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CANYON, Texas – The Buffs continue their homestand this weekend as they host the 2016 Pak-A-Sak WT Thanksgiving Classic at the First United Bank Center with Wayne State College, Southern Nazarene and Eastern New Mexico taking part in the event. WT will take on Wayne State College at 2:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon followed by a Saturday matchup with Southern Nazarene (2:30 p.m.) while Eastern New Mexico takes the court at 12 p.m. on both days.
 
- SCOUTING THE FIELD
WAYNE STATE COLLEGE
Jeff Kaminsky is in his first season as head men's basketball coach at Wayne State College.  He was named the 27th head coach in the program's 102-year history on June 15, 2016.
 
The Wildcats enter the weekend with an overall record of 1-2 following a 94-87 overtime loss to #18 Augustana in their NSIC opener on Monday night. WSC topped Missouri Western in their season opener before falling to Northwest Missouri State.
 
Wayne State is led offensively by Kendall Jacks who has gone 18-of-20 (60%) from the floor including 8-of-12 (75%) from the free throw line to average 15.0 points per game while Jordan Cornelius averages 10.3 points per contest. The Wildcats have gone 74-of-171 (43.3%) from the field including 21-of-63 (33.3%) from deep and 46-of-68 (67.6%) from the free throw line while grabbing 31.7 rebounds per contest and scoring 71.7 points per game.
 
Friday afternoon will mark the first ever meeting between West Texas A&M and Wayne State College.
 
SOUTHERN NAZARENE
Adam Bohac begins his ninth season at the helm of the Crimson Storm after guiding Southern Nazarene through its first two years of postseason eligibility in NCAA Division II and Great American Conference play.
 
The Crimson Storm enter the weekend with an overall record of 2-2 following a GAC win over Ouachita Baptist on Saturday afternoon. SAU has a win over Minnesota State Moorehead with losses to Northern State and Henderson State so far this season.
 
SAU is led offensively by Deshon Portley with 15.8 points per game followed by Noah Starkey (14.8) and LB Willis (13.5) while Starkey leads the team with 7.8 rebounds per game. The Crimson Storm have gone 112-of-243 (46.1%) from the floor including 24-of-74 (32.4%) from deep and 64-of-88 (72.7%) from the free throw line while averaging 35.3 rebounds per contest and 78 points per game.
 
Saturday afternoon marks the first ever meeting between WT and Southern Nazarene.
 
- A LOOK BACK
OPSU RECAP
West Texas A&M scored 105 points for the third time under head coach Tom Brown and tied the highest point total since 2009 on Tuesday night as 13 different Buffs scored in a 105-66 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State in front of over 600 fans at the First United Bank Center.
 
The Buffs went 40-of-68 (58.8%) from the floor including 11-of-24 (45.8%) from deep and 14-of-20 (70%) from the free throw line to go along with 38 rebounds (13 offensive, 25 defensive), 24 assists, 21 turnovers, three blocks and 20 steals. Dre Evans led all players with 22 points as the freshman went 8-of-12 from the floor followed by Joseph Prince and Jordan Evans with 12 points each while David Chavlovich led the Buffs with six rebounds.
 
MOVING ON UP
Junior guard David Chavlovich is quickly making his way up WT's all-time career scoring list as the Arlington native has scored 1,222 points in his 66 career games in Maroon & White to average an impressive 18.5 points per contest. Chavlovich's 6 points against Oklahoma Panhandle State on Tuesday kept the guard in 6th place all-time to pass Mike Mitchell (1967-69 – 1,197) while sitting just 5 points shy of Maurice Cheeks (1975-78 – 1,227) for fifth place and 8 points shy of former teammate Tez Dumars (2011-15 - 1,230) for fourth place all-time.
 
THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE
The Lone Star Conference expands to 10 basketball-playing institutions starting in 2016-17 as Western New Mexico (Silver City, New Mexico) and UT Permian Basin (Odessa, Texas) join the league.  Each team will play a double round-robin conference schedule with 18 conference games. The Allen Event Center will host the LSC Basketball Championships for the sixth straight season on March 2-5.
 
LSC PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
WT junior guard David Chavlovich was nearly a unanimous selection to be named the third LSC Preseason Player of the Year in program history, joining Rod Prater (2003-04) and Donald Sims (2012-13). The Arlington native was named a National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) All-American as a sophomore as he led the LSC in scoring with 20.5 points per game. He set a new program single-season record in three-point field goals made (111) and three-point field goals attempted (287) while joining the 1,000 Point Club and being named the Lone Star Conference Player of the Year. The Arlington native has also been named a Preseason All-American by Sporting News and the Basketball Times while making an appearance on the Division II Bulletin Super 16 list.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The West Texas A&M Athletic Media Relations Department will provide live stats for all contests during the 2016 Pak-A-Sak WT Thanksgiving Classic while all WT contests will be webstreamed free of charge. Fans can also listen to the WT contests on 98.7 JackFM with Kent Johnson providing the call. Visit the Men's Basketball Schedule Page at GoBuffsGo.com for links.