5 percent from 3-point range … Tyrell Thompson is averaging 10.0 ppg and 6.7 reb … Jaylan Ballou leads the team in assists (4.3).
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. HPU
LeTourneau is 7-7 against Howard Payne, dating back to 2009 … LETU won last season's matchup, 99-60 … LETU has beaten HPU in the last three meetings between the two schools … Howard Payne's last win in Solheim Arena came on Jan. 15, 2015 when HPU pulled out a 76-64 victory.
 
TOPS IN TEXAS
Entering the 2019-20 campaign, LeTourneau's 63 wins over the last three seasons are the most for any Division III school in Texas … The YellowJackets won a school-record 24 games in 2017-18.
 
WHERE WEST WAS WON
Sr. G Nate West is the school's winningest player, having been a part of the last three teams that set the benchmark for Division III programs in Texas with the 63 victories … He was named to the preseason ASC East Watch List … West was named a preseason Third Team All-American by D3Hoops.com this year.
 
BEVO BRAVADO
Nate West was named to Small College Basketball's Bevo Francis Award Top 100 Watch List Wednesday … West is listed among the top 100 players in NCAA Division II, Division III, NAIA, United States Collegiate Athletic Association and National Christian College Athletic Association … The list will be trimmed to 50 players on Feb. 15 … A winner will be announced in early April.
 
TRIPLE THE FUN
Nate West recorded his ASC record-tying third career triple-double in the YellowJackets' home opener Dec. 3 … He scored 24 points, had a career-high 13 assists and matched a career-best 12 rebounds in the 99-83 win over Centenary.
 
RACING FOR RECORDS
Nate West is 17 points shy of surpassing Howard Payne's Benny West for the ASC all-time scoring mark ... LETU's West has 1,890 career points ... HPU's West finished his career with 1,906 points ... Nate West trails Wayne Diamond (1,896) for fourth place on the LETU list … He is the school leader in three-point field goals made (283) and free throw percentage (.856), and second in assists (426).
 
NATE-ION WIDE
Nate West ranks fifth in NCAA Division III in assists per game (7.2) and 21^st in scoring (23.0) … He and the YellowJackets both lead the ASC in scoring … The YellowJackets are averaging a league-best 84.5 points per game entering Thursday's game … LeTourneau ranks 48^th in the country in scoring offense … West also leads the league in assists.
 
BLOCK PARTY
LeTourneau leads the ASC in blocks per game (4.5) … LETU Fr. F John Argue ranks second in the league at 1.5 per game.
 
MILLER TIME
Under sixth-year head coach Dan Miller, the YellowJackets have won the ASC East twice, while topping 20 wins in both seasons … He is the only coach in the program's history to take the Jackets to the NCAA Tournament … Miller was named ASC East Coach of the Year twice (2016-17 and 2017-18) and NABC South Region Coach of the Year in 2017-18.
 
MOORE IS BETTER
Jr. G Justin Moore is scoring 13.4 ppg and grabbing 4.8 rebounds … He's reached double figures in 11 games, with a season high of 27 points and nine rebounds in the win over Whitman, which had been receiving votes in the d3hoops.com Top 25 poll … Moore was named to the Cannon Network's 50 players to watch … The Cannon Network's report includes players from NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA.
 
NO ARGUE-ING OVER THIS FRESHMAN
Fr. F John Argue is averaging 13.1 ppg and 6.1 reb … Prior to last Saturday's game, he reached double figures in four straight games and seven of the previous eight.
 
EVESDROPPING ON EBERHARDT
Soph. G Andrew Eberhardt had a career-high 18 points on 6 of 9 three-point shooting last Saturday vs. UT Dallas … Eberhardt's six triples are also a career best, and matched West for the most in a game by a YellowJacket this season ... Eberhardt had 15 points in Thursday's win.
 
FOSNIGHT BUILDING BRICK BY BRICK
Soph. F Brick Fosnight leads the team in shooting percentage (53.8) … He has scored in double figures in five games … Fosnight had 15 points on 7 of 9 shooting, and grabbed eight rebounds at McMurry.
 
3 FOR ALL
LeTourneau buried 10 or more three-pointers in each of the last four games, while reaching that plateau in six games this year … The YellowJackets made a season-high 13 triples vs. Centenary on Dec. 3 … LETU is shooting 31.4 percent from the 3-point line this season.
 
MULLING OVER MATTHEWS
Soph. G Kyle Matthews had a career-high 10 points in last week's win over Ozarks … Prior to Thursday's win, he made three field goals in three of the previous five games.