Match Info	Opponent Info
Eastern New Mexico vs. UT Tyler ENMU: 4-2, 2-0 LSC | UTT: 1-5, 0-2 LSC Thursday, Dec. 7th | 7 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
Western New Mexico vs. UT Tyler WNMU: 2-5, 0-2 LSC | UTT: 1-5, 0-2 LSC Saturday Dec. 9th | 3 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Herrington Patriot Center		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler connected on tying shots at the end of regulation and the first overtime period in a 106-105 double overtime loss to Cameron on Thursday night. The Patriots totaled the most points ever in a Lone Star Conference contest for the program in their league opener on Thursday night with 105 despite their second straight overtime loss. Junior Bryce Roberts went for a career-high 27 points and joined four other Patriots in double-digit scoring efforts. Roberts hit the tying shot with seconds remaining on the clock in the first overtime period after forward Alec Zambie sent the game to extra time with a dunk in the waning seconds of regulation. That dunk to tie the game at 79-79 after 40 minutes of play capped off what was yet another stellar second half of basketball for the Patriots. UT Tyler went 8-for-12 (66.6 percent) as a team in that second half from beyond the three-point line to negate a 44-35 halftime deficit. The Patriots hit five of their first six attempts from beyond the arc in the second half to take their first lead since the opening minute of the ballgame. The second overtime period went down to the wire once again as a key three-point make for the Aggies put them up 104-102 with 40 seconds left on the clock. Gustavson was fouled beyond the third point line with the Patriots trailing by two, but connected on just one of those free throw opportunities. Gustavson redeemed himself just seconds later with a jump shot with 17 seconds remaining to cut the deficit to just 106-105, a score that would hold through the waning seconds of the game.

UT Tyler was unable to keep pace with a hot-shooting Midwestern State side in a 99-78 defeat on Saturday. Junior Bryce Roberts went for 26 points to lead a UT Tyler offense that shot 46.7 percent (28-for-60) from the floor in the game. Midwestern State was efficient throughout the contest, going 37-for-64 (57.8 percent) from the floor and led by double-digits throughout the entirety of the second half. UT Tyler largely kept pace offensively with the Mustangs for the majority of the first half, trailing just 40-39 with 5:21 left, but Midwestern State was able to pad a 51-43 advantage at the break. The Mustangs connected on the first shot of the second half and extended a 21-point lead at 66-45 with 16:11 remaining. UT Tyler only managed to narrow the deficit to 17 throughout the remainder of the game. Roberts went 10-for-19 from the field and 6-for-9 from beyond the three-point line. Junior Alex Zambie and graduate student Jonathan Jackson both joined Roberts in double-digit scoring figures with 12 and 11 respectively.

WHAT COACH MOSER IS SAYING

On last week's high-scoring outputs for his team to start Lone Star Conference play... "Cameron is a tough place to play and I though our kids went in there and fought like heck, and really had every opportunity to win that game. Like we've been doing though, we still have those moments where we make three or four bone-headed plays and we just have to keep fixing those things and keep growing. On the defensive end, even though we shot the ball better, we can't give up 106 points in a game. So we really have to lock it in and make some changes there. At Midwestern, we ran into a buzzsaw. They lost their first game on Thursday against Dallas Baptist and they took it out on us. Even when we were scoring with them and playing with them in the first half, I didn't feel good about it. This week is an opportunity for me and my staff to find out who the winners are on this team are and who's going to make the winning plays. We're getting close to doing that. I saw alot of that last weekend and saw some kids that are really willing to step up."

On the emergence of Bryce Robert's scoring prowess... "Bryce is a competitor. That's the first thing about him, he does it everyday in practice, and is a kid that can get his own shot and shoot it at a very high level. But the biggest thing that I like about Bryce is that he's so competitive. He's in the gym all the time, he wants to be good and even though we're 1-5, we all know our record, that doesn't mean we're losers, and he's one of those kids that's a winner and we've got to just keep following his work ethic and leadership."

On the outlook for the weekend's pair of conference games at the HPC... "Road games in the Lone Star Conference are hard, so to put yourself in any type of contention you have to go out and win your home games. We're at a point now where we know how we have to play and we're going to make some changes on who to play. Eastern New Mexico is tough and they're very physical. We have to understand how physical that game is going to be and be ready for it right out of the gate. But this weekend is going to be about us. We have to keep growing and get better possession by possession and I think Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico will provide very tough challenges for us."

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler enters the weekend 1-5 overall and 0-2 in Lone Star Conference play following road losses to Cameron and Midwestern State last weekend. Five different teams across the Lone Star Conference navigated the opening weekend of LSC play with 2-0 records.
- Bryce Roberts averaged 26.5 points a game last weekend, the highest scoring output of any player across the league throughout the opening weekend of league play. Roberts went 22-for-42 (52.4 percent) from the field in 27 and 26 point scoring efforts, and has gone for double-digit scoring efforts in all five of his appearances in 2023-24. The Bossier City, La. native ranks sixth on the year in the LSC in scoring with an average of 19.2 points per contest.
- The Patriots averaged the second most points per game in league play last weekend with an averaged of 91.5 points a contest, but surrendered the most points by giving up an average of 102.5. Thursday's game will pit the two teams that totaled the most points across the league over the course of opening weekend in UT Tyler and Eastern New Mexico. The Greyhounds averaged 91.5 points in their outings against St. Edward's and St. Mary's.
- Graduate student Jonathan Jackson went for double-digit scoring efforts in both games against Cameron and Midwestern with 14 and 11 point efforts respectively, and has reach 10 or more points in five out of six games this season. The Dallas, Texas native has shot 40 percent (18-for-45) from beyond the three-point arc for the year, seventh best in the Lone Star Conference. His average of 3.0 makes from beyond the three-point line on the year ranks second in the LSC.
- Junior Alec Zambie leads the team with an average of 6.8 rebounds per game, 10th best in the LSC.
- The Patriots are 234-281 (.456) all-time as a program and 54-77 (.420) since beginning Division II play in 2019-20. The Patriots are 24-54 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 512-177 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. 
- UT Tyler is 2-1 all-time against Eastern New Mexico having won both of the first two games against the Greyhounds in Tyler before dropping a 68-45 contest in Portales last season.
- The Patriots are 3-2 all-time against Western New Mexico and have also won both meetings with the Mustangs inside the Herrington Patriot Center in 2020-21. UT Tyler droppped a 60-55 decision to the Mustangs in Silver City last season.