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Men's Basketball Preview: #10 Angelo State

Desmond Henry
Mike Mazzo

Men's Basketball | 2/20/2015 1:04:00 PM

LAWTON -- Cameron will host number-10 Angelo State for the their final home contest of the season, the Aggies will be honoring seniors its three seniors following the women's basketball game.  At halftime of the men's contest with the Rams the 2015 Homecoming Court will the introduced and this year's King and Queen will be crowned.

The Starting Five
1.    On BennettRank.com the Aggies have played the toughest schedule in the nation at the NCAA Division II level.
2.    Aggie senior Desmond Henry has scored in 26 straight contests and is the only player to start in all 24 games this season. Henry needs only 29 more points to be Cameron's 17th member of the 1,000 point club. 
3.    CU has the second best field goal percentage in the LSC (48.8%)
4.    Cameron Lee is leading the conference with a 47.8 percent success rate at the arc, and he is netting just over a pair of three-pointers a game.
5.    Jamaal Brantley has scored in all 24 games this season, and has a team high 5.0 rebounds per game.

#10 Angelo State (23-2; 10-1 LSC): Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. | Live Video | Live Stats | Game Notes

First Tip: Cameron's luck at Texas A&M-Kingsville didn't change on Wednesday night after leading for the first 32 minutes the Aggies would fall 72-67.  Both teams had parallel halves with Cameron shooting 50 percent and Texas A&M-Kingsville going just over 30 percent from the field.  The second half was the opposite and the Javelinas took advantage by out-scoring CU 43 to 33.  Desmond Henry led the Aggies with 25 points, two short of a career high, he also led CU with nine rebounds and five assists. Matthew Don was the only other Aggie in double-figures with 12, both Cameron Lee and Jamaal Brantley added nine each.  James Cross who was limited to eight minutes managed to have the Aggies second best rebounding night with six.

Angelo State has won their last four meetings with the Aggies.   Prior to the ASU streak, Cameron had won the five games straight against the Rams between 2011 and 2013.  In the overall series Cameron trails 14-25.

About Angelo State:  The Rams enter the contest with the Aggies winning 18 of their last 19 games, with their losses coming on at Colorado Mesa and Tarleton State. They have one of the top scoring teams in all of Division II (87.6 ppg.), lead the LSC with a 53.6 shooting percentage.  They also lead the LSC in assists (466) and steals (221). ASU holds a slight advantage over CU in three point shooting, getting 39.2 percent of their shots from behind the arc to go down, and hit 6.8 three pointers per contest. The Rams do not give up the ball a lot, leading the LSC in turnover margin with a 4.28 advantage, while also leading the conference with a 1.52 assist/turnover ratio. 

Individually, Demario Mayfield and leads the team with 16.4 points and 8.2 rebounds per contest. The Rams have three other players averaging over 10 points a game in Chris Jones (15.2), Marsell Holden (13.9), and Rajon Kelly (10.5). Jones leads the conference in assists (5.0 apg.) and steals (2.5 spg.), and a .615 shooting percentage. Holden averages 2.8 three pointers per contest, and shoots 43 percent from the arc.  

Last Time Out Against The Rams: It was a silent final four minutes after trailing Angelo State by three, 60-57, as the Rams would go on and score 15 unanswered to the final buzzer.  Despite the final score Cameron led for the majority of the first half and for the part of the second half, 25.7 percent shooting in final 20 minutes doomed the Aggies.  Brantley and Henry both had 12 points and six rebounds apiece, while Cameron Lee hit three shots from long range for nine points and Matthew Don had a game high 11 rebounds to go along with six points of his own. 

Coming Up: Cameron will have one remaining contest in the regular season at Midwestern State next Saturday at 6 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

James Cross

#25 James Cross

PF/C
6' 8"
Redshirt Freshman
Matthew  Don

#20 Matthew Don

PF/C
6' 7"
Senior
Desmond Henry

#2 Desmond Henry

G
6' 4"
Senior
Tank  Mayberry

#50 Tank Mayberry

C
6' 10"
Senior
Cameron  Lee

#13 Cameron Lee

SG
6' 3"
Junior
Jamaal Brantley

#22 Jamaal Brantley

SF
6' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

James Cross

#25 James Cross

6' 8"
Redshirt Freshman
PF/C
Matthew  Don

#20 Matthew Don

6' 7"
Senior
PF/C
Desmond Henry

#2 Desmond Henry

6' 4"
Senior
G
Tank  Mayberry

#50 Tank Mayberry

6' 10"
Senior
C
Cameron  Lee

#13 Cameron Lee

6' 3"
Junior
SG
Jamaal Brantley

#22 Jamaal Brantley

6' 6"
Junior
SF