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CANYON, Texas – The No. 24 Buffs of West Texas A&M (20-6, 6-5 LSC) welcome Eastern New Mexico (6-19, 2-9 LSC) to the First United Bank Center on Saturday afternoon for Lone Star Conference action.  Tipoff is slated for 4 p.m. in Canyon with Saturday's game sponsored by Happy State Bank. 
 
SCOUTING THE GREYHOUNDS
Eastern New Mexico comes to Canyon 6-14 overall with a 2-9 record in conference play including a current eight-game losing streak after suffering a 66-65 loss to Cameron on Thursday.  ENMU collected their conference victories against Oklahoma Christian and UAFS in the second week of LSC action. 
 
As a team, the Greyhounds are scoring 70.1 points per game shooting 42.2 percent from the floor, 31.8 percent from 3-point range and 71.5 percent from the free throw line alongside 36.1 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 16.1 turnovers, 7.9 steals and 2.8 blocks. 
 
Two players average double figures with Jose Serrano and Kentrell Pullian.  Serrano, a senior from Venezuela, is shooting 57.7 percent from the field including 50.0 percent from the long range and 66.7 percent at the line to average 12.6 ppg. 
 
Pullian is the Greyhounds second leading scorer at 12.0 ppg while grabbing a team-high 103 rebounds (5.2) this season.  The freshman also has dished 65 assists along with 22 steals. 
 
Brent Owen is in his second season as the head coach at Eastern New Mexico since taking over in May of 2020. He joined the Greyhounds following a nine-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of Southern Indiana.  
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Thursday's game will be the 98^th meeting between the two schools with the Buffs leading the all-time series 78-19 including 46-8 at home.  Eighth year head coach Tom Brown is 13-1 all-time against the Greyhounds and 6-0 in Canyon. 
 
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Lubbock Christian leads the league as the last remaining undefeated program in the LSC with a perfect 22-1 record and 10-1 in conference play.  Texas A&M-Commerce ranks second at 16-5 overall (8-3 LSC) followed by DBU (15-8, 8-3), UAFS (12-9, 6-3 LSC), and St. Mary's (10-10, 7-44 LSC) to round out the top five.  WT ranks seventh in the conference standings.  
 
CLIMBIN' THE LADDER
Zach Toussaint collected a career-high seven 3-pointers against Midwestern State to bring his career total to 191.  Toussaint now ranks fifth on the Buffs all-time leaderboard. WT All-American David Chavlovich (2014-18) set the all-time career record with 388 threes to the set the program standard.  
 
A LOOK BACK AT LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN
The Buffs came back from a 23-point deficit in the final nine minutes of action as they fell to Lubbock Christian on Thursday night, 85-76, at the First United Bank Center. 
 
The Buffs went 26-of-71 (36.6%) from the field including 10-of-37 (27.0%) from the three and 14-of-18 (77.8%) from the charity stripe to go along with 31 rebounds (13 offensive, 18 defensive), 13 assists, 12 steals and three blocks.  Four Buffs reached double figures led by sophomore Larry Wise with 19.
 
LCU went 30-of-48 (62.5%) from the floor including 6-of-13 (46.2%) from deep and 19-of-24 (79.2%) from the free throw line with 37 rebounds, 13 assists, three blocks and two steals.  LCU was led offensively by Hicks' double-double with 29 points and 11 rebounds. 
 
A LOOK INSIDE THE NUMBERS
The Buffs have a conference-leading 80.9 scoring average while limiting opponents to 68.3 points a game.  WT is shooting 43.4 percent from the field, 32.8 from the deep, and 73.9 percent at the free throw line to go along with 40.3 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 7.6 steals and 3.5 blocks. 
 
Zach Toussaint, the Buffs leading scorer, averages 15.2 ppg with a conference high 129 field goals including 68 shots from the deep which is the third most in the LSC.  The sophomore has recorded seven 20-point plus games while putting up a career-high 36 against Midwestern State. 


Waxahachie, Texas product Larry Wise has started all 26 games for the Buffs, averaging 15.0 ppg with five 20-point games along with 4.7 rebounds.  Julius Brown also averages double-figures at 13.6 while dishing out a team-high 69 assists. 
 
Kavon Booker collected a pair of double-doubles in last week's outing against St. Edward's and St. Mary's bringing his career total to three.  The sophomore has brought down 117 rebounds this season (6.7 rpg) to lead the Buffs defense along with a team-high 26 blocks. 
 
WT HEAD COACH TOM BROWN
Head coach Tom Brown is in his eighth season at the helm of the Buffs, registering an overall record of 201-49 (.806). Brown earned his 200^th career victory on Monday afternoon with the Buffs victory against St. Edward's, becoming just the third coach in program history to reach the milestone.  He's made four NCAA Tournament Appearances including the programs first appearance in the National Championship game last season.  The two-time LSC Coach of the Year led the Buffs to their fourth consecutive conference tournament championship title.
 
NABC TOP 25 POLL
The Buffs moved to 24^th in the latest edition of the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Top 25 poll.  There was a shift in the Top 5 as Nova Southeastern moved atop the rankings as the last remaining undefeated program in Division II at 20-0 followed by Northwest Missouri State.  Lubbock Christian, who remained No. 1 for 10 consecutive weeks, dropped to third after falling to DBU last week.  West Liberty stands fourth with UNM Pembroke rounding out the top five after extending its win streak to 16. 
 
LSC CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Lone Star Conference Championship will take place on March 3-6 with the top 12 teams will qualify for the postseason tournament with the first-round games played on-campus and the remaining eight games in Frisco, Texas at the Comerica Center. 
 
The NCAA South Central Regional Championships are set for March 12-15 followed by the NCAA Elite Eight at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. 
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Live stats and broadcasts will be provided by the WT athletic communications department with the game aired on the Lone Star Conference Digital Network.  Broadcasts to all games and live stats can be found at GoBuffsGo.com. 
 
The LSC Digital Network will offer basketball season passes, giving fans access to all regular-season contests for that sport. In addition, viewers will continue to have the option to purchase a $10 day pass that provides access to all broadcasts aired that day and access to all archived content for 24 hours.  
 
UP NEXT
WT will be back at the First United Bank Center on Tuesday, Feb. 15, for crossover Lone Star Conference action as they host the Cameron Aggies.  Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.