Basketball | 2/26/2025 9:04:00 PM

DENTON, Texas (Feb. 26, 2025) – It's the final regular season game, and it's at home in Kitty Magee Arena.

No. 1 TWU (27-1, 12-1) will meet No. 4/6 UT Tyler (25-2, 13-1) on Thursday night at 6 p.m. in front of the home crowd.

The Pioneers' lone loss of the season came against the Patriots on the Lone Star Conference opening night on Nov. 23 at UT Tyler, 60-50.

UT Tyler has two losses on the season, as they lost to Lubbock Christian in conference action and No. 3 Montana State – Billings in non-conference action.

MEET ME AT THE KMA

• The Pioneers are at home! Make sure to secure your tickets here. Faculty and staff receive four free tickets to the game, and TWU students receive two free tickets to the game. Make sure to redeem your All-Sports Pass at the tickets link. If you have issues with your pass, please email mlair@twu.edu or show your ID at the door.
• Make sure to wear maroon and Pack KMA! Students are eligible for a free t-shirt giveaway and another in-game giveaways. Check out all the giveaways here.
• It's Senior Day in KMA! The Pioneers will be celebrating our Pioneer Pride Dance Team seniors at halftime. Then, TWU will celebrate the basketball seniors at the conclusion of game.
• If you can't make it to KMA tomorrow night, you can watch the live stream on FloCollege and follow along with live stats. 

MADE FOR THE MOMENT

• WHAT'S AT STAKE: The Pioneers and the Patriots meet in the final game of the regular season for the third straight season. TWU is 2-1 in those meetings; nevertheless, the Pioneers have claimed three straight LSC Regular Season Championship titles. TWU has one loss on the season to UT Tyler, which has TWU tied with UT Tyler and Lubbock Christian in conference records – as all three teams have one loss each. The winner of the game on Thursday would claim the East Division Title. With a win, TWU would claim a share of the title with the 1-1 split with the Patriots. The Patriots fell to Lubbock Christian in the regular season. With a win, the Pioneers would claim a share of the LSC Regular Season Title, which assumes LCU wins their final regular season game; furthermore, TWU would win the tiebreaker for LSC Tournament seeding, since they defeated the Lady Chaps during their regular season meeting. On Thursday, the Pioneers also look to break a program record for most consecutive wins at 22.
• LAST MEETING: In their previous meeting in the regular season, TWU got out to a slow start with just 11 points in the opening quarter of action. The Pioneers would win the second and third quarters, as they headed into the final quarter of action trailing by just two points. The Patriots would win the fourth quarter, 20-11, to close the game with the win. TWU turned the ball over the second most times of the season in the game, 20. They would shoot their third lowest percentage from three of the season and second lowest percentage from the field. After the loss, the Pioneers ignited a season long run of wins. TWU will look to take advantage of their strong offense at home, protect the ball and defend well to defeat the Patriots.