More than 600 colleges and universities sponsor intercollegiate basketball at either the NCAA Division I or NCAA Division II level.
Of those more than 600 institutions, only one can say that both its men’s and women’s basketball teams are undefeated — Arkansas Tech University.
Both the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (13-0) and the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns (13-0) completed non-conference play with wins on Tuesday.
The Wonder Boys defeated Champion Baptist 99-47 in Russellville, while the Golden Suns beat Southwestern Oklahoma State 84-61 in Weatherford, Okla.
The Golden Suns have matched the second-best start to a season in Tech women’s basketball history. The 1978-79 Golden Suns won 13 consecutive games before suffering their first loss.
Tech’s best-ever start to a women’s basketball season came in 1979-80. Those Golden Suns started 14-0.
The Wonder Boys are off to their best start in 57 years. Tech’s men won their first 24 games during the 1952-53 campaign.
Tech’s current 13-game winning streak is its longest in men’s basketball since the 1993-94 season.
The Wonder Boys’ win over Champion Baptist allowed them to match the seventh-longest winning streak in the 95-year history of Tech men’s basketball.
Arkansas Tech will start Gulf South Conference play by hosting Southern Arkansas University for a GSC doubleheader at 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday.
Russellville radio station KWKK 100.9 FM and www.athletics.atu.edu will have live play-by-play coverage of both games.
Admission to Tucker Coliseum will be free with a valid Tech identification card.
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