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Midpoint of Lone Star Conference basketball season reached. Midwestern State leads men at 5-1, West Texas A&M leads women at 7-1. Jordan Evans of West Texas A&M named Men's Offensive Player of Week after averaging 23.5 points. Deondre Ray of Cameron named Men's Defensive Player of Week with two double-doubles. Brandi Leal of Cameron named Women's Offensive Player of Week averaging 22 points. DJ Vallier of Cameron named Women's Defensive Player of Week averaging 10.5 rebounds. Upcoming conference games scheduled for January 30th.

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Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment LSC BASKETBALL This week marks the midpoint of the Lone Star Conference schedule. Midwestern State leads the men’s standings with a 5-1 league record, while West Texas A&M tops the women’s standings at 7-1. LSC play includes four men’s games and six women’s games this week. The LSC men have a 98-50 overall record so far this season. In the NCAA South Central Region, the men’s teams are currently 13-9 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 12-8 against the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The LSC women are 90-69 overall. The women’s squads are currently 20-14 combined against the Heartland, and 8-6 versus RMAC teams, which are the other conferences in the NCAA South Central Region. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK MEN’S OFFENSIVE Jordan Evans, West Texas A&M University, SO, Guard, Houston, Texas, The Village School Evans had a monster week for the Buffs as the sophomore led WT to wins over Texas A&M-Commerce and No. 10 Tarleton State. Evans averaged 23.5 points per game as he went 13-of-21 (61.9%) from the floor including 11-of-17 (.647) from deep and a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe. The Houston native led the Buffs to their biggest win of the season on Saturday afternoon as he dropped a career high 30 points in a 78-61 win over No. 10 Tarleton State in Canyon. Evans went 7-of-8 from the field including 6-of-6 from behind the arc and 10-of-10 from the free throw line to go along with nine rebounds. He added 17 points in the Buffs victory over A&M-C. MEN’S DEFENSIVE Deondre Ray, Cameron University, SR, Forward, Fort Worth, Texas, Crowley HS Ray had a career week with two double-doubles to help the Aggies get wins against No. 11 Angelo State and Texas A&M-Kingsville. The senior had 19 points and 10 rebounds, which was his first career double-double on Wednesday. He recorded the second-chance tip-in with 11 seconds left to complete a 12-point comeback win over the Rams. Six of Ray’s 10 boards came on the defensive end, and he had a pair of steals, and a blocked shot. On Saturday at Texas A&M-Kingsville, he scored 14 points and once again had 10 rebounds in the Aggies first road win in Kingsville since the 2010-11 season. Ray shot the ball at .545 percent and had nine boards on the defensive end with a steal. WOMEN’S OFFENSIVE Brandi Leal, Cameron University, SR, Guard, Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo HS Leal averaged 22 points to lead the Aggie offense in two wins. The senior knocked down seven three-pointers, which was one short of her own program high, for 23 points against a red-hot Angelo State. Leal added five rebounds and an assist. On Saturday at Texas A&M-Kingsville, she was nearly perfect from the field (6-for-7) with four treys and 21 points in the victory. Leal also grabbed five rebounds and picked up an assist on a night where the Aggies would only shoot .362 percent as a team. In 16 games this season, Leal is averaging 11.7 points and has knocked down 53 three-pointers. WOMEN’S DEFENSIVE DJ Vallier, Cameron University, SR, Forward, Houston, Texas, Klein Oak HS Vallier averaged 10.5 rebounds and 5.5 points in the Aggies’ two wins last week. On Wednesday night against Angelo State, the senior pulled down seven boards, while adding six points off the bench. At Texas A&M- Kingsville, Vallier had a career-high 14 rebounds, which tied a team high for the season, and three blocks. Of the 14 boards, nine of them came on the defensive side and she chipped in an assist and steal for the Aggies. Vallier has quietly climbed up the LSC rebounding list and is averaging 5.9 per game which is sixth best in the league. MEN’S OTHER TOP PERFORMERS Javaan Mumtaz, Eastern New Mexico University, playing at Tarleton and at home against Commerce, Mumtaz led the Greyhounds in scoring both contest, recording over 20 points while shooting lights out from the field. The sophomore guard helped ENMU to its first Lone Star Conference win since 2014, scoring a career-high 23 points against Commerce en route to a 72-60 win over the Lions. Charles Hill, Tarleton State University, averaged 19 points per game last week for No. 10 Tarleton. Hill followed up a career-high 25 points against Midwestern State with 22 points in a win over Eastern New Mexico. Hill led Tarleton with 16 points in a road loss to West Texas A&M. During the week, Hill shot 46 percent from the floor and averaged four rebounds. Khapri Alston, Midwestern State University, had 25 rebounds against No. 11 Angelo State which were the most by any scholarship player in NCAA this season. The senior from Chicago logged career highs with 27 points and 25 rebounds against the Rams to help the Mustangs push the game into overtime. The 25 rebounds are tied for the sixth most in school history and are the most since former original Cleveland Cavalier Gary Suiter snagged 27 against Dallas Baptist on Nov. 30, 1968. This came on the heels of a 10-point, 9-rebound, 2-block performance in just 21 minutes Wednesday against Texas A&M-Kingsville. Alston’s seventh double-double of the season aided his averages to 18.5 points and 17.0 rebounds last week while shooting 51.9 percent from the field. He leads the Lone Star Conference in rebounds at 10.1 boards per game. MEN’S STANDINGS School LSC Overall Streak Midwestern State 5-1 16-2 L1 Cameron 5-2 12-7 W3 Tarleton State 4-2 14-4 L1 West Texas A&M 4-3 15-7 W3 Angelo State 3-3 15-3 W1 Texas A&M-Commerce 2-4 12-6 L4 Texas A&M-Kingsville 1-5 9-8 L3 Eastern New Mexico 1-5 5-13 W1 WOMEN’S STANDINGS School LSC Overall Streak West Texas A&M 7-1 18-1 W3 Texas Woman’s 6-2 16-4 L1 Angelo State 5-2 12-5 W2 Cameron 4-3 10-6 W2 Texas A&M-Commerce 3-4 9-9 L2 Midwestern State 3-4 4-13 L1 Tarleton State 3-5 9-9 L1 Eastern New Mexico 2-5 7-10 W1 Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-7 5-12 L11 MEN’S SCHEDULE Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Southwestern Christian at West Texas A&M, 6 p.m. Arlington Baptist at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 *Eastern New Mexico at West Texas A&M, 4 p.m. *Texas A&M-Kingsville at Angelo State, 4 p.m. *Cameron at Midwestern State, 6 p.m. *Texas A&M-Commerce at Tarleton State, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S SCHEDULE Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Arlington Baptist at Texas A&M-Commerce, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 27, 2016 *Texas Woman’s at Cameron, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 *Eastern New Mexico at West Texas A&M, 2 p.m. *Texas A&M-Kingsville at Angelo State, 2 p.m. *Cameron at Midwestern State, 4 p.m. *Texas A&M-Commerce at Tarleton State, 5 p.m. Sunday, January 31, 2016 *Texas Woman’s at Midwestern State, 4 p.m. All times are CST; *LSC game LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Complete results at lonestarconference.org. WEEKLY AWARDS Date Men’s Offensive N-17 Bretson McNeal, Midwestern State N-24 EJ Reed, Tarleton State N-30 David Chavlovich, West Texas A&M D-7 EJ Reed, Tarleton State (2) D-16 Anthony Adams, Texas A&M-Commerce D-21 Stedman Allen, Angelo State J-4 EJ Reed, Tarleton State (3) J-11 EJ Reed, Tarleton State (4) J-18 Bretson McNeal, Midwestern State (2) J-25 Jordan Evans, West Texas A&M Date Men’s Defensive N-17 EJ Reed, Tarleton State N-24 Khapri Alston, Midwestern State LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE | JANUARY 25, 2016 Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | Office: 972-234-0033 x. 103 | E-mail: melanie@lonestarconference.org | www.lonestarconference.org | Twitter: @LoneStarConf
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Page 2 Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment JV Long, Cameron University, had the top offensive week for the Aggies in their two wins averaging 17.5 points. The red-shirt freshman caught fire in the final minutes of the Aggies 80-79 upset over No. 11 Angelo State. Long scored eight points with a pair of treys in the final 4:30 minutes to rally the Aggies back from 12 points down to win. Against the Rams, Long scored 18 points and had five rebounds, with two assists. On Saturday, Long was clutch again in the final four minutes for the Aggies with seven points. Long iced the game for Cameron with five made shots at the free-throw line to push them to the win. Overall, he would finish with a perfect 9-for-9 at the line with five assists, and 17 points for the Aggies. Quay King, Angelo State University, led the Rams offense this week playing an integral part in this week’s top 25 match up with Midwestern State. Against the No.4 ranked Mustangs he dropped in a season high 21 points going 5-6 from the arc, 7-10 from the field and 2-4 from the charity line. The Atlanta native also added eight total boards, an assist and a steal for the night. Earlier in the week he tallied nine points with two boards, an assist and a steal against Cameron. King has been a stellar producer from 3-point range for the rams knocking down multiple threes in 12 of the 17 games he has played in. Lawrence Domingo, Eastern New Mexico University, already with four double-doubles on the season, Domingo almost averaged a one over the week, falling just one rebound short in both contests. The senior continued to lead his team on the defensive glass all week as well as holding one of the LSC’s tops corers to single digits. Domingo’s defensive effort against Bryant Crowder (5th in LSC Conference Game Scoring) held the big man to only eight points, allowing the Greyhounds to stop any perimeter shooting and holding Commerce to a 0-13 night from the three-point line. Ryan Quaid, West Texas A&M University, had another big week for West Texas A&M as the freshman averaged 10.0 points per game while grabbing 6.5 boards per contest against two of the top offensive teams in the country as WT topped Texas A&M-Commerce and No. 10 Tarleton State to move to 15-7. The Fort Collins, Colorado native went 5-of-16 (31.3%) from the floor including 10-of-13 (76.9%) from the free throw line while grabbing 13 total rebounds (six offensive, seven defensive) and dishing out two assists. Quaid scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds on Saturday afternoon against No. 10 TSU to finish just one rebound shy of a double-double. Xavier Smith, Tarleton State University, recorded his fourth four-block game of the season against West Texas A&M. Smith had five blocks for the week and also averaged eight points and five rebounds per game. Prince Foster, Angelo State University, played an important role in the Rams defense this week. The junior guard out of Miami, Florida led the team in the steals department against both Cameron and Midwestern State. He has recorded seven multiple steal games this season to aid ASU’s defensive efforts His four steal performance against MSU helped the Rams hold off one of the top offenses in the conference. He also added four boards and six points to the mix for that game. Against Cameron he recorded a team leading two steals and added five rebounds and four points. WOMEN’S OTHER TOP PERFORMERS Jasmine Prophet, Angelo State University, was a pivotal player in ASU’s three games last week averaging 19.3 points per game and shooting 62.2 percent from the field. She capped off the week for the Belles with a career high 23 points in a win over Texas Woman’s on Sunday. The junior scored at least 16 points in all three games including 19 versus Midwestern State. The Jackson, Mississippi native added three assists, two blocks and two assists. Whitney Taylor, Midwestern State University, concluded the week in highlight fashion, posting a career- high 21 points in a Saturday road loss to Angelo State. Taylor connected on 3-of-5 from three-point range and 6-of-6 from the charity stripe to match career highs while notching her sixth-straight double-figure scoring performance dating back to Jan. 6. Taylor helped the MSU offense in the early going against ASU, reaching double figures just 5:27 into the contest. The Melissa native added a 12-point showing Wednesday in a win over Texas A&M-Kingsville while also posting two assists and two steals. Taylor shot 50 percent from behind the arc (4-of-8) and 81.8 percent (9-of-11) from the free-throw line in MSU’s two games last week. Michaela Neuhaus, West Texas A&M University, continued her strong start to conference play as she led the Lady Buffs to two, come-from-behind wins at Texas A&M-Commerce and in overtime versus Tarleton State... Neuhaus went 12 of 23 from the field (.522), 7 of 16 (.438) from range and 1 of 1 from the line...She helped lead the Lady Buffs back from halftime deficits in each game and double-digit deficits in each contest as well... Neuahus went 4 of 7 and 3 of 5 from beyond the arc in the second half and overtime scoring 19 points in the Lady Buffs’ 78-73 overtime win over Tarleton State Saturday. Princess Davis , Texas A&M University - Commerce, played well this week despite the Lions going 0-2 on the week. In the near upset against WT, Davis led the Lions with 14 points, four assists, and one steal. She also shot a perfect percentage from both the three-point line and free throw line. Against Eastern New Mexico, Davis again led the lions with 13 points and set a new single-game career record with five steals. Bailey Wipff, Tarleton State University, led the TexAnns in scoring once again with 26 points in the last two games for an average of 13.0 points per game. She shot .389 from the floor and .900 at the free throw line with four rebounds and four assists. Kassandra Harris, Eastern New Mexico University, averaged 13 points over two games and exploded for 20 points in a win over Texas A&M-Commerce. The attention she drew in the post allowed the Hounds to score from inside and outside, as they rallied from double-digit deficits in both games. Harris shot 8-for-10 from the free throw line in the in over Texas A&M-Commerce. Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’s University, averaged 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, 2.0 steals and 7.5 points in the two games last week. She recorded 6 blocks, 8 points and 5 rebounds against Texas A&M-Kingsville and helped TWU hold the Javelinas to just 18.9 percent shooting. Maxwell then added a game-high 7 rebounds, 7 points and 4 steals at Angelo State. On the season she leads the team in points (12.1 ppg), rebounds (8.6) and blocks (69). In the eight LSC games Maxwell is averaging 4.13 blocks. Sarah Stinnett, Eastern New Mexico University, provided tenacious defense for the Greyhounds last week and registered seven steals over two games. Her effort allowed Eastern to rally from double digit deficits twice, and post a Lone Star Conference win over Texas A&M-Commerce. Stinnett’s presence limited the opposition’s outside shooting, while allowed just a .281 conversion rate from beyond the three-point line, while her ability N-30 Jamar Goodwin, Texas A&M-Kingsville D-7 Trevor Fuller, Midwestern State D-16 Malcolm Hamilton, Tarleton State D-21 Omari Gudul, Angelo State J-4 Chaunce Hill, Eastern New Mexico J-11 Xavier Smith, Tarleton State J-18 Trevor Fuller, Midwestern State (2) J-25 Deondre Ray, Cameron Date Women’s Offensive N-17 Bailey Wipff, Tarleton State N-24 Taylor Dorsey, Angelo State N-30 Lilley Vander Zee, West Texas A&M D-7 Gabby Scott, Texas A&M-Commerce D-16 Taylor Dorsey, Angelo State (2) D-21 Gabby Scott, Texas A&M-Commerce (2) J-4 Dayla Threatt, Cameron J-11 Bailey Wipff, Tarleton State (2) J-18 Brea Mitchell, Angelo State J-25 Brandi Leal, Cameron Date Women’s Defensive N-17 Sasha Watson, West Texas A&M N-24 Madison Parker, West Texas A&M N-30 Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’s D-7 Sarah Stinnett, Eastern New Mexico D-16 Jasmine Prophet, Angelo State D-21 Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’s (2) J-4 Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’s (3) J-11 Zantaya Davis, West Texas A&M J-18 Alexis Nezianya, Texas Woman’s J-25 DJ Vallier, Cameron A L L E N , T E X A S LSC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MARCH 2-3-4-5 | ALLEN, TEXAS LSC, CITY OF FRISCO TO HOST 2016 MEN’S BASKETBALL ELITE EIGHT The NCAA awarded the 2016 Division II Men’s Basketball Elite Eight to the city of Frisco, Texas. The Lone Star Conference and Frisco Convention & Visitors Bureau will host the event March 23-24-26. The Elite Eight will take place in the state of Texas for the first time ever at Dr Pepper Arena, a multi- purpose sports and entertainment venue that seats about 5,000 for basketball. To purchase tickets visit: www.visitfrisco.com/ elite-8.
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Page 3 Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment to draw fouls kept opposing threats off the floor and saw her go 13-for-14 at the free-throw line. Stinnett contributed 18 points at Tarleton State and 17 points against Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions were limited to 28.1 percent from the field in the second half of Saturday’s win. Amari Jones, Texas A&M University - Commerce, was effective in the paint this week defensively, as she led the Lions in blocks. Her best game defensively this week was against Eastern New Mexico where she recorded a new career single-game record of five blocks, and added four defensive rebounds and one steal. Taylor Dorsey, Angelo State University, was a force scoring and rebounding leading ASU to a 2-1 record last week. The junior led the team in scoring at 19.7 points per game and in rebounds with 8.3 per game. The Fort Worth native recorded her third double- double of the season against Midwestern State with 18 points and 11 rebounds. She grabbed 10 offensive boards and 15 defensive boards during the week. She had her sixth game of scoring at least 20 points with 27 versus Cameron. KatieBrown,MidwesternStateUniversity,averaged 12.0 rebounds last week behind a career night that included a 10-point, 17-rebound performance for her first career double-double in a win over Texas A&M- Kingsville. Brown’s 17 rebounds tied for the 19th-best rebounding total in school history. She shot over 70 percent from the field on the week, going 5-of-7, and also matched career highs in steals (2) and blocks (1). Zantaya Davis, West Texas A&M University, had an outstanding week as she hit the game-winner Wednesday with 1.4 seconds left in a 69-67 win at Texas A&M-Commerce and then recorded a career- high 13 rebounds in the Lady Buffs’ 78-73 overtime win over Tarleton State on Saturday...For the week, Davis was 8 of 15 from the field (.533), 4 of 10 from the line (.400) with four offensive rebounds and 13 on the defensive end...She led the team with four blocks and had four steals with three assists. Breanna Fuller, Tarleton State University, earned starts in both games for Tarleton last week and went on to lead the TexAnns in rebounding with 17, including 10 on the defensive end. She also scored 15 points in two games, had two blocks, and added two steals. MEN’S NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s) Angelo State Despite the No.11/13 Rams falling in a close game to Cameron the Rams bounced back and handed No. 4/2 Midwestern State its first conference loss of the season. Junior Guard Quay King led ASU both offensively and defensively in the top 25 match up as he dropped in a season high 21 points going 5-6 from the arc, 7-10 from the field and 2-4 from the charity line. He also added eight total boards, an assist and a steal for the night. King recorded 30 total points and 10 total boards for the week. Prince Foster played an important role in the Rams defense this week. The junior guard out of Miami, Florida led the team with several timely steals against both Cameron (2) and Midwestern State (4). He added nine total boards and a block to the Rams defensive efforts. Cameron The Aggies extended their streak to three after upsetting No. 11 Angelo State 80-79 on Wednesday and winning 73-65 over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday night. Deondre Ray hit a second chance tip- in to give the Aggies the one point edge over No. 11 ASU. The Aggies rallied back from 12 points down in the final five minutes to go with Ray providing his first career double-double performance. Cameron picked up the only LSC road victory on Saturday defeating TAMUK on the road for the first time since the 2010- 11 season. Ray scored 14 points and grabbed ten boards for his second double-double of the week with 2013 being the last time an Aggie achieved a back-to- back double-double. James Cross had a career high 13 rebounds to go with 11 points for his first career double-double. JV Long led the Aggies in scoring with 17 points and five assists. Eastern New Mexico The Greyhounds went 1-1 on the week, finding not only their first conference win of the season against the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions, but their first LSC win since March, 2014. Their loss came against Tarleton State in Stephenville, Texas, where ENMU played well but couldn’t pull out a victory over the Texans. Midwestern State Midwestern State had its 14-game winning streak snapped at No. 11-ranked Angelo State 91-83 in overtime Saturday at Junell Center/Stephens Arena... The 14-game winning streak was the longest since MSU won 14 consecutive games to start the 2009-10 season on the way to its first NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearance... The Mustangs maintain sole possession of first place in the Lone Star Conference with a 5-1 mark... MSU is 0-2 in games in which it has been outscored in the second half... Midwestern rolled to a 95-50 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville Wednesday at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. It was the largest margin of victory in a LSC game for the Mustangs topping a 104-63 win at Eastern New Mexico on Feb. 9, 2000... MSU set season highs in with 56 team rebounds, 27 assists and 12 blocked shots against the Javelinas... Senior forward Khapri Alston snagged the most rebounds by a player in a single in NCAA Division II this season with 25 against Angelo State on Saturday... Alston’s 25 rebounds are tied for the sixth most in school history and the most since Gary Suiter grabbed 27 against Dallas Baptist on Nov. 30, 1968... It was Alston’s seventh double-double of the season... Alston also poured in a career-high 27 points on 10-of- 18 shooting against the Rams... Senior guard Brandon Golden notched a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in his first start for MSU Wednesday against Texas A&M-Kingsville... Senior guard Bretson McNeal knocked down four 3-pointers on his way to a 16-point, 8-rebound, 7-assist effort against Texas A&M-Kingsville... Tarleton State No. 10 Tarleton went 1-1 last week and has a record of 14-4 overall and 4-2 in the Lone Star Conference. The Texans defeated Eastern New Mexico 89-71 and shot a season-high 60 percent from the floor and 40 percent on 3-pointers. Tarleton had five players score in double figures with Charles Hill’s 22 points leading the way. Tarleton fell on the road to West Texas A&M 78-61 on Saturday. The Texans will host Texas A&M- Commerce on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Texas A&M-Commerce 0-2 last week. Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-2 last week. West Texas A&M The West Texas A&M Buffaloes had a monster week on the hardwood as they topped Texas A&M- Commerce (85-81) on the road before handling No. 10 Tarleton State (78-61) on Saturday afternoon in Canyon as WT moved to 15-7 with a 4-3 mark in LSC play to move into fourth place. The Buffs continued their hot shooting behind the arc as they went 21-of- 49 (42.9%) from deep in the two games to average 81.5 points per contest. WT returns to the friendly confines of the First United Bank Center on Tuesday night as they play their final non-conference game of the season against the Eagles of Southwestern Christian with tipoff set for 6 p.m. in Canyon. WOMEN’S NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s) Angelo State 2-1 last week. Cameron The Cameron women picked up a pair of wins on the week after halting a three game Angelo State streak with an 87-83 overtime victory on Wednesday and followed up with a 67-62 win over Texas A&M- Kingsville on the road Saturday. The Aggies sank 13 at the three-point line against ASU with Brandi Leal draining seven to tie her own three-point record. Dayla Threatt had 21 points and 12 boards for her first career double-double. Cameron was able to hold off TAMUK on Saturday despite not hitting a bucket from the field for the final 9:30 minutes. The squad survived a late turnover with 11 seconds left, and the Javelinas being fouled during a three pointer but missed all three shots at the line. CU held strong with Leal only missing two shots all night, and she landed all four attempts at the arc to lead the Aggies with 21 points. Senior DJ Vallier came up big with a career high 14 rebounds to go with three blocks. Eastern New Mexico The Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team showed resilience last week, and came from double-digit deficits against a pair of Lone Star Conference opponents. Tarleton State took an early 10-0 lead on Wednesday, before the Hounds struck for their first lead of the game, 34-32, midway through the third quarter on a Kassandra Harris layup. The TexAnns also held a seven-point advantage with just over four minutes in the game, but Sarah Stinnett scored seven straight points to pull even. Tarleton State held on for the win, but the Hounds had built momentum for their Saturday game against Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions built a 12-point lead, but a dominant second half by Eastern led to a 73- 65 win. Eastern limited A&M-Commerce to just three field goals in the third quarter and a .281 shooting percentage in the second half. This Saturday, ENMU will visit West Texas A&M. Midwestern State Midwestern State featured several top performers in a split in Lone Star Conference action last week with a 55-44 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville and an 85-68 loss to Angelo State. Against the Javelinas, both senior forward Katie Brown and junior forward Jennifer Sissel recorded double-doubles as the Mustangs won their third-straight game inside D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Brown posted her first career double- double with a career-best 10 points and 17 rebounds, tying for the 19th-highest rebounding total in school history. Sissel recorded a team-high 16 points and 11 boards, leading the Mustangs in scoring for the
LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Page 4 Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment third time in the last four outings. MSU continued to struggle away from home with the Rambelles putting together a late first quarter run to pull away from the Mustangs for good. Sophomore guards Whitney Taylor and Krishawn Crockett both finished with career highs on the afternoon with Taylor notching 21 points and Crockett adding 20 as the Mustangs had multiple players with 20-plus points for the first time this season. Taylor reached double figures for the sixth-straight game, scoring 11 of her points in the first 5:27 of the game after hitting 3-of-3 from behind the arc. Midwestern State continues LSC play this weekend with 4 p.m. contests against Cameron and Texas Woman’s at Ligon Coliseum. Tarleton State Tarleton went 1-1 last week with a win over Eastern New Mexico and an overtime loss to No. 8 West Texas A&M in Canyon. The TexAnns will host Texas A&M- Commerce Saturday in Stephenville.? Texas A&M-Commerce The Lions had a tough week going 0-2 after a near upset against WT fell short 67-69. After that loss, the Lions traveled to Eastern New Mexico where they struggled in the second half to close the game, and eventually loss 65-73, bringing their overall record to 9-9 and their LSC record to 3-4. The Lions will play their final non-conference game this season against Arlington Baptist at home on Tuesday, January 26. Following that game, the Lions will travel to Stephenville, Texas to take on Tarleton State on Saturday, January 30 to close out the first month of 2016. Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-3 last week. Texas Woman’s TWU is 16-4 on the season and 6-2 in the Lone Star Conference after splitting the two games last week. The Pioneers defeated Texas A&M-Kingsville, 57-40, on Thursday before falling at Angelo State, 81-78, on Sunday. Senior Danielle Westerfield came off the bench and recorded a near double-double against TAMUK with eight points and a team-high nine rebounds. Freshman Kara Mitchell led the Pioneers with 14 points on 6-for-6 shooting. Against ASU six players scored seven or more points led by junior Kenesha Saygo with 14. For the week junior Deja Pointer started both games and averaged a team-best 8 points and 3 assists. She also had 3.5 rebounds per game. Junior Erin Maxwell also averaged 7.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 2.0 steals. On the season Maxwell leads the team in points (12.1 ppg), rebounds (8.6 rpg) and blocks (69). West Texas A&M The eighth-ranked West Texas A&M Lady Buff women’s basketball team battled back from halftime deficits for two huge wins this week...WT was down by a season-high 14 points and used an 18-2 run and then an 8-0 run to end the game in a 69-67 win at Texas A&M-Commerce...Senior Zantaya Davis scored a turnaround jumper with 1.4 seconds left for the game winner...Then on Saturday, the Lady Buffs were down by as many as 11 and keyed a second half and overtime comeback for a 78-73 win over Tarleton State to improve to 18-1 on the year and a league best 7-1 in Lone Star Conference play...The Lady Buffs shot .483 for the week, but the opposition uncharacteristically shot .437 as WT’s string of holding teams to under 40 percent shooting was snapped at Texas A&M-Commerce as the Lady Buffs had not let an opponent shoot over 40 percent to that point this season (17 games)...WT really struggled from the free throw line going just 22 of 37 (.595) and was outrebounded for the first weekend of the season (68-67)...Four Lady Buffs averaged double figures led by senior Michaela Neuhaus with 16.0 points as she helped key each comeback...Davis averaged a team- high 8.5 rebounds per game, along with four blocks and four steals...She had a career-best 13 rebounds against Tarleton State...Saturday’s win marked the first overtime game since the semifinals of the Lone Star Conference Championship in 2014.

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  • 1.
    Integrity | Tradition| Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment LSC BASKETBALL This week marks the midpoint of the Lone Star Conference schedule. Midwestern State leads the men’s standings with a 5-1 league record, while West Texas A&M tops the women’s standings at 7-1. LSC play includes four men’s games and six women’s games this week. The LSC men have a 98-50 overall record so far this season. In the NCAA South Central Region, the men’s teams are currently 13-9 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 12-8 against the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The LSC women are 90-69 overall. The women’s squads are currently 20-14 combined against the Heartland, and 8-6 versus RMAC teams, which are the other conferences in the NCAA South Central Region. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK MEN’S OFFENSIVE Jordan Evans, West Texas A&M University, SO, Guard, Houston, Texas, The Village School Evans had a monster week for the Buffs as the sophomore led WT to wins over Texas A&M-Commerce and No. 10 Tarleton State. Evans averaged 23.5 points per game as he went 13-of-21 (61.9%) from the floor including 11-of-17 (.647) from deep and a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe. The Houston native led the Buffs to their biggest win of the season on Saturday afternoon as he dropped a career high 30 points in a 78-61 win over No. 10 Tarleton State in Canyon. Evans went 7-of-8 from the field including 6-of-6 from behind the arc and 10-of-10 from the free throw line to go along with nine rebounds. He added 17 points in the Buffs victory over A&M-C. MEN’S DEFENSIVE Deondre Ray, Cameron University, SR, Forward, Fort Worth, Texas, Crowley HS Ray had a career week with two double-doubles to help the Aggies get wins against No. 11 Angelo State and Texas A&M-Kingsville. The senior had 19 points and 10 rebounds, which was his first career double-double on Wednesday. He recorded the second-chance tip-in with 11 seconds left to complete a 12-point comeback win over the Rams. Six of Ray’s 10 boards came on the defensive end, and he had a pair of steals, and a blocked shot. On Saturday at Texas A&M-Kingsville, he scored 14 points and once again had 10 rebounds in the Aggies first road win in Kingsville since the 2010-11 season. Ray shot the ball at .545 percent and had nine boards on the defensive end with a steal. WOMEN’S OFFENSIVE Brandi Leal, Cameron University, SR, Guard, Amarillo, Texas, Amarillo HS Leal averaged 22 points to lead the Aggie offense in two wins. The senior knocked down seven three-pointers, which was one short of her own program high, for 23 points against a red-hot Angelo State. Leal added five rebounds and an assist. On Saturday at Texas A&M-Kingsville, she was nearly perfect from the field (6-for-7) with four treys and 21 points in the victory. Leal also grabbed five rebounds and picked up an assist on a night where the Aggies would only shoot .362 percent as a team. In 16 games this season, Leal is averaging 11.7 points and has knocked down 53 three-pointers. WOMEN’S DEFENSIVE DJ Vallier, Cameron University, SR, Forward, Houston, Texas, Klein Oak HS Vallier averaged 10.5 rebounds and 5.5 points in the Aggies’ two wins last week. On Wednesday night against Angelo State, the senior pulled down seven boards, while adding six points off the bench. At Texas A&M- Kingsville, Vallier had a career-high 14 rebounds, which tied a team high for the season, and three blocks. Of the 14 boards, nine of them came on the defensive side and she chipped in an assist and steal for the Aggies. Vallier has quietly climbed up the LSC rebounding list and is averaging 5.9 per game which is sixth best in the league. MEN’S OTHER TOP PERFORMERS Javaan Mumtaz, Eastern New Mexico University, playing at Tarleton and at home against Commerce, Mumtaz led the Greyhounds in scoring both contest, recording over 20 points while shooting lights out from the field. The sophomore guard helped ENMU to its first Lone Star Conference win since 2014, scoring a career-high 23 points against Commerce en route to a 72-60 win over the Lions. Charles Hill, Tarleton State University, averaged 19 points per game last week for No. 10 Tarleton. Hill followed up a career-high 25 points against Midwestern State with 22 points in a win over Eastern New Mexico. Hill led Tarleton with 16 points in a road loss to West Texas A&M. During the week, Hill shot 46 percent from the floor and averaged four rebounds. Khapri Alston, Midwestern State University, had 25 rebounds against No. 11 Angelo State which were the most by any scholarship player in NCAA this season. The senior from Chicago logged career highs with 27 points and 25 rebounds against the Rams to help the Mustangs push the game into overtime. The 25 rebounds are tied for the sixth most in school history and are the most since former original Cleveland Cavalier Gary Suiter snagged 27 against Dallas Baptist on Nov. 30, 1968. This came on the heels of a 10-point, 9-rebound, 2-block performance in just 21 minutes Wednesday against Texas A&M-Kingsville. Alston’s seventh double-double of the season aided his averages to 18.5 points and 17.0 rebounds last week while shooting 51.9 percent from the field. He leads the Lone Star Conference in rebounds at 10.1 boards per game. MEN’S STANDINGS School LSC Overall Streak Midwestern State 5-1 16-2 L1 Cameron 5-2 12-7 W3 Tarleton State 4-2 14-4 L1 West Texas A&M 4-3 15-7 W3 Angelo State 3-3 15-3 W1 Texas A&M-Commerce 2-4 12-6 L4 Texas A&M-Kingsville 1-5 9-8 L3 Eastern New Mexico 1-5 5-13 W1 WOMEN’S STANDINGS School LSC Overall Streak West Texas A&M 7-1 18-1 W3 Texas Woman’s 6-2 16-4 L1 Angelo State 5-2 12-5 W2 Cameron 4-3 10-6 W2 Texas A&M-Commerce 3-4 9-9 L2 Midwestern State 3-4 4-13 L1 Tarleton State 3-5 9-9 L1 Eastern New Mexico 2-5 7-10 W1 Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-7 5-12 L11 MEN’S SCHEDULE Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Southwestern Christian at West Texas A&M, 6 p.m. Arlington Baptist at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 *Eastern New Mexico at West Texas A&M, 4 p.m. *Texas A&M-Kingsville at Angelo State, 4 p.m. *Cameron at Midwestern State, 6 p.m. *Texas A&M-Commerce at Tarleton State, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S SCHEDULE Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Arlington Baptist at Texas A&M-Commerce, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 27, 2016 *Texas Woman’s at Cameron, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2016 *Eastern New Mexico at West Texas A&M, 2 p.m. *Texas A&M-Kingsville at Angelo State, 2 p.m. *Cameron at Midwestern State, 4 p.m. *Texas A&M-Commerce at Tarleton State, 5 p.m. Sunday, January 31, 2016 *Texas Woman’s at Midwestern State, 4 p.m. All times are CST; *LSC game LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Complete results at lonestarconference.org. WEEKLY AWARDS Date Men’s Offensive N-17 Bretson McNeal, Midwestern State N-24 EJ Reed, Tarleton State N-30 David Chavlovich, West Texas A&M D-7 EJ Reed, Tarleton State (2) D-16 Anthony Adams, Texas A&M-Commerce D-21 Stedman Allen, Angelo State J-4 EJ Reed, Tarleton State (3) J-11 EJ Reed, Tarleton State (4) J-18 Bretson McNeal, Midwestern State (2) J-25 Jordan Evans, West Texas A&M Date Men’s Defensive N-17 EJ Reed, Tarleton State N-24 Khapri Alston, Midwestern State LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE | JANUARY 25, 2016 Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | Office: 972-234-0033 x. 103 | E-mail: [email protected] | www.lonestarconference.org | Twitter: @LoneStarConf
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    LONE STAR CONFERENCEBASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Page 2 Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment JV Long, Cameron University, had the top offensive week for the Aggies in their two wins averaging 17.5 points. The red-shirt freshman caught fire in the final minutes of the Aggies 80-79 upset over No. 11 Angelo State. Long scored eight points with a pair of treys in the final 4:30 minutes to rally the Aggies back from 12 points down to win. Against the Rams, Long scored 18 points and had five rebounds, with two assists. On Saturday, Long was clutch again in the final four minutes for the Aggies with seven points. Long iced the game for Cameron with five made shots at the free-throw line to push them to the win. Overall, he would finish with a perfect 9-for-9 at the line with five assists, and 17 points for the Aggies. Quay King, Angelo State University, led the Rams offense this week playing an integral part in this week’s top 25 match up with Midwestern State. Against the No.4 ranked Mustangs he dropped in a season high 21 points going 5-6 from the arc, 7-10 from the field and 2-4 from the charity line. The Atlanta native also added eight total boards, an assist and a steal for the night. Earlier in the week he tallied nine points with two boards, an assist and a steal against Cameron. King has been a stellar producer from 3-point range for the rams knocking down multiple threes in 12 of the 17 games he has played in. Lawrence Domingo, Eastern New Mexico University, already with four double-doubles on the season, Domingo almost averaged a one over the week, falling just one rebound short in both contests. The senior continued to lead his team on the defensive glass all week as well as holding one of the LSC’s tops corers to single digits. Domingo’s defensive effort against Bryant Crowder (5th in LSC Conference Game Scoring) held the big man to only eight points, allowing the Greyhounds to stop any perimeter shooting and holding Commerce to a 0-13 night from the three-point line. Ryan Quaid, West Texas A&M University, had another big week for West Texas A&M as the freshman averaged 10.0 points per game while grabbing 6.5 boards per contest against two of the top offensive teams in the country as WT topped Texas A&M-Commerce and No. 10 Tarleton State to move to 15-7. The Fort Collins, Colorado native went 5-of-16 (31.3%) from the floor including 10-of-13 (76.9%) from the free throw line while grabbing 13 total rebounds (six offensive, seven defensive) and dishing out two assists. Quaid scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds on Saturday afternoon against No. 10 TSU to finish just one rebound shy of a double-double. Xavier Smith, Tarleton State University, recorded his fourth four-block game of the season against West Texas A&M. Smith had five blocks for the week and also averaged eight points and five rebounds per game. Prince Foster, Angelo State University, played an important role in the Rams defense this week. The junior guard out of Miami, Florida led the team in the steals department against both Cameron and Midwestern State. He has recorded seven multiple steal games this season to aid ASU’s defensive efforts His four steal performance against MSU helped the Rams hold off one of the top offenses in the conference. He also added four boards and six points to the mix for that game. Against Cameron he recorded a team leading two steals and added five rebounds and four points. WOMEN’S OTHER TOP PERFORMERS Jasmine Prophet, Angelo State University, was a pivotal player in ASU’s three games last week averaging 19.3 points per game and shooting 62.2 percent from the field. She capped off the week for the Belles with a career high 23 points in a win over Texas Woman’s on Sunday. The junior scored at least 16 points in all three games including 19 versus Midwestern State. The Jackson, Mississippi native added three assists, two blocks and two assists. Whitney Taylor, Midwestern State University, concluded the week in highlight fashion, posting a career- high 21 points in a Saturday road loss to Angelo State. Taylor connected on 3-of-5 from three-point range and 6-of-6 from the charity stripe to match career highs while notching her sixth-straight double-figure scoring performance dating back to Jan. 6. Taylor helped the MSU offense in the early going against ASU, reaching double figures just 5:27 into the contest. The Melissa native added a 12-point showing Wednesday in a win over Texas A&M-Kingsville while also posting two assists and two steals. Taylor shot 50 percent from behind the arc (4-of-8) and 81.8 percent (9-of-11) from the free-throw line in MSU’s two games last week. Michaela Neuhaus, West Texas A&M University, continued her strong start to conference play as she led the Lady Buffs to two, come-from-behind wins at Texas A&M-Commerce and in overtime versus Tarleton State... Neuhaus went 12 of 23 from the field (.522), 7 of 16 (.438) from range and 1 of 1 from the line...She helped lead the Lady Buffs back from halftime deficits in each game and double-digit deficits in each contest as well... Neuahus went 4 of 7 and 3 of 5 from beyond the arc in the second half and overtime scoring 19 points in the Lady Buffs’ 78-73 overtime win over Tarleton State Saturday. Princess Davis , Texas A&M University - Commerce, played well this week despite the Lions going 0-2 on the week. In the near upset against WT, Davis led the Lions with 14 points, four assists, and one steal. She also shot a perfect percentage from both the three-point line and free throw line. Against Eastern New Mexico, Davis again led the lions with 13 points and set a new single-game career record with five steals. Bailey Wipff, Tarleton State University, led the TexAnns in scoring once again with 26 points in the last two games for an average of 13.0 points per game. She shot .389 from the floor and .900 at the free throw line with four rebounds and four assists. Kassandra Harris, Eastern New Mexico University, averaged 13 points over two games and exploded for 20 points in a win over Texas A&M-Commerce. The attention she drew in the post allowed the Hounds to score from inside and outside, as they rallied from double-digit deficits in both games. Harris shot 8-for-10 from the free throw line in the in over Texas A&M-Commerce. Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’s University, averaged 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks, 2.0 steals and 7.5 points in the two games last week. She recorded 6 blocks, 8 points and 5 rebounds against Texas A&M-Kingsville and helped TWU hold the Javelinas to just 18.9 percent shooting. Maxwell then added a game-high 7 rebounds, 7 points and 4 steals at Angelo State. On the season she leads the team in points (12.1 ppg), rebounds (8.6) and blocks (69). In the eight LSC games Maxwell is averaging 4.13 blocks. Sarah Stinnett, Eastern New Mexico University, provided tenacious defense for the Greyhounds last week and registered seven steals over two games. Her effort allowed Eastern to rally from double digit deficits twice, and post a Lone Star Conference win over Texas A&M-Commerce. Stinnett’s presence limited the opposition’s outside shooting, while allowed just a .281 conversion rate from beyond the three-point line, while her ability N-30 Jamar Goodwin, Texas A&M-Kingsville D-7 Trevor Fuller, Midwestern State D-16 Malcolm Hamilton, Tarleton State D-21 Omari Gudul, Angelo State J-4 Chaunce Hill, Eastern New Mexico J-11 Xavier Smith, Tarleton State J-18 Trevor Fuller, Midwestern State (2) J-25 Deondre Ray, Cameron Date Women’s Offensive N-17 Bailey Wipff, Tarleton State N-24 Taylor Dorsey, Angelo State N-30 Lilley Vander Zee, West Texas A&M D-7 Gabby Scott, Texas A&M-Commerce D-16 Taylor Dorsey, Angelo State (2) D-21 Gabby Scott, Texas A&M-Commerce (2) J-4 Dayla Threatt, Cameron J-11 Bailey Wipff, Tarleton State (2) J-18 Brea Mitchell, Angelo State J-25 Brandi Leal, Cameron Date Women’s Defensive N-17 Sasha Watson, West Texas A&M N-24 Madison Parker, West Texas A&M N-30 Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’s D-7 Sarah Stinnett, Eastern New Mexico D-16 Jasmine Prophet, Angelo State D-21 Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’s (2) J-4 Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’s (3) J-11 Zantaya Davis, West Texas A&M J-18 Alexis Nezianya, Texas Woman’s J-25 DJ Vallier, Cameron A L L E N , T E X A S LSC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MARCH 2-3-4-5 | ALLEN, TEXAS LSC, CITY OF FRISCO TO HOST 2016 MEN’S BASKETBALL ELITE EIGHT The NCAA awarded the 2016 Division II Men’s Basketball Elite Eight to the city of Frisco, Texas. The Lone Star Conference and Frisco Convention & Visitors Bureau will host the event March 23-24-26. The Elite Eight will take place in the state of Texas for the first time ever at Dr Pepper Arena, a multi- purpose sports and entertainment venue that seats about 5,000 for basketball. To purchase tickets visit: www.visitfrisco.com/ elite-8.
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    LONE STAR CONFERENCEBASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Page 3 Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment to draw fouls kept opposing threats off the floor and saw her go 13-for-14 at the free-throw line. Stinnett contributed 18 points at Tarleton State and 17 points against Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions were limited to 28.1 percent from the field in the second half of Saturday’s win. Amari Jones, Texas A&M University - Commerce, was effective in the paint this week defensively, as she led the Lions in blocks. Her best game defensively this week was against Eastern New Mexico where she recorded a new career single-game record of five blocks, and added four defensive rebounds and one steal. Taylor Dorsey, Angelo State University, was a force scoring and rebounding leading ASU to a 2-1 record last week. The junior led the team in scoring at 19.7 points per game and in rebounds with 8.3 per game. The Fort Worth native recorded her third double- double of the season against Midwestern State with 18 points and 11 rebounds. She grabbed 10 offensive boards and 15 defensive boards during the week. She had her sixth game of scoring at least 20 points with 27 versus Cameron. KatieBrown,MidwesternStateUniversity,averaged 12.0 rebounds last week behind a career night that included a 10-point, 17-rebound performance for her first career double-double in a win over Texas A&M- Kingsville. Brown’s 17 rebounds tied for the 19th-best rebounding total in school history. She shot over 70 percent from the field on the week, going 5-of-7, and also matched career highs in steals (2) and blocks (1). Zantaya Davis, West Texas A&M University, had an outstanding week as she hit the game-winner Wednesday with 1.4 seconds left in a 69-67 win at Texas A&M-Commerce and then recorded a career- high 13 rebounds in the Lady Buffs’ 78-73 overtime win over Tarleton State on Saturday...For the week, Davis was 8 of 15 from the field (.533), 4 of 10 from the line (.400) with four offensive rebounds and 13 on the defensive end...She led the team with four blocks and had four steals with three assists. Breanna Fuller, Tarleton State University, earned starts in both games for Tarleton last week and went on to lead the TexAnns in rebounding with 17, including 10 on the defensive end. She also scored 15 points in two games, had two blocks, and added two steals. MEN’S NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s) Angelo State Despite the No.11/13 Rams falling in a close game to Cameron the Rams bounced back and handed No. 4/2 Midwestern State its first conference loss of the season. Junior Guard Quay King led ASU both offensively and defensively in the top 25 match up as he dropped in a season high 21 points going 5-6 from the arc, 7-10 from the field and 2-4 from the charity line. He also added eight total boards, an assist and a steal for the night. King recorded 30 total points and 10 total boards for the week. Prince Foster played an important role in the Rams defense this week. The junior guard out of Miami, Florida led the team with several timely steals against both Cameron (2) and Midwestern State (4). He added nine total boards and a block to the Rams defensive efforts. Cameron The Aggies extended their streak to three after upsetting No. 11 Angelo State 80-79 on Wednesday and winning 73-65 over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday night. Deondre Ray hit a second chance tip- in to give the Aggies the one point edge over No. 11 ASU. The Aggies rallied back from 12 points down in the final five minutes to go with Ray providing his first career double-double performance. Cameron picked up the only LSC road victory on Saturday defeating TAMUK on the road for the first time since the 2010- 11 season. Ray scored 14 points and grabbed ten boards for his second double-double of the week with 2013 being the last time an Aggie achieved a back-to- back double-double. James Cross had a career high 13 rebounds to go with 11 points for his first career double-double. JV Long led the Aggies in scoring with 17 points and five assists. Eastern New Mexico The Greyhounds went 1-1 on the week, finding not only their first conference win of the season against the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions, but their first LSC win since March, 2014. Their loss came against Tarleton State in Stephenville, Texas, where ENMU played well but couldn’t pull out a victory over the Texans. Midwestern State Midwestern State had its 14-game winning streak snapped at No. 11-ranked Angelo State 91-83 in overtime Saturday at Junell Center/Stephens Arena... The 14-game winning streak was the longest since MSU won 14 consecutive games to start the 2009-10 season on the way to its first NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearance... The Mustangs maintain sole possession of first place in the Lone Star Conference with a 5-1 mark... MSU is 0-2 in games in which it has been outscored in the second half... Midwestern rolled to a 95-50 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville Wednesday at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. It was the largest margin of victory in a LSC game for the Mustangs topping a 104-63 win at Eastern New Mexico on Feb. 9, 2000... MSU set season highs in with 56 team rebounds, 27 assists and 12 blocked shots against the Javelinas... Senior forward Khapri Alston snagged the most rebounds by a player in a single in NCAA Division II this season with 25 against Angelo State on Saturday... Alston’s 25 rebounds are tied for the sixth most in school history and the most since Gary Suiter grabbed 27 against Dallas Baptist on Nov. 30, 1968... It was Alston’s seventh double-double of the season... Alston also poured in a career-high 27 points on 10-of- 18 shooting against the Rams... Senior guard Brandon Golden notched a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in his first start for MSU Wednesday against Texas A&M-Kingsville... Senior guard Bretson McNeal knocked down four 3-pointers on his way to a 16-point, 8-rebound, 7-assist effort against Texas A&M-Kingsville... Tarleton State No. 10 Tarleton went 1-1 last week and has a record of 14-4 overall and 4-2 in the Lone Star Conference. The Texans defeated Eastern New Mexico 89-71 and shot a season-high 60 percent from the floor and 40 percent on 3-pointers. Tarleton had five players score in double figures with Charles Hill’s 22 points leading the way. Tarleton fell on the road to West Texas A&M 78-61 on Saturday. The Texans will host Texas A&M- Commerce on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. Texas A&M-Commerce 0-2 last week. Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-2 last week. West Texas A&M The West Texas A&M Buffaloes had a monster week on the hardwood as they topped Texas A&M- Commerce (85-81) on the road before handling No. 10 Tarleton State (78-61) on Saturday afternoon in Canyon as WT moved to 15-7 with a 4-3 mark in LSC play to move into fourth place. The Buffs continued their hot shooting behind the arc as they went 21-of- 49 (42.9%) from deep in the two games to average 81.5 points per contest. WT returns to the friendly confines of the First United Bank Center on Tuesday night as they play their final non-conference game of the season against the Eagles of Southwestern Christian with tipoff set for 6 p.m. in Canyon. WOMEN’S NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s) Angelo State 2-1 last week. Cameron The Cameron women picked up a pair of wins on the week after halting a three game Angelo State streak with an 87-83 overtime victory on Wednesday and followed up with a 67-62 win over Texas A&M- Kingsville on the road Saturday. The Aggies sank 13 at the three-point line against ASU with Brandi Leal draining seven to tie her own three-point record. Dayla Threatt had 21 points and 12 boards for her first career double-double. Cameron was able to hold off TAMUK on Saturday despite not hitting a bucket from the field for the final 9:30 minutes. The squad survived a late turnover with 11 seconds left, and the Javelinas being fouled during a three pointer but missed all three shots at the line. CU held strong with Leal only missing two shots all night, and she landed all four attempts at the arc to lead the Aggies with 21 points. Senior DJ Vallier came up big with a career high 14 rebounds to go with three blocks. Eastern New Mexico The Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team showed resilience last week, and came from double-digit deficits against a pair of Lone Star Conference opponents. Tarleton State took an early 10-0 lead on Wednesday, before the Hounds struck for their first lead of the game, 34-32, midway through the third quarter on a Kassandra Harris layup. The TexAnns also held a seven-point advantage with just over four minutes in the game, but Sarah Stinnett scored seven straight points to pull even. Tarleton State held on for the win, but the Hounds had built momentum for their Saturday game against Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions built a 12-point lead, but a dominant second half by Eastern led to a 73- 65 win. Eastern limited A&M-Commerce to just three field goals in the third quarter and a .281 shooting percentage in the second half. This Saturday, ENMU will visit West Texas A&M. Midwestern State Midwestern State featured several top performers in a split in Lone Star Conference action last week with a 55-44 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville and an 85-68 loss to Angelo State. Against the Javelinas, both senior forward Katie Brown and junior forward Jennifer Sissel recorded double-doubles as the Mustangs won their third-straight game inside D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Brown posted her first career double- double with a career-best 10 points and 17 rebounds, tying for the 19th-highest rebounding total in school history. Sissel recorded a team-high 16 points and 11 boards, leading the Mustangs in scoring for the
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    LONE STAR CONFERENCEBASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE Page 4 Integrity | Tradition | Academic Excellence | LONE STAR CONFERENCE | Community | Respect | Commitment third time in the last four outings. MSU continued to struggle away from home with the Rambelles putting together a late first quarter run to pull away from the Mustangs for good. Sophomore guards Whitney Taylor and Krishawn Crockett both finished with career highs on the afternoon with Taylor notching 21 points and Crockett adding 20 as the Mustangs had multiple players with 20-plus points for the first time this season. Taylor reached double figures for the sixth-straight game, scoring 11 of her points in the first 5:27 of the game after hitting 3-of-3 from behind the arc. Midwestern State continues LSC play this weekend with 4 p.m. contests against Cameron and Texas Woman’s at Ligon Coliseum. Tarleton State Tarleton went 1-1 last week with a win over Eastern New Mexico and an overtime loss to No. 8 West Texas A&M in Canyon. The TexAnns will host Texas A&M- Commerce Saturday in Stephenville.? Texas A&M-Commerce The Lions had a tough week going 0-2 after a near upset against WT fell short 67-69. After that loss, the Lions traveled to Eastern New Mexico where they struggled in the second half to close the game, and eventually loss 65-73, bringing their overall record to 9-9 and their LSC record to 3-4. The Lions will play their final non-conference game this season against Arlington Baptist at home on Tuesday, January 26. Following that game, the Lions will travel to Stephenville, Texas to take on Tarleton State on Saturday, January 30 to close out the first month of 2016. Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-3 last week. Texas Woman’s TWU is 16-4 on the season and 6-2 in the Lone Star Conference after splitting the two games last week. The Pioneers defeated Texas A&M-Kingsville, 57-40, on Thursday before falling at Angelo State, 81-78, on Sunday. Senior Danielle Westerfield came off the bench and recorded a near double-double against TAMUK with eight points and a team-high nine rebounds. Freshman Kara Mitchell led the Pioneers with 14 points on 6-for-6 shooting. Against ASU six players scored seven or more points led by junior Kenesha Saygo with 14. For the week junior Deja Pointer started both games and averaged a team-best 8 points and 3 assists. She also had 3.5 rebounds per game. Junior Erin Maxwell also averaged 7.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 2.0 steals. On the season Maxwell leads the team in points (12.1 ppg), rebounds (8.6 rpg) and blocks (69). West Texas A&M The eighth-ranked West Texas A&M Lady Buff women’s basketball team battled back from halftime deficits for two huge wins this week...WT was down by a season-high 14 points and used an 18-2 run and then an 8-0 run to end the game in a 69-67 win at Texas A&M-Commerce...Senior Zantaya Davis scored a turnaround jumper with 1.4 seconds left for the game winner...Then on Saturday, the Lady Buffs were down by as many as 11 and keyed a second half and overtime comeback for a 78-73 win over Tarleton State to improve to 18-1 on the year and a league best 7-1 in Lone Star Conference play...The Lady Buffs shot .483 for the week, but the opposition uncharacteristically shot .437 as WT’s string of holding teams to under 40 percent shooting was snapped at Texas A&M-Commerce as the Lady Buffs had not let an opponent shoot over 40 percent to that point this season (17 games)...WT really struggled from the free throw line going just 22 of 37 (.595) and was outrebounded for the first weekend of the season (68-67)...Four Lady Buffs averaged double figures led by senior Michaela Neuhaus with 16.0 points as she helped key each comeback...Davis averaged a team- high 8.5 rebounds per game, along with four blocks and four steals...She had a career-best 13 rebounds against Tarleton State...Saturday’s win marked the first overtime game since the semifinals of the Lone Star Conference Championship in 2014.