Match Info	Opponent Info
Alaska Anchorage vs. UT Tyler UAA: 8-2, 0-2 GNAC | UTT: 1-7, 0-4 LSC Sunday, Dec. 17th | 3:30 p.m. HST Honolulu, Hawaii | The Shark Tank		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
Chaminade vs. UT Tyler CU: 3-8, 1-4 PACWEST | UTT: 1-5, 0-2 LSC Saturday Dec. 18th | 5:45 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii | The Shark Tank		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

LAST TIME OUT

A slow offensive afternoon of basketball for UT Tyler led to a 65-50 defeat at the hands of Western New Mexico on Saturday afternoon. The Patriots shot just 32.8 percent (19-for-58) from the floor and 4-for-22 (18.2 percent) from beyond the three-point line in the contest. Western New Mexico maintained a double-digit advantage for the final 10:56 of play and outscored UT Tyler by a 33-to-23 margin in the second half. Graduate student Ryan Zambie was the lone scorer to reach double-digits on the afternoon for UT Tyler with 13 points and matched the team-high alongside his brother Alec Zambie with six rebounds.

A Nikolas Gustavson three-point shot at the buzzer rimmed in-and-out to allow Eastern New Mexico to escape with a 67-66 victory over UT Tyler on Thursday night. That three-point shot from straight on as time expired nearly put the finishing touches on a furious comeback for a Patriot team that trailed 64-52 with just 6:02 remaining in the contest. Junior Alec Zambie, who scored 12 of his team-high 19 points in the second half alone, helped kick-start an 11-0 run by the Patriots over the next four minutes of game time to cut the deficit to just 64-63 with 2:44 remaining. Zambie was a clear emotional leader for the Patriots throughout the contest, finishing with the aforementioned 19 points and a team-high nine rebounds on the night. The Patriots dominated the glass throughout the evening, out-rebounding the Greyhounds by a 47-to-32 margin, and out-scoring Eastern New Mexico 34-to-24 in the paint.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler will conclude non-conference play over the weekend at the Hoops in Hawaii Holiday Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Patriots will compete in a pair of games on Sunday and Monday against Alaska Anchorage and Chaminade inside The Shark Tank on the campus of Hawaii Pacific University.
- The Patriots sit 1-7 on the year and 0-4 in Lone Star Conference play following home losses last weekend at the hands of Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico.
- Guards Bryce Roberts and Jonathan Jackson both average double-digit scoring figures for UT Tyler on the year. Roberts enters the final games of non-conference play for the Patriots with an average of 15.3 points per game after reaching 10 or more points in his first five games of the season, including a pair of 27 and 26 point efforts against Cameron and Midwestern tate on Nov. 22nd and 30th. Jackson missed both outings last weekend against Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico, but ranks second on the team behind Roberts with an average of 12.0 points a contest.
- Forward Alec Zambie leads the team with an average of 7.0 rebounds per game, eighth best in the LSC.
- UT Tyler averages 73.4 points a game offensively and concedes 77.8 points per contest. The Patriots average the fourth most three-pointers made in teh LSC with an average of 8.8 per game.
- The Patriots rank third in the LSC with an average of 4.13 blocked shots per game.
- The Patriots are 234-283 (.456) all-time as a program and 54-79 (.420) since beginning Division II play in 2019-20. The Patriots are 24-56 in four seasons of Lone Star Conference play.
- The Patriots have shown glimpses of success during the Division II era, having earned national rankings early in both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, but closed out each of the last two campaigns with three and eight game losing streaks, respectively. UT Tyler finished 9-17 last season and 5-17 in Lone Star Conference play. The Patriots had their best season of the Division II era the previous year as they went 16-10, made their first appearance in the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament and were regionally ranked in three editions of the NCAA Division II Regional Rankings.
- Head coach Tim Moser takes the reigns of the program in 2023-24 as the fifth head coach in UT Tyler men's basketball history. Moser returns to the men's side of the collegiate game after serving as the Associate Head Coach for a remarkable turnaround within the UT Tyler women's basketball program.  As a head coach, Moser holds a 512-179 career record (.747) and has won 13 conference championships en route to 12 conference or region coach of the year accolades. Combined with his totals as an assistant coach, Moser has coached 20 conference championship teams during his storied career. He has served as head coach on the men's side at Eastern Wyoming College from 2018-2021 and at Otero Junior College from 1998-2005. He went 150-31 (.828) over six seasons as head coach of the women's side at Alaska-Anchorage from 2006-12. 
- The 2023-24 roster features just three returners from the 2022-23 roster for UT Tyler, only one of which saw game action last season. Redshirt senior Terrell Wilson will return for his second season in a UT Tyler uniform after earning All-Lone Star Conference honors in 2020-21 and 2021-22 at Midwestern State. The Houston, Texas native will serve as the leading returner in all statistical categories for the Patriots and averaged 7.7 points a contest last year. The 2023-24 roster features 16 newcomers to begin the year, seven junior college additions, five four-year transfers and four freshman.