LONGVIEW -- LeTourneau University men's basketball team will close the regular season on a four-game homestand, beginning with Thursday's 7:30 p.m. matchup against Concordia Texas.

The YellowJackets (16-5, 9-3 American Southwest Conference) will host Mary Hardin-Baylor 3 p.m. Saturday. Next Thursday, they entertain Lousiana College, and host Belhaven Feb. 22 on Senior Day in the final regular season game. The ASC Championship Tournament is set for Feb. 27-29.

LETU is 5-1 at home this season. The Jackets are ranked No. 6 in the first NCAA Division III South Region rankings, which help determine national tournament berths.


HOME STRETCH HOMESTAND
The YellowJackets host Concordia Texas and Mary Hardin-Baylor this week to close out the four-game final homestand … Concordia is averaging 85 points per game … Philip Meikle is averaging 15.8 ppg and 1.7 steals … Luis Gonzalez is averaging 11.2 ppg and shooting 46.4 percent from 3-point range … UHMB is scoring 84.6 ppg … Casey Armour is averaging 15 ppg and 7.9 reb … Sam Moore is averaging 21.8 ppg and 5.4 reb.
 
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.
 
NATIONAL ATTENTION
Nate West was named the United States Basketball Writers Association National Player of the Week (Jan. 28) … He was named to Small College Basketball's Bevo Francis Award Top 100 Watch List, which includes 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 leads the nation with three triple-doubles this season … He has five in his career, which are the most in ASC history … His last triple-double came at Belhaven on Jan. 23.
 
NEARING THE TOP
Nate West passed Bonnie White for second place on the school's all-time scoring list … West has 2,079 points in his four-year LETU career … Terry Zeitlow holds the school record with 2,373 points … West is three steals away from the school record … Brian Pace holds the record with 171 steals … West has 169 entering the week … West already holds school records for assists and three-point field goals.
 
NATE-ION WIDE
Nate West leads the nation in assists per game (7.7) … He is second in total assists entering the week with 162.
 
BLOCK PARTY
LeTourneau leads the ASC in blocks per game (4.9) … 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 13.2 ppg and grabbing 5.2 rebounds … He's scored in double figures in the last four games and 17 games total this season … 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 12.7 ppg and 6.2 reb … He's scored in double figures in three of the last four games and 14 games total … He had a double-double in the win over East Texas Baptist in LeTourneau's last home game (Jan. 30).
 
EVESDROPPING ON EBERHARDT
Soph. G Andrew Eberhardt has scored in double figures in four of the last five games and nine games total … He has made 22 consecutive free throws, dating back to Jan. 2 … He is 8-for-8 from the line in the last four games.
 
3 FOR ALL
LeTourneau has buried 10 or more three-pointers in 11 games this season … The YellowJackets made a season-high 16 triples at Louisiana College (Jan. 25) … The Jackets are shooting .334 from 3-point range.
 
MULLING OVER MATTHEWS
Soph. G Kyle Matthews has pulled down nine or more rebounds in four games this year … He had nine boards in the road win at Ozarks last weekend … Matthews is averaging 4.1 rebounds per game.