The Tarleton State University Texan basketball team, currently ranked no. 4 in the nation, tied a school record 17 straight wins with a home victory of 86-64 over the Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds this past Saturday.

The Texans have reached the mark of 17 straight wins twice in school history during the 2011-2012 and 1990-1991 seasons. The win also extends Tarleton’s best start in school history, moving to 17-0.

De’Andre Upchurch scored a game-high 23 points, while Chuck Guy recorded his first career double-double with 14 points and a career-high 11 assists. Emmanuel Andrew put up 13 points off the bench and Tashawn Mabry tallied 10 points and a game-high seven rebounds. The Texan’s bench, which outscored ENMU 35-10 on Saturday, continued to show its depth as the team has outscored its opponents bench 110-44 over the last three contests.

Tarleton started the game with a 22-3 run over the first eight minutes of play and later led by as many as 29 points, up 40-11 with 4:48 left to play in the first half. ENMU’s offense struggled to just 3-for-25 shooting during that span and over the stretch of the first half had a drought of not scoring a bucket for as many as seven minutes, twice. Tarleton led going into the half 45-21 limiting the Greyhounds to just 7-for-30 (23%) shooting from the floor.

ENMU managed to outscore the Texans 43-41 in the second half, but never cut the deficit to fewer than 21 points. The Texans have scored at least 75 points or more in all 17 games this season, following the night’s 86-point effort. Tarleton, who came into tonight’s game leading the LSC with 89.8 points per game, has scored 85 points or more in 10 of those 17 contests.

The Texans won their 19th straight home game in Wisdom Gym Saturday and will be looking to tie the program’s third longest streak of 20 straight wins at home next Saturday, Feb. 1, when Texas A&M-Commerce visits. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Stephenville.

Editor’s Note: The record of 17 games is in reference to a single-season streak, not to be confused with W.J. Wisdom’s 86-game winning streak over the course of four seasons (1934-1938). We apologize for any confusion.