ADA, Okla. – The East Central University men's basketball team will play its first two Great American Conference games this week, starting at Southwestern Oklahoma State, Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.  The Tigers (3-0) will then come home to face Southern Nazarene in the first game of the season at the Kerr Activities Center, Saturday, Nov. 23 at 3 p.m.

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Tiger Quick Shots
• Jr. Josh Apple recorded his second career double-double at McKendree
    • 14 points, 16 rebounds
        • Both were career highs
    • First double-double: Nov. 8, 2019 against Wayne State (Neb.) - 10 points, 13 rebounds
• Sr. Camron Talley recorded his fourth career game with 30+ points in a single game
    • 34 points vs. Nebraska-Kearney
    • First two during the 2018-19 season, one in 2017-18
• Talley ranked No. 9 ECU 1,000 Point Club - 1,410
    • No. 8 - Larry Hardeman (1969-72) - 1,581
    • Also ranked No. 4 in the GAC 1,000 Point Scorers List
        • Braxton Reeves (2012-17) is ranked No. 1 (1,722)
        • 20 points away from No. 3 - Will Francis (Harding - 2013-17) - 1,430
        • 103 away form No. 2 - Adrian Motley (NWOSU - 2012-17) - 1,513
• As a team ECU is ranked in 14 Top-100 NCAA categories, 3 in the Top-50 and 1 in the Top-25
• Apple and Talley are both ranked in the NCAA in the Top-100 in several categories
    • Apple is ranked in six categories
        • No. 2 Def. Reb./Gm - 10.0        
        • No. 6 Rebounds/Gm - 14.0
        • No. 17 Double Doubles - 2        
        • No. 24 Off. Reb./Gm - 4.0
        • No. 27 Total Rebounds - 42        
        • No. 78 Steals/Gm - 2.33
    • Talley is ranked in three categories
        • No. 17 ATR - 5.5            
        • No. 18 Minutes/Gm - 38:15
        • No. 22 Points/Gm - 24.7
• Talley is also ranked in 9 Division II Active Career Leaders lists and in 3 for all Divisions
        • No. 18 3PT FGM - 238        
        • No. 34 3PT FGA - 623
        • No. 54 Total Points - 1,410
• Talley is now ranked in eight other ECU Career Records List
    • Moved up to No. 2 in 3PT FGM - 238
        • 108 away from No. 1 - Reeves - 346
    • Moved up to No. 7 in Scoring in Double-Digits - 68
        • 4 away from No. 6 - Leonard Cooper (1993-96) - 72
    • No. 8 Steals - 109
        • 6 away from No. 7 - Tommy Eaton (1990-93) - 115
    • No. 5 3PT FGA - 565
        • 32 away from No. 5 - Denton Everett (1994-98) - 597
• The Tigers went 3-0 to start the season
    • First time since 2015-16 ECU won the season opener
        • Nov. 13, 2015 - W, 82-81 vs. Concordia-St. Paul
    • First time since 2010-11 that the Tigers won the first three games of the season
• ECU went 2-0 in 2018-19 against the Bulldogs and averaged 100 points
    • Talley: 59 points, 14 rebounds, .541 (20-of-37) FG%, .450 (9-of-20) 3PT FG%, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block
    • So. Tylor Arnold: 31 points, 5 rebounds, .611 (11-of-18) FG%, .500 (5-of-10) 3PT FG%, 6 assists, 3 steals
• The Crimson Storm took the win in both meetings in 2018-19
    • Talley: 28 points, 3 rebounds, .407 (11-of-27) FG%, .429 (6-of-14) 3PT FG%, 4 assists, 3 steals
    • Arnold: 17 points, 12 rebounds, .545 (6-of-11) FG%, 5 assists, 1 steal