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CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M Buffaloes will continue Lone Star Conference action on Wedensday night as they travel to San Angelo, Texas for a matchup with the #15 Rams of Angelo State with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. inside of the Junell Center.
 
WEST TEXAS A&M
The West Texas A&M Buffaloes led by as many as 17 points in the second half before needing six points in the last 44 seconds of the game to outlast the Cameron Aggies, 83-78 on Sunday afternoon at Aggie Gym in Lawton, Oklahoma. The Buffs went 30-of-59 (50.8%) from the floor including 9-of-20 (45%) from deep and 14-of-16 (87.5%) from the free throw line to go along with 33 rebounds (nine offensive, 24 defensive), 25 fouls, 14 assists, 14 turnovers, one block and three steals. David Chavlovich went 5-of-16 from the floor and 6-of-7 from the charity stripe to score 17 points followed by Joseph Prince (16), Jerrod Walton (12), Ryan Quaid (11) and Jeff Bonner (10) in double-digits while Bonner had eight rebounds.
 
WT HEAD COACH TOM BROWN
Head coach Tom Brown was hired on April 16, 2014, as the 17th head coach in WT men's basketball history. The Buffs completed an impressive season under Brown in his rookie campaign in Canyon. While returning just three student-athletes who saw playing time the year prior and picked last in the conference preseason poll, WT finished the season with a 17-12 overall record (12-4 at home) and 7-7 mark in Lone Star Conference play. They made the LSC Tournament as the fifth seed and fell in the quarterfinals to eventual tournament champion Texas A&M-Commerce. Brown is currently 29-18 overall during his time in Canyon.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Angelo State Athletic Communications Department will provide live stats and video for Wednesday night's matchup with WT while 98.7 JackFM will have the radio call for the game. For links, please visit the Buffalo Basketball schedule page at GoBuffsGo.com. Fans can also follow the Buffs on social media by searching @WestTXD2Hoops or West Texas A&M Men's Basketball to get an inside look at the program.
 
LSC PRESEASON MEDIA DAY (OCT. 28)
Tarleton State earned top billing according to the 2015-16 Lone Star Conference men's basketball preseason poll announced by the league's offices on October 28th. TSU claimed the top spot with 19 first-place votes and 173 points after winning the LSC Championship last season with a 12-2 league mark. Midwestern State finished second with 151 points including the remaining three first-place votes. Angelo State was third with 120 points, followed by defending tournament champions Texas A&M-Commerce in fourth (109). West Texas A&M was picked fifth with 84 points with Cameron sixth (72), Texas A&M- Kingsville (55), and Eastern New Mexico (28) rounding out the poll.
 
MSU's Bretson McNeal was tabbed Preseason Player of the Year. The LSC has eight teams set for this season and the league race should be as competitive as ever.  The season begins November 13 with LSC teams playing a double round robin league schedule, in which each team plays a home and away contest against each of the other teams to determine the LSC champion. The LSC champion will be the regular season winner determined by league games, while the postseason tournament winner is designated as LSC Tournament Champion and earns the conference's automatic qualification.  The top eight teams in the final conference standings qualify for the postseason tournament set for March 2-5 in Allen, Texas.
 
ANGELO STATE
The #15 Rams of Angelo State enter the week with an overall record of 12-2 with an 0-2 mark in Lone Star Conference play as they have dropped their last two contests after starting out the season 12-0 and #4 in the nation. ASU is led by first year head coach Cinco Boone who served as the Rams head assistant for the last two seasons before his promotion on April 8th. The Rams are led offensively by Tre Bennett who is shooting 46.2% (67-of-145) from the field this season including 85.3% (64-of-75) from the free throw line to lead the team with 16.6 points per game to go along with 4.6 assists while Stedman Allen (16.2ppg) and Shelton Boykin (14.4 ppg) average double-digits for the Rams while Omari Godul leads the way defensively with 8.4 rebounds per contest to go along with 32 blocks. ASU has gone 444-of-924 (48.1%) from the floor this season including 120-of-317 (37.9%) from deep and 290-of-384 (75.5%) from the chariry stripe while averaging 43.6 rebounds per contest to go along with 248 assists, 72 blocks, and 127 steals while scoring 92.7 points per contest for a scoring margin of +16.9.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
The Buffs lead the all-time series against Angelo State, 38-23 with the Rams taking the last four meetings between the two teams including both last season. The series dates back to the 1981-82 season and the Buffs are 13-15 all-time in San Angelo. 
 
LAST MEETING (FEB. 4, 2015)
Senior Tez Dumars became the 10th all-time career scorer in West Texas A&M men's basketball history on Feb. 4, 2015 inside the Junell Center in San Angelo, Texas, as the Buffs fell to then No. 7 Angelo State, 77-68. WT finished the night just 21-for-55 (.382) from the field and 6-for-22 (.273) from long range. The Rams would be slightly better in each category at 25-for-50 (.500) from the floor and 4-for-12 (.333) from deep.
 
LAST 10 MEETINGS (WT 6-4)
2/4/15... ASU 77, WT 68... San Angelo, Texas
1/14/15... ASU 88, WT 60... Canyon, Texas
2/15/14... ASU 69, WT 47... Canyon, Texas
1/15/14... ASU 71, WT 59... San Angelo, Texas
2/2/13... WT 82, ASU 67... Canyon, Texas
12/1/12... WT 73, ASU 44... San Angelo, Texas
2/11/12... WT 61, ASU 56... San Angelo, Texas
12/17/11... WT 71, ASU 44... Canyon, Texas
2/12/11... WT 81, ASU 61... Canyon, Texas
1/22/11... WT 62, ASU 59... San Angelo, Texas