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CANYON, Texas – The #11 Buffaloes of West Texas A&M look to rebound from a Thursday night LSC loss at Midwestern State as they head to Lawton, Oklahoma for a league matchup with the Cameron Aggies with tipoff set for 4 p.m. CT inside of Aggie Gym.
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- SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
CAMERON
Andrew Brown is in his first season at the helm of the Aggies following a season as CU's top assistant in 2015-16. Brown is a 100 game winner as a head coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State where he led the Rangers from 2007-15 and complied an overall record of 119-112.
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The Aggies enter the weekend with an overall record of 10-5 with a 3-2 mark in LSC play following a 81-76 league win over UT Permian Basin on Thursday night in Lawton. Cameron is 6-1 inside of Aggie Gym so far this season.
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CU is led offensively by Tyler Williams who has gone 59-of-157 from the floor including 25-of-77 from deep and 44-of-65 from the free throw line to average 12.5 points per game to go along with 4.6 rebounds per contest. The Aggies have gone 384-of-950 (40.4%) from the field including 131-of-383 (34.2%) from deep and 225-of-339 (66.4%) from the charity stripe while averaging 38.5 rebounds and 74.9 points per game.
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The Buffs lead the all-time series against the Aggies, 31-14 with CU taking the last meeting between the two teams during last year's LSC Quarterfinals in Allen, Texas. WT is 11-9 all-time at Aggie Gym, taking the last two meetings in Lawton.
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- A LOOK BACK
MSU RECAP
The #11 Buffs tied the fourth best start to a season in program history but snapped a 10-game win streak on Thursday night as they fell to the rival Mustangs of Midwestern State, 84-78 in front of over 1,000 fans at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Lone Star Conference action during a Highway 287 Challenge Cup matchup in Wichita Falls.
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The Buffs went 25-of-62 (40.3%) from the floor including 6-of-24 (33.3%) from deep and 22-of-28 (76.6%) from the free throw line to go along with 37 rebounds (13 offensive, 24 defensive), 15 assists, 17 turnovers, one block and seven steals. Chavlovich went 6-of-17 from the field including 8-of-10 from the free throw line and 3-of-8 from deep to go along with eight rebounds. Chavlovich scored 23 points as the junior moved into a tie for second place on WT's all-time scoring list with Reggie Ramey (1973-76) with 1,440 career points.
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LAST MEETING WITH CU (MAR. 3, 2016)
WT took a lead with just over four minutes left before a scoring drought helped the fifth seeded Cameron Aggies to a 79-70 win over the Buffs in front of over 800 fans at the Allen Event Center in the Lone Star Conference Quarterfinals on March 3rd. The loss ended WT's 2015-16 campaign.
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The Buffs went 24-of-62 (38.7%) from the floor in the game including 8-of-25 (32%) from long range and 14-of-18 (77.8%) from the charity stripe to go along with 23 total rebounds (nine offensive, 14 defensive), 14 fouls, 16 assists, nine turnovers, five blocks and 15 steals. Chavlovich went 6-of-20 from the floor and 3-of-7 from deep to lead the Buff with 19 points followed by
Joseph Prince with 10 points while
Jeff Bonner and
Jerrod Walton grabbed five rebounds each.
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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 1,440 points in his 76 career games in Maroon & White to average an impressive 18.9 points per contest. Chavlovich's 23 points against MSU on Thursday night moved the junior guard into a tie with Reggie Ramey (1973-76 / 1,440) for second place all-time. Chavlovich now sits just 116 point behind Martin Lattibeaudiere (1993-97 | 1,566) for WT's all-time scoring mark.
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NABC DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (JAN. 3)
WT entered the week with the most wins in any level of NCAA Basketball as the Buffs jumped three spots to #11 in the newest National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Top-25 Poll announced on Tuesday by the association's offices in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Northwest Missouri State picked up 12 of the possible 16 first place votes for a total of 396 points to sit atop of the poll followed by Fairmont State (four first place, 388), Queens (364), West Liberty (347), Angelo State (323), Saginaw Valley State (321), Cal Baptist (301), Wheeling Jesuit (276), Tarleton State (268) and Barry (242) to round out the top ten.
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STARTING OFF STRONG
With a 15-2 mark, the Buffs have tied the fourth best start to a season in program history with the 1997-98 squad who started the season 15-0 before dropping back-to-back LSC road contests to Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas A&K-Kingsville, that team ended up claiming the South Central Regional Championship before falling in the Elite Eight to UC-Davis (55-63).
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NATIONALLY SPEAKING
WT leads DII Basketball in three offensive categories: free throws attempted (489), free throws made (354) and total rebounds (664) while ranking second in 3-pt field goal attempts (472) and third in total 3-pt field goals made (168). Junior guard
David Chavlovich ranks second in 3-pt field goal attempts (144) and total field goal attempts (263) while ranking fourth in total points (343).
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LIVE COVERAGE
The Cameron Athletic Communications Department will provide live stats and a webstream for Saturday's matchup. Fans can also listen to the WT contests on 98.7 JackFM with
Kent Johnson & Lucas Kinsey providing the call. Visit the Men's Basketball Schedule Page at GoBuffsGo.com for links.
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LAST 10 MEETINGS (TIED 5-5)
March 3, 2016 (Allen, Texas) - CU 79, WT 70
January 10, 2016 (Lawton, Oklahoma) - WT 83, CU 78
December 31, 2015 (Canyon, Texas) - CU 83, WT 80 OT
February 14, 2015 (Lawton, Oklahoma) - WT 88, CU 73
January 10, 2015 (Canyon, Texas) - WT 83, CU 82
February 15, 2014 (Canyon, Texas) - CU 63, WT 58
January 11, 2014 (Lawton, Oklahoma) - CU 69, WT 68
March 6, 2013 (Allen, Texas) - WT 65, CU 50
February 9, 2013 (Lawton, Oklahoma) - CU 72, WT 63
December 8, 2012 (Canyon, Texas) - WT 57, CU 38