Texan Basketball to Roll Out of Town for First Road Contests of Season

November 5, 2010

WEATHERFORD, Okla. - Coach Steve Green's South Plains College Texans will hit the road to Weatherford, Oklahoma on Saturday for two games scheduled for Sunday, November 7 and Monday, November 8.

The Texans (1-0, 0-0) will face Northern Oklahoma College-Enid on Sunday at 1 p.m. and Redlands Community College at 1 p.m. Monday.

Northern Oklahoma College-Enid (2-0), a member of NJCAA Region 2, returns six players from last year's 22-9 season and should be led by Spencer Smith who averaged 10.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per game during the 2009-20 campaign.

Redlands Community College is looking to rebound from a disappointing 5-15 season and will look to their lone returner, Marin Zelalija, for leadership. The Cougars are off to a 2-0 start this season after knocking off Fort Scott Community College 93-90 and Labette 95-83.

The South Plains College Texans enter the 2010-11 season ranked No. 22 in the NJCAA polls and head coach Steve Green will be looking for his 250^th career victory as head coach of the Texans as he now stands at 249 victories to only 70 losses. Overall Green has won 403 games, including the Texans November 2^nd 108-33 thrashing of the Lubbock Christian Junior Varsity squad.

The Texan basketball team's next scheduled home contest is Wednesday, November 10^th at the Texan Dome versus University of the Southwest's junior varsity squad. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.