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CANYON, Texas – No. 3 West Texas A&M host Cameron on Senior Day, Feb. 29, where Eric Mosley and Jordan Collins will play their final regular season home game at the First United Bank Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. with Kent Johnson and Lucas Kinsey on the call at GoBuffsGo.com.
 
A LOOK BACK AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE
Joel Murray reached 1,000 career points as No. 3 West Texas A&M used a big second half to defeat Midwestern State 82-58 in front of 1,361 fans on Thursday evening at the First United Bank Center. The Buffs improved to 28-1 overall and 20-1 in Lone Star Conference as they tied the program record with their 19th straight victory.
 
Jon'il Fugett led the team in scoring for the second consecutive game with 17 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the floor and   2-of-3 from 3-point range. Murray added 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists with fellow sophomore Qua Grant chipping in 11 points and seven rebounds. The Buffs shot 44.6 percent from the floor, 33.3 percent from 3-point range and 72.2 percent from the free throw line. 
 
A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
The Buffs have won 19 straight games, tying the program record set last year during their run to their second consecutive Elite Eight. A win on Saturday would make them the first team in the LSC to win 20 or more games in a single season in the past decade.
 
The nation's longest home win streak now stands at 41 games following WT's win over MSU on Thursday. Gonzaga moved their streak to 38 with a dominant victory over San Diego while Northwest Missouri State has now won 33 at home after a 69-61 victory over Washburn. 
 
Thursday's game was just the fifth time this season that Buffs leading scorer failed to score over 20 points. WT is 5-0 in all of those games. 
 
Grant became the seventh Buff in program history to score over 600 points in a single season on Thursday night. His 600 points are four shy of passing former teammate Ryan Quaid and 16 away from Simmie Hill. His 1,168 career points are seven shy of passing Damien Lolar and moving into 11th on the all-time scoring list. 
 
Grant has also done it on the defensive end of the floor as the Waxahachie native's 67 steals this season are the second-most in single season in program history. His 118 career steals are the sixth-most in program history. 
 
Since we are talking about records, Murray now ranks eighth in career assists and third in steals. With his five assists against Mustangs on Thursday, the sophomore passed Walter Roese with 265 assists. His 127 career steals are six away from tying David Rhone for the second-most in program history. 
 
Collins enters his the final regular season game of his career with 158 3-pointers, the sixth-most in program history. He hit a career-high 66 triples as a junior in 2018-19 and is shooting 34.1 percent from beyond the arc this season. He and Mosley also ranked third in career games played with 117.
 
A LOOK AT CAMERON
Cameron (9-18, 8-13 LSC) enters Saturday's finale in a five-way tie for tenth in the LSC standings after falling to Eastern New Mexico on Thursday night in Portales. Prior to the loss to the Greyhounds, the Aggies had won three straight with wins over Texas A&M-Commerce, Oklahoma Christian and Arkansas-Fort Smith.
 
The Aggies are scoring 70.7 points per game led by the duo of Kendall Scott and Brock Schreiner. Scott is scoring a team-high 10.9 points per game while shooting 49.3 percent from the floor, 50.0 percent from three and 69.2 percent from the free throw line. The 6-foot-6 sophomore has scored in double figures in four of his last six games including a 30-point performance against A&M-Commerce. 
 
Schreiner, a sophomore from Choctaw, Okla. averaged 10.7 points per game having scored in double figures in 14 games this season. He scored a season-high 24 points against UAFS where he went 9-of-17 from the floor, 3-of 5 from beyond the arc and a perfect 3-of-3 from the charity stripe. 
 
Andrew Brown is in is fourth season as the head coach at Cameron after spending eight years at Northwestern Oklahoma State. During his tenure in Lawton, Okla. he has led the Aggies to double digits wins twice including a 17-12 record in 2016-17 where they made a run to the LSC semifinals. 
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Saturday's game will be the 53rd all-time meeting between the two schools with WT holding a 36-16 advantage. The Buffs are 20-6 in Canyon including 8-5 at the FUB against the Aggies.
 
Tom Brown is 9-3 all-time against CU including seven straight victories, two of those coming in overtime. 
 
BUFFALO CHIPS
WT ranks second in NCAA DII men's basketball in turnovers forced (20.3), turnover margin (7.8) and 3-pioint defense (27.3).  They also rank in the Top 10 in win percentage, scoring offense, scoring margin, 3-point attempts, 3-pointe makes and steals. 
 
Zach Toussaint attempted and made his first free throw attempts since Jan. 16 in Thursday's win over MSU. The freshman is shooting 91.3 percent from the charity stripe this season.
 
Mosley is having his best year as a Buff in 2019-20 scoring a career-high 5.9 points while pulling down 4.8 rebounds. The Gilbert, Ariz. native has scored in double figures four times including a career-high 15 points against Lubbock Christian on Jan. 6 to hand Brown his first win over the Chaps in Lubbock. He also recorded his first career double-double in that game.
 
BUFFS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Buffs continued their stay at No. 3 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) NCAA Division II Top 25 released on Tuesday afternoon. 
 
The top six teams remained the same led by top-ranked Northwest Missouri State, who once again received all 16 first-place votes. Lincoln Memorial is ranked second with West Texas A&M in third followed by UC San Diego, Florida Southern and Azusa Pacific. Indiana (Pa.) and Jefferson both moved up a spot to seventh and eighth with Valdosta State jumping three spots to ninth while St. Edward's is 10th following a loss to Dallas Baptist. Dixie State is the only other team in the South Central region ranked at 25th with Angelo State receiving votes. 
 
REGIONAL RANKINGS
WT remained first in the second edition of the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Rankings, released on Wednesday afternoon by the NCAA offices in Indianapolis, Ind. The Buffs (27-1, 19-1 LSC) extended their win streak to 18 games last weekend with wins over UT Tyler and Texas A&M-Commerce. 
 
The top three spots remained the same with WT ranked first followed by St. Edward's in second and Dixie State in third. Dallas Baptist jumped four spots to fourth after defeating SEU last week while Angelo State is now fifth with Black Hills State in sixth. Colorado School of Mines is seventh with Lubbock Christian, Texas A&M-Kingsville and UC-Colorado Springs rounding out the Top 10.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The WT Athletic Communications Department will provide live stats and pay-per-view broadcast for Saturday's game. Kent Johnson and Lucas Kinsey will be on the call for the Buffs on a free audio stream available on GoBuffsGo.com. 
 
UP NEXT
WT earned the top seed in next week's LSC Tournament at the Comerica Center in Frisco. They will play the winner of the 8/9 match-up on Thursday, March 6, at 6 p.m.