LONGVIEW, Texas -- Winners of five of the last six, the LeTourneau men's basketball team played their way to the No. 3 seed and a host in the first round of the ASC Tournament. The YellowJackets take on No. 6 seed Concordia Texas on Tuesday (Feb. 20) at 7 p.m. inside Solheim Arena.

The winner moves on to the semifinals to face No. 2 seed UT Dallas on Friday at 5 p.m. at Hardin-Simmons in Abilene, Texas.

DETAILS (FEB. 20)

• Longview, Texas
• Solheim Arena
• 7 p.m.
• Admission is FREE (LETU fans wear blue!)
• Bracket (PDF)
• Watch Live
• Live Stats

TOURNAMENT NOTES

• LeTourneau enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed after finishing the regular season with a 16-9 overall record and a 10-6 mark in conference play. The YellowJackets won five of their final six games to move up into the three-spot and earn hosting duties in the first round.
• The YellowJackets are making their 12th appearance in the ASC Tournament all-time, and the ninth straight. LeTourneau won the tournament in 2020 and has reached the championship round three times (2017, 2020, 2022).
• Tuesday will mark the second time LeTourneau and Concordia Texas have faced in the tournament. LeTourneau won the first matchup, 83-79, in the semifinals of the 2017 tournament in Solheim Arena.
• LeTourneau and Concordia Texas split their two meetings this season, with the visiting team win each time. The YellowJackets used a pair of Deonte Jackson free throws with 2.1 seconds left to take a 93-92 win in Austin on Dec. 9. Concordia returned the favor on Jan. 25 with an 83-70 win in Longview.
• LeTourneau has five players averaging double-figure points on the season. Deonte Jackson leads the way at 22.2 -- second in the ASC -- with Caedmon Liebengood (15.4), Jackson Mayes (12.3), Christian Adams (11.2), and Walker Blaine (10.8) all adding 10-plus points per contest. Jackson crossed over 1,500 career points earlier this season and his current total of 1,670 ranks him sixth all-time in program history.
• Liebengood has put together a career-best season. The junior is averaging a career-high 15.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game. He is seventh in the ASC in rebound average, while ranking third in field goal percentage (.539). Liebengood leads the team with seven double-doubles -- fifth-most in the ASC this season.
• Adams also is putting in a career season in his last as a YellowJacket. He became the first player in the ASC this season to register a triple-double when he poured in 14 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists in a win at Howard Payne earlier in February. Adams is averaging career-highs in points (11.2), rebounds (5.2), assists (4.7), blocks (1.4), and steals (1.6). He ranks in the top-10 in the ASC in blocks, steals, and assists.
• In his last year as a YellowJacket, Blaine is averaging a career-high 10.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He registered his first career double-double in a win over Sul Ross State in January.
• As a team, part of LeTourneau's success this season has been its ability to win close games. The YellowJackets are 7-2 in one-possession or overtime games this season. 
• LeTourneau leads the ASC in field goal percentage (.480) and 3-point percentage (.340), while ranking fifth in scoring average (82.6). The YellowJackets are the second-best free throw shooting team in the ASC at 75.4 percent.
• Concordia Texas enters the tournament with a 9-16 overall record and 6-10 in the ASC. The Tornados lost five straight to end the regular season.
• The high-scoring Tornados are led by Donovan Stafford and his 21.6 points per game, ranking third in the ASC. Stafford ended the regular season with 38 points in a loss to McMurry on Saturday. In two games vs. LeTourneau this season, Stafford averaged 24.5 points. 
• As a team, the Tornados average 83.6 points per game.

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