The Opponent:
West Texas A&M I Mar. 3 at 8:30 p.m. I Live Stats | Live Video
Game Notes

First Tip: The Aggies enter the Lone Star Conference tournament dropping their last three contests in a row and falling from a one game lead in the standings to the number-5 seed in the league tournament.  In the three game skid, Cameron has not gotten much scoring help from their bench and has been outscored 65 to 19.  Last time out against Midwestern State, Cameron shot a season low 18-for-60 from the field with senior Jamaal Brantley shooting 5-for-22 from the field.

In league play, the Aggies are averaging 74 points per game and shooting 43% from the field. Brantley is second best in scoring when facing a LSC program picking up 17.4 points and fourth in rebounding at 7.3 per game.  JV Long has the best conference assist to turnover ratio at 2.3 and averaged the most minutes at 35.5 per game. 

CU at the LSC Tournament: The 2016 Lone Star Conference Tournament will be the Aggies 12th trip and sixth in a row.  In the tournament, Cameron has won four times and has not reached the finals.  The Aggies reached the semifinals last season by upsetting Midwestern State 87-84 in overtime.   Additionally, CU won opening round meetings in 1991 over Angelo State (64-54), in 1993 against Texas A&M-Commerce (76-72), and in 2012 vs. Incarnate Word (77-68 OT).  Cameron's trip ties them for tenth most appearances with Howard Payne in LSC history.

About West Texas A&M: The Buffs will enter their contest with the Aggies winners of nine of their last 11 contests after opening LSC play dropping their first three in a row.  WT's offense is paved through sophomore David Chavlovich who has already scored 1,078 points and is leading the LSC in scoring this season with 20.5 points per game.  In the two contests this season against CU, he has averaged 22 points.  In their 30 games this season, WT has made the ninth most three-point attempts in the nation and the fourth most free-throw attempts; they are also holding teams to 30.5% shooting at the arc which is a LSC best and 15th lowest nationally.  

Last Time vs. WT: Cameron rallied back from 17 points in the second half and took a late lead but a six unanswered points by West Texas A&M in the final 26 seconds would be enough to overtake CU 83-78 in a heartbreaker in the team's last meeting in the Aggie Gym. 

Five CU players would hit double-figures with Jamaal Brantley scoring 17, Deondre Ray had 15, JV Long came up with 14, James Cross netted 11, and Cameron Lee put in 10.   Cameron was out-rebounded 31-to-33 but only committed nine turnovers against the Buffs.  Despite CU not giving up the ball much it was an Aggie turnover with five seconds to go with a three-point WT lead that sealed the game for the visiting squad from Canyon, Texas.  The Buffs would steal the ball on the CU side of the court and picked up a layup at the buzzer to close out the night.

Ray and Cross led the Aggies with seven boards but as a team they continued their struggle from the arc by going 3-for-16.

CU vs. WT the Series: Cameron trails the overall series 30-14 and has split the home-and-home series during the regular season by winning on each other's court.  Under Gamet, the Aggies are 3-3 overall.  In the LSC tournament, Cameron has faced the Buffs four times with WT taking all postseason meetings.

1990    West Texas A&M 66, Cameron 58
1991    West Texas A&M 78, Cameron 70
2011    West Texas A&M 75, Cameron 59
2013    West Texas A&M 65, Cameron 50