ADA, Okla. – The East Central University men's basketball team will start a four-game road trip with at Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southern Nazarene. The Tigers will first get ready for a battle for first place in the Great American Conference standings, Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. against arch rival Southeastern.
ECU will then start the second half of the GAC season, Saturday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. at Southern Nazarene.
Tiger Quick Shots
• The Tigers earned their first national ranking of the season for the week of Jan. 1, ranked at No. 22
• As a team ECU is ranked in 13 Top-100 NCAA categories, including 7 in the Top-25
• No. 6 3PT FG Pct. - 41.8
• No. 8 FG Pct. - 51.2
• No. 9 Scoring Offense - 92.4
• No. 10 Def. Reb./Gm - 30.07
• No. 12 FTM - 285
• No. 16 FTA - 379
• No. 21 W/L Pct. - 85.7
• The Tigers have 2 players ranked in the NCAA in the Top-100
• Talley is ranked in 9 categories, including 4 in the Top-25
• No. 2 3PT FG/Gm - 4.31
• No. 5 Points/Gm - 25.8
• No. 8 Total 3PT FGM - 56
• No. 20 Total Points - 335
• Jr.
Josh Apple is ranked in 2 categories
• No. 42 Def. Reb/Gm - 6.46
• No. 55 Rebounds/Gm - 8.5
• Talley is also ranked in 9 Division II Active Career Leaders lists and in 4 for all Divisions
• No. 10 3PT FGM - 285
• No. 28 3PT FGA - 666
• No. 41 Total Points - 1,671
• No. 80 Scoring Average - 16.9
• Talley ranked No. 5 ECU 1,000 Point Club and No. 3 on the GAC Top Scorers List - 1,671
• ECU: No. 4 DeMarcus Bolton (1998-02) - 1,678 / GAC: No. 2 -
Braxton Reeves (2012-14) - 1,722
• Three other active players are also on the list
• No. 1 Jhonathan Dunn (SNU - 1,995)
• No. 4 Kevin Buckingham (SE - 1,669)
• No. 8 Micah Speight (SNU - 1,460)
• The Tigers scored over 100 points for 4 games in 2019-20
• W, 106-67 vs. Austin College (Nov. 30)
• W, 104-67 vs. Bacone (Dec. 4)
• W, 114-83 vs. Randall (Dec. 19)
• W, 129-122 (3OT) vs. Arkansas-Monticello (Jan. 11)
• Third time head coach Ja Haven's tenure to have 3-or-more 100-point games
• Havens has seen 18 100-point games in his 7 years leading the team
• Second-highest number of 100+ point games in a season
• Season best is 6 in 2009-10
• 129 points against UAM is the second-highest total in a single game in school history
• Highest scoring game was 141-116 vs. Tinker Field (1964-65)
• Highest scoring game in NCAA Division II for the 2019-20 season and the highest in GAC history
• Highest scoring game in NCAA Division II since Nov. 18, 2018
• at West Liberty 158, Glenville State 106
• Talley garnered 33 points against UAM (1/11/20)
• Sixth 30+ point game in his career and third this season
• Sr.
Zac Neely recorded his first career double-double in the game against UAM
• 26 pts., 12 reb., 2 assists, 1 block, 62.5 (10-of-16) FG%, 44.4 (4-of-9) 3PT FG%, 2-of-2 FT
•Career highs for points, rebounds, blocks, field goals made, 3-point field goals made
• All 12 players that have seen action for the Tigers this season have scored, tallied a rebound and an assist
• ECU players are averaging between 23.9 to 0.5 PPG, with only 2 are averaging less than 4.0 PPG
• The Tigers are averaging between 8.5 to 0.3 RPG, with only 3 are averaging less than 2.0 RPG
