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CANYON, Texas – The Buffaloes of West Texas A&M return to the First United Bank Center this weekend as they conclude the regular season starting on Thursday night against Texas A&M-Commerce with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. in Canyon.
 
- SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE
The Lions are guided by 17th year head coach Sam Walker. Entering the 2016-17 season, Walker stands as the second-winningest active coach in the Lone Star Conference with 266 career victories, and also ranks fifth all-time in winning percentage among coaches with at least 50 career victories, winning 58 percent of his games.
 
Texas A&M-Commerce enters the weekend with an overall record of 18-7 with a 10-6 mark in LSC play to sit tied with WT in third place in the league standings. The Lions topped #9 Tarleton State on Saturday afternoon on Senior Day in Commerce, 83-82.
 
The Lions are led offensively by Malik Albert who has gone 143-of-316 from the floor including 32-of-106 from deep and 102-of-151 from the charity stripe while averaging 4.7 rebounds and 18.3 points per game so far this season. TAMUC has gone 732-of-1627 (45%) from the field including 174-of-555 (31.4%) from deep and 469-of-5717 (65.4%) from the free throw line while averaging 38.6 (-1.6) rebounds and 84.3 (+6.8) points per game.
 
The Buffs lead the all-time series against the Lions, 49-31 with TAMUC taking the first meeting between the two teams this season back on Jan. 21st in Commerce in a double overtime thriller, 104-103.
 
- A LOOK BACK
ASU RECAP
The Buffs used a career afternoon by sophomore Ryan Quaid as five different Buffs scored double-figures in a 90-81 Lone Star Conference win over the Rams of Angelo State in front of over 1,100 fans at the Junell Center in San Angelo, Texas
 
WT went 31-of-57 (54.4%) from the floor including 8-of-20 (40%) from long range and 20-of-28 (71.4%) from the free throw line to go along with 33 rebounds (11 offensive, 22 defensive), 15 assists, 13 turnovers, one block and six steals. Quaid went 11-of-16 from the floor and 2-of-4 from the charity stripe to score a career high 24 points to go along with nine rebounds followed by David Chavlovich (15), Eric Golightly Jr. (15), J. Evans (12) and Drew Evans (10) in double-figures.
 
The Rams were led offensively by Quay King who went 10-of-16 from the floor and 8-of-13 from behind the arc to lead all players with 31 points followed by Prince Foster with 23. ASU went 25-of-47 (53.2%) from the field including 12-of-23 (52.2%) from deep and 19-of-31 (61.3%) from the free throw line with 24 rebounds (four offensive, 20 defensive), 12 assists, 17 turnovers, one block and three steals.
 
LAST MEETING WITH TAMUC (JAN. 21, 2017)
The then #12 Buffaloes of West Texas A&M hit 14 threes but dropped their second straight contest as they fell to the Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce, 104-103 in a double overtime thriller inside of the TAMUC Fieldhouse.
 
WT went 36-of-82 (43.9%) from the floor including 14-of-45 (31.1%) from deep and 17-of-22 (77.3%) from the free throw line with 50 rebounds (10 offensive, 30 defensive), 18 assists, 11 turnovers, eight blocks and five steals. Chavlovich went 10-of-28 from the floor and 5-of-17 from deep to lead the Buffs with 29 points followed by J. Evans with 24 with 10 rebounds for the double-double.
 
NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS (FEB. 22)
 Tarleton State sits atop of the regional rankings followed by Colorado School of Mines, UT Permian Basin, WT, Texas A&M-Commerce, Fort Lewis, Colorado State-Pueblo, Regis, Cameron 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 into the postseason with the last five spots being filled by at-large selections.
 
NABC DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (FEB. 21)
The Buffs enter the week with an 22-7 overall record with a 10-6 mark in Lone Star Conference play. Fairmont State picked up 14 of the possible 16 first place votes for a total of 397 points followed by Indiana, Pa. (370), NW Missouri State (367), Bellarmine (350), Cal Baptist (339), Kutztown (327), West Liberty (303), Hawai'l Pacific (291) and Kentucky Wesleyan (269) to round out the top ten.
 
The South Central Region was represented by Fort Lewis (14th), Tarleton State (15th), Colorado School of Mines (18th), UT Permian Basin (RV) and West Texas A&M (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 (830), free throws made (606) while ranking 14th in total rebounds (1,108), fifth in 3-pt field goal attempts (832) and 14th in total 3-pt field goals made (280). Junior guard David Chavlovich ranks sixth in 3-pt field goal attempts (240), 13th in field goal attempts (443) and 27th in total points (561).
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The West Texas A&M Athletic Media Relations Department will provide live stats and a webstream for Thursday'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 (TAMUC 6-4)
Jan. 21, 2017 (Commerce, Texas) - TAMUC 104, WT 103 (2OT)
Feb. 17, 2016 (Canyon, Texas) - WT 93, TAMUC 84
Jan. 20, 2016 (Commerce, Texas) - WT 85, TAMUC 81
Mar. 3, 2015 (Allen, Texas) - TAMUC 79, WT 64 (LSC Quarters)
Feb. 21, 2015 (Commerce, Texas) - TAMUC 73, WT 69
Jan. 24, 2015 (Canyon, Texas) - TAMUC 76, WT 75
Feb. 22, 2014 (Canyon, Texas) - TAMUC 83, WT 82
Jan. 25, 2014 (Commerce, Texas) - TAMUC 93, WT 84
Feb. 27, 2013 (Commerce, Texas) - WT 54, TAMUC 39
Jan. 16, 2013 (Canyon, Texas) - WT 67, TAMUC 53