St. Thomas men's basketball team enters its final road trip of the regular season with a tall task.

The Celts, who are receiving votes in the NAIA Top 25 poll, sit in a three-way tie for third in the Red River Athletic Conference with Wiley and Huston-Tillotson.

After Saturday's 7:30 p.m. game at Jarvis Christian, UST plays at No. 15 Wiley 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Celts (17-7, 8-4 RRAC) beat Jarvis Christian (8-11, 5-7) in a close game, 77-72, earlier this season. UST fell to Wiley, 69-66, at home.

St. Thomas is riding a four-game win streak. Jarvis Christian has dropped three in a row. Wiley bounced back from a pair of losses in Louisiana to win its last game.

Jarvis Christian, which fell, 88-81, to Wiley last week, is dangerous from the outside. The Bulldogs shoot 41.8 percent from three-point range, which ranks third in the country. Chasten King is the country's leading scorer at 24.9 points per game. Eric Stewart (9.3 ppg) scored 16 in the first meeting with the Celts.

Wiley is an unselfish team, averaging 18 assists per game, which ranks 11^th in the country. Ferontay Banks is fifth in the nation in assists per game (5.3). Josh Hamilton is fifth in the country in scoring at 21.4 points per game. Traylin Prejean is scoring 11.3 points per game, and had 17 against UST in the first meeting.

The Celts are equally unselfish, averaging 18.2 assists per game, which ranks eighth nationally. Kennard Robinson (JR/Houston, Texas) (4.7) ranks 15^th in the nation. Orowo Eleyae (SR/Houston, Texas) (17.5 ppg) is shooting .579 from the floor, which ranks 16^th in the country. Paris Marquez (SR/Atascocita, Texas) (12.9 ppg) is shooting .433 from three-point range. Nathan Thormaehlen (JR/Katy, Texas) (8.5 ppg) leads the team in rebounding (5.3).

St. Thomas will finish the regular season at home Feb. 15-16 and Feb. 22-23.

The RRAC Tournament is set for March 7-9 at LeTourneau University.