MIDWESTERN STATE (14-14)
vs UT TYLER (16-9)

Tuesday, March 1 -- 7 p.m.
D.L. Ligon Coliseum
All-Time Series | Tied 3-3

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State squares off with UT Tyler in the opening round of the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament Tuesday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

The game is set for broadcast via video streaming on the LSC Digital Network. A free audio stream featuring the Voice of the Mustangs -- Pete Stein -- can also be heard at MSUMustangs.com/streaming.

All video streams on the LSC Digital Network are also available on Over-The-Top (OTT) apps on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Roku by searching "LSC Digital Network."

GOING TO THE GAME? All fans at D.L. Ligon Coliseum must purchase tickets online, then present the QR code to can at the gate for admittance. No walk-up sales are available. Purchase your tickets at www.msumustangs.com/tickets.

THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT

Midwestern State advanced to the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament as the No. 6 seed completing league play with a 10-6 record. The Mustangs take on No. 11-seeded UT Tyler in the opening round with the winning moving on to face third-seeded Dallas Baptist Thursday afternoon at Comerica Center.

First Round

Tuesday, March 1 (at campus sites)
No. 12 Texas A&M-Kingsville at No. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m.
No. 11 UT Tyler at No. 6 Midwestern State, 7 p.m.
No. 10 UT Permian Basin at No. 7 Angelo State, TBA
No. 9 St. Edward's at No. 8 UAFS, 7 p.m.

Quarterfinals

Thursday, March 3 (at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas)
Game 1: No. 3 DBU vs. MSU/UTT winner, Noon
Game 2: No. 2 West Texas A&M vs. ASU/UTPB winner, 2:30 p.m.
Game 3: No. 1 Lubbock Christian vs. UAFS/SEU winner, 6 p.m.
Game 4: No. 4 St. Mary's vs. TAMUC/TAMUK winner, 8:30 p.m.

Semifinals

Saturday, March 5 (at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas)
Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, Noon
Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2:30 p.m.

Championship

Sunday, March 6 (at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas)
Semifinal winners, 1 p.m.

MSU IN THE LSC POSTSEASON TOURNAMENT

Midwestern State is 28-13 (.683) in 20 all-time Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament appearances... The Mustangs claimed seven LSC Postseason Tournament championships (1999, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016)... MSU is 0-2 in the opening round of the LSC Postseason tournament since the league expanded beyond eight teams... Midwestern State is looking for its first appearance at Comerica Center in Frisco... The Mustangs advanced to the LSC quarterfinal round in 2018, but a roof leak forced their matchup with UT Permian Basin to Kitty Magee Arena in Denton... Midwestern State is playing its first LSC Postseason Tournament game at D.L. Ligon Coliseum since beating Southeastern Oklahoma 89-80 in the 2007 title game on March 3, 2007... MSU won all nine of its LSC Postseason Tournament games played at D.L. Ligon Coliseum including titles in 1999 and 2007... The Mustangs, however, have not won an LSC Postseason Tournament game since winning the 2016 championship...

THREE... DOT... THOUGHTS...

Midwestern State closed the regular season winning six of the last seven and eight of the last 10... The Mustangs can clinch back-to-back .500-or-better seasons for the second straight season with a win against UT Tyler in the opening round of the LSC Postseason Tournament... The Mustangs have not posted back-to-back .500-or-better seasons since going 24-6 in 2015-16 and 14-14 in 2016-17... MSU is 2-3 in games decided by two-or-fewer points this season both of the victories have come against UAFS (63-62 on 12/10 and 68-67 on 2/26)... The Mustangs fell 69-68 at UT Tyler (1/2), 75-73 at Angelo State (1/13) and 59-58 at Texas A&M-Kingsville (2/17)... In those four games, the Mustangs led into the final minute against UAFS, UT Tyler and Texas A&M-Kingsville and were within a point with 35 seconds to play against Angelo State... Seven of Midwestern State's last 10 wins have been by double digits... Midwestern State is 9-4 at D.L. Ligon Coliseum this season and has won the last six games played on its home court... Midwestern State leads the Lone Star Conference in scoring defense (63.0 ppg), field goal percentage defense (.393) and is fifth in 3-point percentage defense (.337) during league play... The defensive run pulled the Mustangs to second in the league and 54th in NCAA Division II in field goal percentage defense (.420) for the season... MSU has limited the opposition to less the 40-percent shooting in 10 of the last 15 games after not achieving the feat over the first 13 games... MSU has limited the opposition to less than a point per field goal attempt four times this season... Midwestern State has shot 40 percent or better in 15 of its last 17 games after shooting less than 40 percent in seven its first 11 games... Midwestern State has shot better than 50 percent from the field five times this season... Midwestern State ranks 12th in the LSC in team field goal percentage (42.5 percent) and 17th in team 3-point field goal percentage (31.1 percent)... MSU stands third in the LSC and 31st in NCAA Division II pulling down 12.5 offensive rebounds per game resulting in 321 second chance points in 28 games (11.5 per game)... 

MSU TRENDSETTERS

Jermane Carter // Senior // Forward // Lenape, N.J.

ranks 14th in the LSC in scoring at 14.6 points per game... ranks second in the LSC and 27th in NCAA Division II pulling down 3.3 offensive rebounds per game... is seventh in overall rebounds per game in the LSC collecting 6.1 caroms per game... rates third in the LSC in field goal percentage at 49.8... scored in double figures in 20 of 28 games this season...  booked 20-or-more points in six games... connected on 40.3 percent of his 3-pointers (29-of-72)... hit a 3-pointer in 16 games... earned LSC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the week preceding Jan. 31 after averaging 20 points and 7.5 rebounds in wins over No. 12 West Texas A&M and Cameron... erupted for career-high 28 points while completing his second collegiate double-double with 10 rebounds against No. 3 West Texas A&M (11/22)... went for 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting with a season-high four 3-pointers while pulling down seven rebounds in a 100-90 overtime win against No. 12 West Texas A&M (1/27)... scored 19 points and pulled down eight rebounds while shooting 7-for-10 from the floor with three 3-pointers in a win over Cameron (1/29)... recorded his third double-double of the season going for 18 points and 10 rebounds while hitting two 3-pointers against Oklahoma Christian (2/26)... scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting with a season-best three dunks at Dallas Baptist (1/22)... connected on 9-of-18 shots with a 3-pointer to finish with 23 points and seven rebounds at Angelo State (1/13)... poured in a team-high 20 points on 11-of-18 shooting with a career-best four 3-pointers (on five attempts) in a 60-50 win over St. Edward's (1/6)... recorded his third career double-double and second of the season going for 17 points and 12 rebounds against Texas A&M-Commerce (12/31)... went for 22 points and six rebounds in 23 minutes against Northern State (11/16)... scored 21 of his game-high 22 points in the second half going 12-for-16 from the free throw line with six rebounds at Oklahoma Christian (12/2)... narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds in a win over Colorado State-Pueblo (11/13)... 10 of his 11 rebounds against Colorado State-Pueblo came on the offensive end of the floor... had another near double-double with 19 points and nine rebounds at  Cameron (11/30)... went 6-of-8 from the field and connected on a 3-pointer to finish with 15 points against Texas A&M International (2/19)... scored his 500th career point against Lubbock Christian (2/3)...

Terrell Wilson // Junior // Guard // Houston, Texas

ranks 19th in the Lone Star Conference in scoring with 13.4 points per game while averaging 2.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 28.2 minutes over 28 games this season... scored in double figures 21 times this season and in each of his last seven games...  scored 20-or-more points three times... connected on at least two 3-pointers in 13 games... made at least three steals in eight times this season... has 103 steals through 72 games for an average of 1.5 steals per game to put him fifth on MSU's all-time list.... needs eight steals to tie former All American Tony Forch (111 steals from 1978-80) for 15th place on the all-time list... ranks ninth in the LSC and 189th in NCAA Division II with 1.52 steals per game... poured in a career-high 28 points on 10-of-16 shooting going 6-of-6 from the arc at UT Tyler (1/2)... booked 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting with three 3-pointers against Dallas Baptist (1/22)... went for 21 points with five assists and two steals in a win over Colorado State-Pueblo (11/13)... scored game-high 19 points on 7-of-15 shooting with four assists and three steals in a 75-61 win over Dallas Baptist (2/8)... went 6-of-7 from the field with three 3-pointers to finish with 19 points against Texas A&M International (2/19)... narrowly missed a double-double finishing with 17 points and nine rebounds while hitting three 3-pointers in a 100-90 overtime win against No. 17 West Texas A&M (1/27)... connected on 7-of-9 shots from the field including a 3-pointer for a team-high 17 points in a win at UT Permian Basin (1/15)... scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half against Texas A&M-Commerce (12/31)... scored his 800th career point against UAFS (2/25)...

Pierre Sanders // Sophomore // Guard // Hutto, Texas

averages 10.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 29.8 minutes over 23 games... scored in double figures 11 times... missed five games due to injury from the Nov. 30 game at Cameron through the Dec. 16 game against Texas A&M-Commerce... poured in a career high 21 points and threatened a triple double by matching career bests with nine rebounds and eight assists in a 100-90 overtime win over No. 12 West Texas A&M (1/27)... matched a career high with 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting burying three 3-pointers in a 71-49 win over Eastern New Mexico (2/5)... went for game-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting with two 3-pointers and two steals in a 75-61 win over Dallas Baptist (2/8)... poured in 17 points hitting four 3-pointers in a win at UT Permian Basin (1/15)... splashed in a season-high 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting with seven rebounds at Northern State (11/26)... finished with 13 points and nine rebounds in a win over Colorado State-Pueblo (11/13)... buried a season-high three 3-pointers and went 5-for-9 from the field to finish with 15 points and seven rebounds against St. Mary's (1/8)... buried a season-high three 3-pointers to finish with 11 points and five assists against Cameron (1/29)... 

Amaechi Chukwu // Redshirt-Freshman // Forward // Denton, Texas

averages 7.4 points and 5.0 rebounds in 20.0 minutes over 27 games... averaged 12.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in 20.3 minutes shooting 32-of-44 from the field (72.7 percent) scoring in double figures in five of six games from Jan. 13-Feb. 3... scored in double figures eight times... ranks ninth in the Lone Star Conference averaging 2.1 offensive rebounds per game... set a career-high with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting and narrowly missed first collegiate double-double with nine rebounds against Cameron (1/29)... scored in double digits for the first time against Angelo State (1/13) then extended the run to three straight games with at least 10 points against UT Permian Basin (1/15) and Dallas Baptist (1/22)... went for 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds at Angelo State (1/13)... led MSU with 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting and went 4-of-5 from the free throw line to finish with 16 points and five rebounds at Texas A&M-Kingsville (2/17)... scored 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting with five rebounds versus No. 1 Lubbock Christian (2/3).... notched first collegiate double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 5-of-7 from the field with a 3-pointer at UT Permian Basin (1/15)...  added second double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in a 75-61 win over Dallas Baptist (2/8)... scored 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting with six rebounds before fouling out in 28 minutes at Dallas Baptist (1/22)... matched a season high pulling down 11 rebounds against Arkansas-Fort Smith (2/24)... 

Jalin Brown // Senior // Forward // Denton, Texas

averages 5.6 points and ranks ninth in the Lone Star Conference pulling down 6.1 rebounds in 22.1 minutes across 28 games... grabbed at least seven rebounds in 12 games this season including a high of 15 rebounds against St. Edward's (1/6)... pulled down 9.5 rebounds over a six-game stretch from Dec. 13 against UT Tyler through Jan. 8 against St. Mary's... shooting 42.1 percent from the arc for the season (16-of-38)... connected on two 3-pointers in consecutive games going 2-for-2 at Texas A&M-Commerce (12/31) and 2-for-3 against UT Tyler (1/2)... accounted for a season-high 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting with two 3-pointers in a 69-50 win over Western New Mexico (2/10)... scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a win over Colorado State-Pueblo (11/13)... booked 10 points with five rebounds and three steals in a 100-90 overtime win against No. 12 West Texas A&M (1/27)... scored 10 points on 3-of-6 shooting with five rebounds at No. 1 Lubbock Christian (2/3)... scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds in a 75-61 win over Dallas Baptist (2/8)...

HEAD COACH JUSTIN LESLIE is in his third season at the helm of the Midwestern State men's basketball program. The Mustangs battled to an 8-21 mark in 2019-20 but closed the regular season by winning four out of five games to qualify for the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament. MSU also closed the 2020-21 regular season with four straight wins advancing the LSC Postseason Tournament for the second straight year with an 11-8 overall record. Prior to MSU, Leslie posted a 266-121 overall record (.687) at Azusa Pacific leading the Cougars to nine 20-win campaigns, two Pacific West Conference titles, seven postseason tournament appearance and an NCAA Division II Elite Eight showing in 2015. Overall, Leslie owns a 299-164 mark (.646) in 15 seasons as a collegiate head coach including a 33-43 record (.434) at MSU.

SCOUTING THE PATRIOTS

UT Tyler lost three of their last four regular season games including road games at UT Permian Basin (89-71) and Angelo State (88-64) last week... In its first season as full members of NCAA Division II, UT Tyler makes its first LSC Postseason Tournament appearance Tuesday night at Midwestern State... Senior guard Micah Fuller leads the Patriots scoring 14.2 points per game while shooting 40.9 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from the arc... Fuller scored at least 20 points in five games this season including a season-high 24 last week at UT Permian Basin... Senior guard Da'Zhon Wyche scores 12.4 points per game shooting 39.4 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from the arc... Wyche poured in a season-high 28 points against Western New Mexico (1/22)...

HEAD COACH LOUIS WILSON is 36-38 (.486) in his third season at the helm of the UT Tyler men's basketball program. He guided the Patriots to wins in 10 of their final 11 games in 2020-21 to finish the campaign with a winning 12-10 mark. Wilson enjoyed a stellar five-year run at Adams State from 2010-15 posting a 95-46 mark (.674) leading the Grizzlies to three consecutive NCAA Division II regional appearances. Wilson served as an associate head coach at California State-Northridge from 2006-10 and at Grand Canyon in 2018-19. He has vast experience as a Division I assistant at Southern Utah (1992-98), Idaho State (1998-06) and Utah State (2015-18). Ironically, Wilson and women's head coach Rebecca Alvidrez occupied the same roles at Adams State during the 2013-14 season.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Midwestern State and UT Tyler meet for the seventh time on the hardwood Tuesday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The teams split the previous six meeting with the Patriots claiming the last three including a season sweep this year. UT Tyler beat the Mustangs 75-63 on Dec. 13 in Wichita Falls, then hit two 3-pointers to overcome a nine-point deficit in the last 3 1/2 minutes of the game to claim a 69-68 win on Jan. 2 in Tyler. Midwestern State is 2-2 against the Patriots in games played under the dome.

UP NEXT

With a win, Midwestern State moves on to face Dallas Baptist in the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament quarterfinals Thursday afternoon at Comerica Center in Frisco. Tipoff is set for noon.