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#14 Lady Buffs Battle Cameron in Lawton on Saturday Afternoon

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CANYON, Texas –
The #14 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M continue their Lone Star Conference road trip on Saturday afternoon as they head to Lawton, Oklahoma to take on the Cameron Aggies with tipoff set for 2 p.m. at Aggie Gym.
 
CAMERON
Cameron is guided by third year head coach Emma Andrews who served as CU's top assistant for two seasons before taking over the program on May 11, 2016. Andrews played collegiately at Fresno State where he helped the Bulldogs to four NCAA Tournament appearances. The Aggies enter Saturday afternoon with an overall record of 7-12 with a 4-7 mark in Lone Star Conference action following a 68-67 loss to Eastern New Mexico on Thursday night in Lawton.
 
Maighan Hedge leads the way offensively for the Aggies as the freshman guard from Melbourne, Australia has gone 100-of-235 (42.6%) from the floor including 42-of-97 (43.3%) from behind the arc and 41-of-51 (80.4%) from the charity stripe to average 14.9 points per game to go along with 2.5 rebounds per game and a team-leading 51 assists.
 
WT HEAD COACH KRISTEN MATTIO
Kristen Mattio is now in her fourth season as the head coach of the Lady Buffs, registering an overall record of 99-22 (.818) with three NCAA Tournament appearances including a spot in the Regional Finals each of the three seasons and a South Central Regional Championship in 2016-17. Mattio looks to become the third head coach in program history to reach 100 victories while becoming the second fastest to the milestone in her 121st career game on the sideline to sit behind only Krista Gerlich (118 Games).
 
WINNING TRADITION
The 2017-18 season marked the sixth-straight year of 20 or more wins for the Lady Buffs. WT has won 30 or more games in 2013-14 and 2014-15 and have 30 wins in six seasons since 1980-81. The Lady Buffs have not had a losing season since 1980-81 and have won 20 or more games in 27 seasons during that span with a string of nine-straight from 1983-1992.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Cameron Athletic Communications Department will provide live stats and a webstream of Saturday afternoon's LSC doubleheader in Lawton. For more information or links, visit the Lady Buff Basketball schedule page at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
WBCA DIVISION II TOP-25 POLL (JAN. 29)
The Lady Buffs remained 4th in the newest edition of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Top-25 announced on Tuesday afternoon by the association's offices in Lilburn, Georgia.
 
Drury picked up 23 of the possible 24 first place votes to move atop of the poll  with 599 points followed by UC San Diego (555), Ashland (one first place, 521), Thomas Jefferson (501), Indiana, Pa. (462), Fort Hays State (460), Union (449), Northwest Nazarene (404), University of the Sciences (402) and California, Pa. (386) to round out the top ten. The South Central Region was represented by WT (14th), Colorado Mesa (19th), Angelo State (20th) and Lubbock Christian (RV).
 
HOME SWEET HOME
West Texas A&M is home to one of the finest multi-purpose facilities in the country as the First United Bank Center has served as the home of the Lady Buffs since January 26, 2002. The Lady Buffs are a staggering 211-31 inside of the FUBC during that time for a winning clip of 87.4%. WT has averaged 1.073 fans per contest since the facility opened its doors with the largest crowd coming on Opening Night with 4,941 members of Buff Nation seeing the Lady Buffs take on rival Abilene Christian.
 
BEST IN THE LONE STAR CONFERENCE
The Lady Buffs have registered an overall record of 389-82 in Lone Star Conference action since joining the league prior to the 1986-87 campaign for a winning percentage of 82.9%. WT has won 16 LSC Regular Season Championships during that span including 14 Tournament Titles.
 
LADY BUFFS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The Lady Buffs made their fifth straight and 24th overall appearance in the NCAA Division II Basketball Postseason in 2017-18 as they are 37-24 all-time in the NCAA Tournament with the 37 wins ranking sixth-most all-time in NCAA Division II and ranks fourth-most among active DII institutions. WT has claimed seven Regional Championships with two appearances in the National Finals since the 1986-87 campaign.
 
In the last five NCAA tournament appearances for WT, the Lady Buffs are 15-5 during the stretch with three South Central Regional Championships and an appearance in the 2014 Division II National Title Game.
 
LSC BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL
The defending Lone Star Conference Champion Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M have been picked as the favorite in the league's preseason poll announced on Wednesday, October 24th during the annual LSC Basketball Online Media Day. The preseason poll is voted on by head coaches, sports information directors and media representatives from throughout the league.
 
The Lady Buffs picked up 18 of the possible 31 first place votes for a total of 324 points followed by Angelo State with seven first place votes for a total of 307 points. Tarleton ranked third (four first place, 279) followed by Texas A&M-Commerce (two first place, 252), Eastern New Mexico (199), Cameron (177), Texas Woman's (154), MSU Texas (140), UT Permian Basin (98), Texas A&M-Kingsville (74) and Western New Mexico (42). Marquita Daniels of Angelo State picked up Preseason Player of the Year accolades.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The #14 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M failed to find a rhythm offensively on Thursday night as they turned the ball over a season-high 24 times to snap an 11-game win streak over the rival Mustangs of MSU Texas in front of over 1,000 fans at D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Lone Star Conference action.
 
West Texas A&M was led offensively by Deleyah Harris who went 7-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-8 from the free throw line to end the night with 18 points followed by Tyesha Taylor with 11, Megan Gamble grabbed eight rebounds to go along with nine assists.
 
Chelcie Kizart led the way for the Mustangs as she went 5-of-9 from the floor and 2-of-3 from behind the arc to score 15 points on the night followed by Liz Cathcart with 11, Haevyn Risley grabbed a team-high eight rebounds while Kizart and Mica Schneider dished out four assists each.
 
WT finished the game going 24-of-52 (46.2%) from the floor including 1-of-9 (11.1%) from behind the arc and 12-of-22 (54.5%) from the charity stripe with 36 rebounds (10 offensive, 26 defensive), 17 assists, 24 turnovers, six blocks and 13 steals on the night.
 
The Mustangs went 22-of-62 (35.5%) from the field including 4-of-9 (44.4%) from deep and 18-of-24 (75%) from the free throw line with 39 total rebounds (16 offensive, 23 defensive), 14 assists, 17 turnovers, six blocks and 11 steals in the win.

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Players Mentioned

Megan Gamble

#3 Megan Gamble

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5' 7"
Junior
Deleyah Harris

#2 Deleyah Harris

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5' 9"
Senior
Tyesha Taylor

#41 Tyesha Taylor

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6' 5"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Megan Gamble

#3 Megan Gamble

5' 7"
Junior
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Deleyah Harris

#2 Deleyah Harris

5' 9"
Senior
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Tyesha Taylor

#41 Tyesha Taylor

6' 5"
Senior
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