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CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M Buffaloes will have to prove themselves to the NCAA selection committee this weekend as they begin the 2016 Lone Star Conference Championship on Thursday night with tipoff set for 8:30 p.m. at the Allen Event Center against the fifth seeded Cameron Aggies. The Buffs are currently on the outside looking-in at the NCAA Postseason as they remained ninth in the South Central Regional rankings announced late Wednesday afternoon.
 
WEST TEXAS A&M
The West Texas A&M Buffaloes ended the regular season a high note on Saturday night as a big second half lifted WT to a 82-63 Lone Star Conference win over the rival Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico in front of over 1,200 people at Greyhound Arena in Portales, New Mexico. WT went 31-of-62 (50%) from the field including 5-of-18 (27.8%) from deep and 15-of-25 (60%) from the free throw line to go along with 43 rebounds (nine offensive, 34 defensive), 19 fouls, nine assists, 12 turnovers, three blocks and 10 steals. David Chavlovich went 9-of-16 from the floor including 3-of-6 from deep to score 22 points followed by Eric Golightly Jr. and Jerrod Walton with 16 each.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Lone Star Conference will provide live stats and video for Friday night's LSC Quarterfinal matchup between WT and Cameron 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.
 
1,000 POINT CLUB
WT sophomore guard David Chavlovich joined the 1,000 Point Club back on February 10th with 25 points in a loss at then #25 Midwestern State. Chavlovich has now registered an impressive 1,078 career points in his two season in a WT uniform as the sophomore leads the Lone Star Conference in scoring this season with 20.5 points per game. To reach the career top-10 for the Buffs, the Arlington native needs 1,138 points for a tie for 10th with WTAMU Hall of Champions member Troy Burrus (1952-54). WT's all-time leading scorer is Martin Lattibeaudiere with 1,566 career points in 112 games from 1993-97.
 
NCAA SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL RANKINGS (MAR. 2)
The Buffs ramained ninth in the newest release of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball South Central Regional Rankings announced on Wednesday afternoon. Midwestern State sits atop of the regional rankings followed by Angelo State, Fort Lewis, Tarleton State, Colorado School of Mines, Lubbock Christian, Arkansas-Fort Smith, Dallas Baptist, WT and Colorado Mesa. The top eight teams in the South Central Region will take part in the Regional Tournament taking place on March 12-15 at the top overall seed, the winners of the three conference tournaments will receive an automatic bid into the postseason with the last five spots being filled by at-large selections.
 
WT IN THE LSC TOURNAMENT
The Buffs will be making their 24th overall and seventh straight appearance in the LSC Tournament which is fourth all-time behind Texas A&M-Commerce (37), Texas A&M-Kingsville (32) and Angelo State (29). Friday night's LSC Quarterfinal matchup with Cameron will be WT's 50th game at the LSC Championships as the Buffs have an overall record of 32-17 (63.3%) in the event with six tournament titles (1990, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2003 and 2006) which is tied for most all-time with Midwestern State. The Buffs have made an LSC record 11 trips to the Title Game with an overall record of 6-5 (54.5%). 2016 marks the fifth straight season that the tournament will be held at the Allen Event Center with WT going 2-5 in the facilty with three straight losses. The $52.6 million state-of-the-art facility, which opened in November 2009, is city owned with approximately 8,000 seats in the basketball configuration plus 24 luxury suites.
 
LSC PLAYER OF THE YEAR
WT sophomore guard David Chavlovich was named the 2016 Lone Star Conference Player of the Year while four total Buffs picked up All-LSC recognition on Tuesday night as the league announced their annual postseason awards. The Arlington native has scored 615 points so far this season which ranks second all-time in program history behind Simmie Hill (1968-69, 616) and Damien Lolar (2006-07, 650) while he has already set new single-season school records in three-point field goals made (108) and three-point field goals attempted (280). Chavlovich becomes just the fourth Buff to win the award and the first in eight years as he joins Robert Lee (2008), Lolar (2007) and Albert Myles (2001).
 
CAMERON
The Aggies enter the weekend with overall record of 15-11 (8-6 LSC) as they have dropped their last three contests to Angelo State, Texas A&M-Kingsville and then #14 Midwestern State to claim the fifth seed in the LSC Championship. Cameron is led by second year head coach Nate Gamet who was named the program's 11th head basketball coach following a five-year stint as CU's top assistant. The Aggies are led offensively by Jamaal Brantley who is shooting 48.4% (147-of-304) from the field this season including 67.3% (99-of-147) from the free throw line to lead the team with 15.5 points per game to go along with 7.1 rebounds while Deondre Ray (14.5), Cameron  Lee (13.7) and JV Long (10.3) all average double-digits for the Aggies. Cameron has gone 723-of-1569 (46.1%) from the floor this season including 134-of-453 (29.6%) from deep and 413-of-615 (67.2%) from the chariry stripe while averaging 39.3 rebounds per contest to go along with 324 assists, 63 blocks, and 169 steals while scoring 76.7 points per contest for a scoring margin of +2.1.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
The Buffs lead the all-time series against Cameron, 31-13 with the team splitting the regular season series with the road team claiming the wins. The series dates back to the 1979-80 season with their last postseason meeting coming on March 6, 2013 in Allen during the LSC Quarterfinals in a 65-50 WT win.
 
LAST 10 MEETINGS (TIED 5-5)
1/10/16... WT 83, CU 78... Lawton, Oklahoma
12/31/15... CU 83, WT 80 - OT... Canyon, Texas
2/14/15... WT 88, CU 73... Lawton, Oklahoma
1/10/15... WT 83, CU 82... Canyon, Texas
2/15/14... CU 63, WT 58... Canyon, Texas
1/11/14... CU 69, WT 68... Lawton, Oklahoma
3/6/13... WT 65, CU 50... Allen, Texas (LSC Quarters)
2/9/13... CU 72, WT 63... Lawton, Oklahoma
12/8/12... WT 57, CU 38... Canyon, Texas
2/25/15... CU 67, WT 61... Lawton, Oklahoma