The South Plains College Texan and Lady Texan basketball squads will be departing for Borger, Texas Thursday afternoon for conference matchups with Frank Phillips College.  The women are slated for a 5:45 p.m. tip-off and the men's action begins at 7:45 p.m.

The Lady Texans (16-9, 7-3) need a win to remain 1 1/2 games ahead of Odessa (21-5, 5-4) and New Mexico Junior College (14-12, 5-4) in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference standings.  Odessa and New Mexico square off tomorrow.

Frank Phillips (18-9, 3-6) began the conference season 2-0 after defeating Midland College, ranked No. 8 in the NJCAA at the time and currently No. 4, and then beat Western Texas.  The Lady Plainsmen have been on a slide since, losing 6-of-7 conference games.

The implications involving the men's game could include the final play-off spot from the WJCAC with the Texans (15-10, 5-6) tied with Frank Phillips (19-8, 5-6) in the conference standings.  SPC head coach Steve Green is also looking for his 400th career coaching victory.

Live stats for both games will be available at www.spctexans.com, or by clicking here for the Lady Texan game and here for the Texan game.