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Men's Basketball

Aggies to defend top spot in LSC at Angelo State

The Opponent:
Angelo State I Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. I Live Stats | Live Video
Game Notes

First Tip: At 8-3 in league play, the Cameron men are in sole possession of first place in the Lone Star Conference. In their last outing, the Aggies held off an Eastern New Mexico squad looking to upend CU's title hopes to win 72-66 in Lawton on Thursday. Deondre Ray pulled off his third double-double of the season with a game high 19 points and 11 rebounds. James Cross also had a double-double, his second of the year with 11 points and ten boards.

LSC Championship Dogfight: With three games remaining the Aggies have a one game lead in the LSC standings over Angelo State, Midwestern State, and West Texas A&M. There is one possible scenario of events where the Aggies would clinch a share of the regular season title on Wednesday night.

- A Cameron win over Angelo State
- A Midwestern State loss at Texas A&M-Kingsville
- A West Texas A&M loss to Texas A&M-Commerce

If the Aggies were to win on Wednesday and either/both Midwestern State and West Texas A&M were to win, a Cameron win over Texas A&M-Kingsville on homecoming Saturday would clinch a share of the regular season title regardless of anyone else's result. 

About Angelo State: Heading into the contest with the Aggies, the No. 12 Rams are on a three game streak and are in a three way tie for second place in the LSC standings with Midwestern State and West Texas A&M at 7-4 in the league. Overall, ASU is 19-4. In the conference, the Rams are first in steals, averaging 8.6 takeaways per game, first in defensive rebounds at 28.6 per game, and first in scoring offense at 82. 5 points per game. Tre Bennett (17 ppg) and Stedman Allen (16.2 ppg) lead the Ram's offense with Bennett leading the league in assists at 4.9 per game.

Last Time vs. Angelo State: Deondre Ray hit a second chance tipin to give the Aggies an 80-79 win over #11 Angelo State in Lawton earlier this season. The Aggies rallied back from 12 points down in the final five minutes to go with Ray providing his first career doubledouble performance. Ray ended the night with 19 points and 10 boards, Jamaal Brantley would be the team's leading scorer with 20 and he added seven rebounds.

JV Long came up with 18 points, which was his second highest scoring game of his career. Cameron Lee knocked in 13 points and had five rebounds. The Aggies would shoot 29-for- 61 (47.5%) from the field, slightly better than ASU's 31-for-70 (44.3%). Cameron knocked down eight treys and shot a season high 42.1% at the arc. In rebounding, CU would have 45 which were 11 more than the Rams.

CU vs. ASU: Cameron has won the last two regular season meetings, with Angelo State taking a LSC Tournament Semifinal win last year in-between, and in the overall series with the Rams, CU trails 17-25. Cameron has struggled in San Angelo and are 5-17 with their last win coming in overtime on Feb. 13, 2013. This will be Head Coach Nate Gamet's seventh meeting with Angelo Stat where he his 2-4 overall; should the Aggies win it will move him to over .500 in his three year career for the first time. Presently, Gamet has 39 wins and 39 losses.
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Players Mentioned

Jamaal Brantley

#22 Jamaal Brantley

SF
6' 6"
Senior
James Cross

#25 James Cross

PF/C
6' 8"
Sophomore
Cameron  Lee

#13 Cameron Lee

SG
6' 3"
Senior
JV Long

#1 JV Long

PG
6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
Deondre Ray

#5 Deondre Ray

SF
6' 5"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Jamaal Brantley

#22 Jamaal Brantley

6' 6"
Senior
SF
James Cross

#25 James Cross

6' 8"
Sophomore
PF/C
Cameron  Lee

#13 Cameron Lee

6' 3"
Senior
SG
JV Long

#1 JV Long

6' 1"
Redshirt Freshman
PG
Deondre Ray

#5 Deondre Ray

6' 5"
Senior
SF