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CANYON, Texas – The Buffaloes of West Texas A&M will take part in their final regular season road contest of the season on Saturday afternoon as they head to San Angelo, Texas to take on the Rams of Angelo State with tipoff set for 4 p.m. at the Junell Center.
 
- SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
ANGELO STATE
Cinco Boone enters his second season at the helm of the Rams after spending two seasons as ASU's Associate Head Coach under current Texas Tech Head Coach Chris Beard. In Boone's first season at the helm, the Rams advanced to the South Central Regional Finals.
 
The Rams enter the weekend with an overall record of 14-9 with a 6-9 mark in LSC play following a 93-90 loss to UT Permian Basin on Thursday night in San Angelo.
 
ASU is led offensively by Quay King who has gone 131-of-326 from the floor including 83-of-224 from deep and 87-of-108 from the free throw line to average 19.6 points per contest while Thomas Tshikaya averages 8.5 rebounds per game. The Rams have gone 613-of-1307 (46.9%) from the field this season including 175-of-491 (35.6%) from long range and 441-of-621 (71%) from the charity stripe while averaging 40.6 (+2.8) rebounds and 80.1 (+6.2) points per game.
 
The Buffs lead the all-time series against the Rams, 40-24 with WT taking the first meeting between the two teams this season back on Jan. 12th in Canyon.
 
- A LOOK BACK
TAMUK RECAP
The Buffaloes of West Texas A&M trailed by just five points at the break but Texas A&M Kingsville shot 52% from the floor in the second half as they outlasted WT, 76-59 in front of over 500 fans at the Steinke Center in Kingsville, Texas on Thursday night in Lone Star Conference action.
 
WT was led by Eric Mosley who went 4-of-7 from the floor and 3-of-3 from deep to score 13 points in his third career start followed by Chavlovich and Evans with 11 points each while Mosley and O'Laughlin grabbed five rebounds each. The Buffs went 19-of-55 (34.5%) from the floor including 9-of-25 (36%) from deep and 12-of-20 (60%) from the charity stripe with 36 rebounds (16 offensive, 19 defensive), 10 assists, 21 turnovers, no blocks and seven steals.
 
The Javelinas went 24-of-51 (47.1%) from the floor including 6-of-15 (40%) from deep and 22-of-29 (75.9%) from the free throw line with 35 rebounds (11 offensive, 24 defensive), 12 assists, 18 turnovers, eight blocks and 13 steals. TAMUK was led offensively by Wright who went 8-of-12 from the floor and 3-of-5 from deep to score 22 points followed by Byrd (21) and Marcus Frazier (11) in double-figures while Stevenson grabbed eight rebounds.
 
LAST MEETING WITH ASU (JAN. 12, 2017)
The then #15 Buffaloes had five players in double figures and shot 54.1% from the floor as they remained unbeaten inside of the First United Bank Center with a 104-96 Lone  Star Conference win over the then #17 Rams of Angelo State in front of over 1,100 fans in Canyon.
 
The Buffs were led offensively by Chavlovich with 23 points on the night followed by J. Evans (21), Quaid (17), White (15) and Gove (11) while Quaid led the team with eight rebounds on the night. WT went 33-of-61 (54.1%) from the field including 9-of-29 (31%) from deep and 29-of-34 (85.3%) from the free throw line with 32 rebounds (seven offensive, 25 defenisve), 18 assists, 10 turnovers, two blocks and five steals.
 
NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS (FEB. 15)
Tarleton State sits atop of the regional rankings followed by Colorado School of Mines, WT, UT Permian Basin, Fort Lewis, Cameron, Texas A&M-Commerce, Colorado State-Pueblo, Regis and Texas A&M-Kingsville. The top eight teams in the South Central Region will take part in the Regional Tournament taking place on March 11-14 at the top overall seed, the winners of the three conference tournaments will receive an automatic bid with the last five spots being filled by at-large selections.
 
NABC DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (FEB. 14)
The Buffs enter the week with an 21-6 overall record with a 9-5 mark in Lone Star Conference play. Northwest Missouri State picked up all 16 of the possible first places votes for a total of 400 points followed by Fairmont State (374), Indiana, Pa. (370), Bellarmine (341), Cal Baptist (334), Kutztown (315), West Liberty (301), Hawai'i Pacific (285), Tarleton State (273) and Queens, N.C. (248).
 
The South Central Region was represented by Tarleton State (#9), Fort Lewis (#11), Colorado School of Mines (#22), West Texas A&M (RV) and UT Permian Basin (RV).
 
HOME SWEET HOME
West Texas A&M hits the road for a two game road trip following a pair of LSC home wins this past weekend, the Buffs are a perfect 13-0 at home this season. During those 13 home contests, WT has shot 47.5% (377-of-794) including 33.7% (118-of-350) from behind the arc and 76.6% (307-of-401) from the charity stripe to go along with 39.6 (+4.8) rebounds per game and 90.7 (+15.2) points per contest.
 
NATIONALLY SPEAKING
WT leads DII Basketball in two offensive categories: free throws attempted (782), free throws made (574) while ranking ninth in total rebounds (1,040), third in 3-pt field goal attempts (787) and 11th in total 3-pt field goals made (263). Junior guard David Chavlovich ranks sixth in 3-pt field goal attempts (228), 10th in field goal attempts (418) and 17th in total points (535).
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Angelo State 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.
 
LAST 10 MEETINGS (TIED 5-5)
Jan. 12, 2017 (Canyon, Texas) - WT 104, ASU 96
Feb. 3, 2016 (Canyon, Texas) - WT 92, ASU 77
Jan. 13, 2016 (San Angelo, Texas) - ASU 85, WT 75
Feb. 4, 2015 (San Angelo, Texas) - ASU 77, WT 68
Jan. 14, 2015 (Canyon, Texas) - ASU 88, WT 60
Feb. 15, 2014 (Canyon, Texas) - ASU 69, WT 47
Jan. 15, 2014 (San Angelo, Texas) - ASU 71, WT 59
Feb. 2, 2013 (Canyon, Texas) - WT 82, ASU 67
Dec. 1, 2012 (San Angelo, Texas) - WT 73, ASU 44
Feb. 11, 2012 (San Angelo, Texas) - WT 61, ASU 56