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LSC BASKETBALLAngelo State remained perfect in Lone Star Conference play at 9-0 and extended its program-record winning streak to 16 games with a pair of victories last week. West Texas A&M leads the women’s standings with a 9-1 LSC mark, with Midwestern State and Cameron just behind them at 9-2. The Lady Buffs face the Mustangs and Aggies this week. This week’s schedule includes seven LSC contests for the men, and 10 on the women’s side. The LSC men have a 113-63 overall record so far this season. In the NCAA South Central Region, the men’s teams are currently 13-6 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 8-7 against the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The LSC women are 97-86 overall. The women’s squads are currently 13-17 combined against the Heartland, and 6-3 versus RMAC teams, which are the other conferences in the NCAA South Central Region. The LSC champion will be the regular season winner determined by league games, while the postseason tournament winner is designated as LSC Tournament Champion and earns the conference’s automatic qualification. The top eight teams in the final conference standings qualify for the postseason tournament set for March 4-7 in Allen, Texas.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEKMEN’S OFFENSIVEDemario Mayfield, Angelo State University, SR, Forward, Royston, Ga., Franklin County HSMayfield finished last week averaging 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists per game in a pair of Lone Star Conference wins over West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico. Mayfield opened the week by scoring 20 points, securing 13 rebounds and having six assists in his ninth double-double of the year in the win over WT. He followed that effort with 22 points and six assists on the road in ASU’s 20-point win at ENMU. Mayfield shot 14 of 20 (70.6 percent) for the week, including hitting two 3-pointers. He leads the Rams this season with 16.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game and also has 93 assists.

MEN’S DEFENSIVEDamion Clemons, Tarleton State University, SR, Forward, Dallas, Texas, Conrad HSClemons gave the Tarleton defense an incredible spark off the bench last week as the senior lifted Tarleton to a pair of wins over No. 23 Midwestern State and Cameron last week. Clemons led the Texans with 13 total rebounds for an average of 6.5 boards per game as well as a team-high five blocked shots to help hold MSU and CU below their scoring average.

WOMEN’S OFFENSIVEJazzmine Robinson, Cameron University, SR, Guard, Las Vegas, Nev., Majave HSRobinson averaged 18.7 points in three games as the Aggies went 3-0 last week with wins against Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas Woman’s, and Tarleton State. Robinson shot 48.9 from the field, averaged six rebounds, and had 3.3 steals a game in the victories. Against A&M-Commerce she put up 22 points, went 11-12 at the stripe, along with the go-ahead points; she would be a rebound short of a double-double in the 75-69 win. On Thursday against TWU she had her tenth 20 point game of the season with a team high 20 points off of 50 percent shooting from the field, and a career high six steals. While at Tarleton State, due to foul trouble Robinson was limited to a season low 20 minutes but managed to net 14 points with 75-percent shooting for her 16th double-digit game of the season.

WOMEN’S DEFENSIVEAndrea Carter, Midwestern State University, SR, Forward, Angleton, Texas, Angleton HSCarter notched her ninth double-double of the season as Midwestern State extended its winning streak to five games with Lone Star Conference victories over Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Commerce. The 5-9 senior from Angleton notched 10 points and pulled down 11 rebounds while recording two steals in a 72-57 win Wednesday over Tarleton State. Carter then delivered an all-around 14-point, 5-rebound, 4-assist and 3-steal performance in an 87-69 win Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce.

MEN’S OTHER TOP PERFORMERS Mo Lee, Tarleton State University, continued his torrid offensive pace last week, leading No. 12 Tarleton State to a pair of wins over No. 23 Midwestern State and Cameron last week. The senior averaged 20.0 points per game in the Texan wins last week with a 16-point, six-rebound effort against Midwestern State at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Wednesday and 24 points on Saturday, which matched his career high that he set last Saturday. For the week, Lee shot an efficient 8-14 from the floor for a .571 percentage, including 3-5 from beyond the arc, and 21-22 from the free throw line for a .955 percentage at the charity stripe. He also added 11 rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal to go along with 40 total points for the week. In addition to the overall performance, Lee also stepped up in the clutch for Tarleton. He scored 11 total points in the last five minutes of the last two games and went 9-10 from the free throw line down that stretch to ice the victories for the Texans. John Gilliam, Eastern New Mexico University, turned in a strong week for the Greyhounds, with a team-leading 19.5 points per game average, .455 shooting percentage from three-point range, 14 rebounds and five assists. He poured in 25 points at Texas A&M-Kingsville and hit nine-of-10 free throws, to reach the 20-point mark for the eighth time this season. Gilliam followed with 14 points against sixth-ranked Angelo State and

MEN’S STANDINGSSchool LSC Overall StreakAngelo State 9-0 21-1 W16Tarleton State 7-2 20-2 W7Midwestern State 7-2 18-5 W1Texas A&M-Commerce 5-4 16-6 L1West Texas A&M 4-5 14-9 W1Cameron 2-7 10-11 L4Texas A&M-Kingsville 2-7 7-14 L1Eastern New Mexico 0-9 7-15 L9

WOMEN’S STANDINGSSchool LSC Overall StreakWest Texas A&M 9-1 18-2 W9Midwestern State 9-2 18-3 W5Cameron 9-2 12-8 W3Texas A&M-Commerce 5-5 11-9 L2Tarleton State 5-6 12-8 L2Texas Woman’s 5-6 12-10 L4Eastern New Mexico 4-6 8-12 W2Angelo State 1-9 6-14 L2Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-10 0-20 L20

MEN’S SCHEDULEWednesday, February 11, 2015*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 7:30 p.m.*Midwestern State at West Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m.*Cameron at Eastern New Mexico, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, February 12, 2015*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 13, 2015South Dakota Mines at Angelo State, 7 p.m.

Saturday, February 14, 2015*West Texas A&M at Cameron, 4 p.m.*Eastern New Mexico at Midwestern State, 6 p.m.South Dakota Mines at Texas A&M-Commerce, 7 p.m.*Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 8 p.m.

WOMEN’S SCHEDULEWednesday, February 11, 2015*Midwestern State at West Texas A&M, 5:30 p.m.*Angelo State at Tarleton State, 5:30 p.m.*Cameron at Eastern New Mexico, 6:30 p.m.*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Texas Woman’s, 7 p.m.

Thursday, February 12, 2015*Texas A&M-Kingsville at Texas A&M-Commerce, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 14, 2015*West Texas A&M at Cameron, 2 p.m.*Texas Woman’s at Angelo State, 2 p.m.*Eastern New Mexico at Midwestern State, 4 p.m.*Tarleton State at Texas A&M-Kingsville, 6 p.m.

Sunday, February 15, 2015*Texas A&M-Commerce at Angelo State, 4 p.m.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTSComplete results at lonestarconference.org.

WEEKLY AWARDS Date Men’s OffensiveN-18 Darrell Williams, Texas A&M-Commerce

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connected on three-of-five shots from three-point range. Tez Dumars, West Texas A&M University, had a big week for the Buffs, averaging a team-high 19.0 PPG in two LSC contests. On Saturday in a thrilling 74-68 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville at home, Dumars was honored prior to the game for becoming the 18th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. The ceremony sparked Dumars to a 25-point performance, 18 of which came in the second half, off of 7-for-10 shooting from the field as he climbed to ninth place on the WT all-time scoring list, now with 1,148 points. He will likely bump himself up to eighth place, as he just needs five points to do so on Wednesday against Midwestern State. Christian Macauley, Texas A&M University - Commerce, poured in his second 20-point game of the season with 20 points in the Lions 76-71 road win at Cameron. He was also a force on the boards with 10 rebounds for a double-double, his second of the season. He was 7-of-12 from the floor in the game from the floor. Macauley followed up with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting against Midwestern State. During the week, Macauley protected the rim accounting for five blocks, two at Cameron and three against Midwestern. Macauley, who entered the week averaging 9.2 points per game, averaged 17.0 ppg during the two games to raise his season average to 10.2 ppg. His 57.1 shooting percentage during the week was almost 30 percentage points higher than he had entering the week. Christian Macauley, Texas A&M University - Commerce, poured in his second 20-point game of the season with 20 points in the Lions 76-71 road win at Cameron. He was also a force on the boards with 10 rebounds for a double-double, his second of the season. He was 7-of-12 from the floor in the game from the floor. Macauley followed up with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting against Midwestern State. During the week, Macauley protected the rim accounting for five blocks, two at Cameron and three against Midwestern. Macauley, who entered the week averaging 9.2 points per game, averaged 17.0 ppg during the two games to raise his season average to 10.2 ppg. His 57.1 shooting percentage during the week was almost 30 percentage points higher than he had entering the week. Antjuan Ball, West Texas A&M University, was a big defensive presence for WT in two close league games last week. He put up 14 points with a block and two steals in a narrow loss to #7 Angelo State on the road Wednesday. Then on Saturday, he propelled the Buffs to a thrilling 74-68 victory over Texas A&M-Kingsville as he recorded his 12th career double-double, and fourth of the season, with 10 points and 12 boards, nine being on the defensive glass. He would put on a show in the final two minutes of the game with three dunks to secure the six-point victory. Chris Wyms, Eastern New Mexico University, led a Greyhound defensive effort with four steals and a pair of blocked shots. Eastern limited the Rams to just 69 points on Saturday, their second lowest total of the season.

WOMEN’S OTHER TOP PERFORMERS Sarah Stinnett, Eastern New Mexico University, turned in a strong week for the Zias, which saw Eastern register a 2-0 record in Lone Star Conference play. In Saturday’s win against Angelo State, she challenged the program’s scoring record with 37 points and added 10 rebounds for the first double double of her career. Stinnett scored 30 of the team’s first 60 points in the contest and continually thwarted Rambelle rallies as Eastern rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half. She also registered a six-point performance at Texas A&M-Kingsville along with five assists and a steal. Over the two games, Stinnett converted on .522 of her field goal attempts. KeAnna Kelly, Angelo State University, averaged 20.5 points per game over two games against West Texas A&M and ENMU. The freshman scored a career-high 24 points against No. 6 West Texas A&M and 17 points against ENMU. The Arlington native has scored in double figures in three-straight games and four total this season. Kathy Thomas, Tarleton State University, despite back-to-back losses last week, it wasn’t from a lack of effort. The senior lit up the offensive end of the court with 18.5 points per game against Midwestern State and Cameron. She was 10-21 from the floor, including 6-11 from downtown, and 11-13 at the free throw line for 37 total points for the week. Against Cameron, she posted a career-high 26 points including 11 points in the final 2:27 to nearly and single-handedly pull off the comeback against the Aggies. Chontiquah White, West Texas A&M University, averaged a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds in a pair of wins extending the Lady Buff winning streak to nine games tying their season-high. Went 12 of 24 from the field and 11 of 13 from the line (.846) and buried one triple in four attempts. She averaged 11 rebounds for the week, including pulling down nine on the offensive end to lead the team. White had one block and three steals for the week as well. She recorded her team-leading seventh double-double of the year with 16 points and 13 rebounds at Angelo State on Wednesday and had 20 points and nine rebounds on Saturday versus Texas A&M-Kingsville. It was her eighth 20 or more game of the season. Lisa Hampton, Midwestern State University, became Midwestern State’s all-time leader in 3-point makes burying her 133rd career triple Wednesday night on a third three in a win over Tarleton State. The senior from Kennedale didn’t stop there as she poured in four more Saturday night at Texas A&M-Commerce to lead 12-trey barrage for the Mustangs. It was MSU’s most 3s in a game in 11 years as Hampton finished with a team-high 17 points in an 18-point win over the Lions. For the week, she connected on seven triples to average 14 points per game as the Mustangs extended their winning streak to five games. Brittany Gutierrez, Eastern New Mexico University, led a strong defensive effort by the Zias, which limited the opposition to just 61 points per game on .355 shooting from the floor. That effort led to ENMU snapping a four-game skid and winning a pair of critical Lone Star Conference games. At Texas A&M-Kingsville, she poured in 10 points, pulled down seven rebounds, rejected five shots and had a steal. Sasha Watson, West Texas A&M University, added to her league-best in steals with five thefts this week in a pair of wins over Angelo State and Texas A&M-Kingsville running the Lady Buff winning streak to nine games. Watson went 7 of 12 from the field (.583) and 4 of 6 from the line, while dishing out two assists and scoring 18 points. Watson and the Lady Buff “D” held ASU and TAMUK to shoot just .373 from the field and .190 from beyond the arc. WT out-rebounded the teams by an average of 43-28 and outscored them 74 to 53.5. Watson leads the league in steals at 2.8 per game and has 56 for the year. Ikpeaku Iwobi, Tarleton State University, led Tarleton State on the boards last week with 17 in two games against Midwestern State and Cameron. She averaged 8.5 boards per game for the week and added a steal.

N-24 LaDon Carnegie, Texas A&M-CommerceD-1 Demario Mayfield, Angelo StateD-8 Chris Jones, Angelo StateD-16 Chris Wyms, Eastern New MexicoD-22 Marsell Holden, Angelo StateJ-5 David Chavlovich, West Texas A&MJ-12 Darrell Williams, Texas A&M-Commerce (2)J-19 Bretson McNeal, Midwestern StateJ-26 TaShawn Mabry, Tarleton StateF-2 Mo Lee, Tarleton StateF-9 Demario Mayfield, Angelo State (2)

Date Men’s DefensiveN-18 Chris Jones, Angelo StateN-24 Desmond Henry, CameronD-1 Darrell Williams, Texas A&M-CommerceD-8 Darrell Williams, Texas A&M-Commerce (2)D-16 Carl White, West Texas A&MD-22 Davene Carter, Tarleton StateJ-5 Chris Jones, Angelo State (2)J-12 Chris Jones, Angelo State (3)J-19 Abiodun Adegoke, Midwestern StateJ-26 Demario Mayfield, Angelo StateF-2 Antjuan Ball, West Texas A&MF-9 Damion Clemons, Tarleton State

Date Women’s OffensiveN-18 La’Tisha Hearne, Texas A&M-CommerceN-24 Tori Tucker, Eastern New MexicoD-1 Kathy Thomas, Tarleton StateD-8 Sasha Watson, West Texas A&MD-16 Chontiquah White, West Texas A&MD-22 Chontiquah White, West Texas A&M (2)J-5 Jazzmine Robinson, CameronJ-12 Andrea Carter, Midwestern StateJ-19 Jazzmine Robinson, Cameron (2)J-26 Sasha Watson, West Texas A&M (2)F-2 Lisa Hampton, Midwestern StateF-9 Jazzmine Robinson, Cameron (3)

Date Women’s DefensiveN-18 Andrea Carter, Midwestern StateN-24 Andrea Carter, Midwestern State (2)D-1 Sasha Watson, West Texas A&MD-8 La’Tisha Hearne, Texas A&M-CommerceD-16 Kenesha Saygo, Texas Woman’sD-22 Madison McLain, West Texas A&MJ-5 Shambreka Jones, Midwestern StateJ-12 Erin Maxwell, Texas Woman’sJ-19 DJ Vallier, CameronJ-26 Andrea Carter, Midwestern State (3)F-2 Ashlee Johnson, Texas A&M-CommerceF-9 Andrea Carter, Midwestern State (4)

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MEN’S NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)Angelo State The Rams extended their program-record winning streak to 16 games after earning a 77-68 home win over West Texas A&M on Wednesday before travelling to Eastern New Mexico where they picked up a 69-49 win on Saturday. ASU is 9-0 in LSC play with eight of those wins coming by double-digit point margins. The Rams lead the nation with a 54.5 field-goal percentage and a 26.4 scoring margin advantage and came into last week in the top-5 nationally by limiting opponents to 37.8 percent shooting. ASU held WT and ENMU under 40 percent shooting and is now 14-0 on its home court and 7-1 away from San Angelo. The Rams will take their show on the road this week with a Wednesday night game against Tarleton State in Stephenville.

Cameron 0-2 last week.

Eastern New Mexico The Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team received a strong performance from John Gilliam, with 19.5 points and seven rebounds per game. Those games included a tough road trip to Texas A&M-Kingsville and a home contest against sixth-ranked Angelo State. Against the Rams, ENMU trailed by just six points at half and held ASU to its second-lowest scoring total of the season. This week, the Hounds will host Cameron and make a trip to Midwestern State.

Midwestern State Midwestern State split a pair of Lone Star Conference games falling to Tarleton State Wednesday at home before rebounding for a road win at Texas A&M-Commerce... The home loss to Tarleton State marks the first time MSU lost two consecutive games on its home floor since falling to Tarleton State (62-54) and Texas A&M-Kingsville (82-72) on Jan. 16 and 19, 2008... The Mustangs shot a season worst 26.7 percent from the free throw line Wednesday night against Tarleton State after connecting on 34-of-45 (75.6 percent) over its previous two games... Midwestern improved to 2-0 in overtime games taking an 85-83 win Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce. The Mustangs also claimed a 90-83 double-overtime victory over Lynn (Fla.) on Dec. 15, 2014... MSU has committed 20-or-more fouls in each of it last six games surrendering an average of 29.3 opponent free throw attempts per game... The Mustangs continue to rank amongst national leaders in numerous categories as MSU is fourth in NCAA Division II in field goal percentage defense (38.4), fourth in 3-point field goal defense (29.3), sixth in total blocks (118.0), seventh in rebound margin (+9.6), eighth in blocked shots per game (5.4), eighth in total rebounds (909.0) and ninth in offensive rebounds per game (15.18)... Senior guard Bretson McNeal notched his first double-double of the season finishing with 25 points and 11 rebounds Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce... McNeal has scored 20-or-more points eight times this season while connected on five-or-more 3-pointers on five occasions... Junior guard Hershell Grant averaged 5.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in games against Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Commerce last week... Senior forward Xavier Blackburn erupted for a season-high 21 points and pulled down eight rebounds Wednesday against Tarleton State... Senior guard Derrell Gibbs knocked down three 3-pointers while shooting 5-of-8 from the field to finish with 16 points Saturday at Texas A&M-

Commerce. It was his sixth double-digit scoring effort of the season... Senior guard Kevin Wagner scored a season-high 13 points going 7-for-8 from the charity stripe while grabbing a campaign-best eight rebounds Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce... Junior forward Khapri Alston averaged 9.5 points and 7.0 rebounds last week against Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Commerce...

Tarleton State Tarleton State notched its 16th 20-win season under head coach Lonn Reisman, including the seventh straight 20-win campaign after knocking off No. 23 Midwestern State in Wichita Falls and Cameron in Stephenville. Mo Lee led the way for Tarleton State while Damion Clemons gave the Texans strong defensive efforts off the bench. Tarleton’s win over Midwestern State marked the first time in school history the Texans defeated back-to-back nationally ranked teams on the road. Tarleton and Angelo State will meet in Stephenville Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.

Texas A&M-Commerce 1-1 last week.

Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas A&M-Kingsville went 1-1 last week, defeating Eastern New Mexico, 83-52, in the SPEC. The Javelinas went on a 16-0 run in the first half in the dominating performance versus the Greyhounds. However, despite leading late in the second half, TAMUK fell to West Texas A&M on Saturday, 74-68. The Hogs were shorthanded with only eight healthy players dressing. Texas A&M-Kingsville heads to A&M-Commerce on Thursday before returning home to host Tarleton State on Valentine’s Day.

West Texas A&M The West Texas A&M men’s basketball team had strong showings in both league games this past week. On Wednesday, the Buffs hung with #7 Angelo State on the road until the final three minutes of the contest, falling by a close 77-68 score. WT rebounded strong at home in a 74-68 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday. Prior to the game, senior Tez Dumars was honored with a commemorative ball for becoming just the 18th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 career-points. Dumars would go on a tear for 25 points that night as he moved into sole possession of ninth place on school’s all-time career scoring list, now with 1,148 points. Senior Antjuan Ball would also tally his fourth double-double of the season, and 12th of his career, in the win. WT will return to action as it hosts #23 Midwestern State on Wednesday at the FUBC in Canyon.

WOMEN’S NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)Angelo State The Belles are now 6-14 and 1-9 in the LSC ... KeAnna Kelly averaged 20.5 points and Diamalises Rivera scored 18.0 points per game this past week ... Kelly scored a career high 24 against No. 6 West Texas A&M and 17 against ENMU ... ASU is No. 1 in 3-point percentage defense at a clip of .300 and No. 2 in the conference holding teams to a 38.8-percent shooting percentage ... The Belles will hit the road to Stephenville on Wednesday before hosting a back-to-back with TWU and Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday and Sunday at the Junell Center.

Cameron For the second time this season, the Aggies took three games in four days with wins against A&M-Commerce, Texas Woman’s, and Tarleton State. With the three wins the Aggies have clinched themselves a spot in the Lone Star Conference Championship tournament and a winning league record for the second time since 2004. After starting the season 1-6, Cameron has turned into the Cinderella program with 11 wins in their last 13 contests, and they are sitting a half game back of West Texas A&M for first place in the LSC. Cameron has been led by senior guard Jazzmine Robinson who leading the LSC with 18.3 points a game and she is fourth in rebounding with eight a contest. Brandi Leal is nearing a program record for three-pointers a season and presently sits on 70 and needs three more to break Chelsea Stamp’s one year record of 72. Another streak for the Aggies is five wins in a row against Tarleton State, which are all regular season contests. With 12 wins for the season, Cameron needs one more to match their win total from last year with the toughest schedule in the LSC and 30th most difficult in the nation according to NCAA statistics. Cameron will have two contests this week with a visit to Eastern New Mexico on Wednesday and a showdown with West Texas A&M on Saturday in Lawton.

Eastern New Mexico The Eastern New Mexico University women’s basketball team saw things come together last week. The squad traveled over 1,000 miles round trip to open the week and came away with a hard-fought win over Texas A&M-Kingsville to snap a four-game skid and sweep the season series. On Saturday, the Zias rallied from a double-digit deficit against Angelo State for the second time this season, to sweep the Rambelles as well. Sarah Stinnett poured in 37 points against ASU, coming within three points of the Zia scoring record. She scored 30 of Eastern’s first 60 points in the game, which thwarted numerous Angelo State runs throughout the contest. This week, Eastern will host Cameron on Wednesday, before a trip to Midwestern State.

Midwestern State Midwestern State extended its winning streak to five games with Lone Star Conference victories over Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Commerce... The Mustangs are off to the best start in school history through 21 games at 18-3... MSU is unbeaten when it scores 60-or-more points this season... Thirteen of the Mustangs’ 18 wins this season have been by 10-or-more points... MSU connected on 12 3-pointers Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce which are the most since hitting 13 against Cameron on Jan. 15, 2004 and tied for the third most in a single game in program history... Seven different Mustangs connected on 3-pointers against Texas A&M-Commerce as MSU hit 12-of-23 from the arc (.522)... The Mustangs assisted on 21 of 28 made field goals Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce which was the most since MSU recorded 22 assists against Oklahoma Panhandle State earlier this season... Senior guard Janae McJunkins averaged 5 points and 4.5 assists while turning the ball over one time in 42 minutes in MSU’s two wins last week... Senior guard Lisa Hampton became MSU’s all-time leader in made 3-pointers last week against Tarleton State then piled on four more against Texas A&M-Commerce. She now has 137 career made 3-pointers... Hampton averaged 14 points and connected for seven triples in wins over Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Commerce last week... Junior guard Kathryn Odom splashed in



a season-high 10 points including a pair of 3-pointers Saturday against Texas A&M-Commerce... Odom has scored 15 of her 16 points this season in her last three outings... Senior forward Andrea Carter notched her ninth double-double of the season Wednesday night against Tarleton State... Carter sports averages of 14.9 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.1 steals a game over her last 10 outings while shooting 54.5 percent from the field... With 1,365 career points, Carter needs 32 points to pass Lounette Adkins (1,395 points 1978-79, 80-81, 93-95) and Kirsti Degelia (1,396 from 2010-14) to move into sixth place on MSU’s all-time scoring list... Sophomore forward Jennifer Sissel erupted for a season-high six points -- all in the first half -- Wednesday against Tarleton State... Senior forward Taylor Dowd scored 12 points in 12 minutes Saturday against Texas A&M-Commerce. It was her third double-figure scoring performance of the season... Senior guard Shatoia Gober scored eight points and matched a season-high with seven assists Wednesday against Tarleton State... Gober shot 6-for-7 from the floor to finish with 13 points and six rebounds Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce... Senior forward Shambreka Jones blocked four shots last week and now has 44 blocked shots this season which as the fifth most in program history behind Rulinda Vogtsberger (56 blocks/1979-80), Monica Miller (49 blocks/1994-95), Dorcas Perkins (46 blocks/2003-04) and Jel-Ani Armstrong (46 blocks/2003-04)... Senior guard Dianna Jones failed to score in double figures for the first time since the season opener Saturday at Texas A&M-Commerce, but did dish out seven assists... Jones needs three assists to move past Lisa Meurer (339 assists from 1977-81) into fourth place on the program’s all-time assists list...

Tarleton State Tarleton State dropped both games last week to Midwestern State and Cameron. The TexAnns will host Angelo State at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday night in Wisdom Gym.

Texas A&M-Commerce 0-2 last week.

Texas A&M-Kingsville Texas A&M-Kingsville dropped to 0-20 and 0-10 in the LSC with two losses this week to Eastern New Mexico and West Texas A&M. The Javelinas have the third longest losing streak in Division II behind Salem International (36 games) and San Francisco State (24 games). TAMUK lost 57-53 at home to the Zias and fell 81-57 on the road against the Lady Buffs. Micah Weaver lead the team with 16.0 ppg and 50.0 field goal percentage. Lauren Jay grabbed 7.0 rpg. Demmee Rodriguez came off the bench at WT to record a career game with six points and four steals. This week the Blue and Gold travel to face Texas Woman’s on Wednesday and then Texas A&M-Commerce Thursday night. Javelinas close the week by hosting Tarleton State on Valentine’s Day.

Texas Woman’s The TWU basketball team is 12-10 on the season and 5-6 in the Lone Star Conference. The Pioneers played just one game and suffered a 67-65 loss at Cameron. TWU made a furious rally in the final minutes to erase a 13-point deficit, but ultimately fell short by two points. Trailing 65-52 with 4:30 left in the game, the Pioneers went on a 13-1 run in a span of four minutes and had a chance to take the lead with three seconds left but missed the go ahead lay-up. Senior Toree Mason came off the Pioneers bench and scored a team-best 14 points on 5-for-10 shooting including

4-for-6 from the three-point range. Sophomore Emily Spector added 13 points while sophomore Erin Maxwell chipped in nine for TWU. Sophomore Deja Pointer also added eight points for the Pioneers. On the season Spector is the team leader in points (11.8 ppg) and rebounds (6.3 rpg) while sophomore Kenesha Saygo is second in scoring with 10.8 points per game. Maxwell has a team-best 39 blocks and second in rebounding (6.0 rpg). Saygo has handed out 55 assists to lead the Pioneers while senior Ashley Salazar has 49 steals.

West Texas A&M The West Texas A&M women’s basketball team ran its winning streak to nine games matching its season-best winning streak with wins at Angelo State and at home against Texas A&M-Kingsville...The Lady Buffs averaged 74 points for the week and allowed just 53.5 as WT held its second and third consecutive opponents to under 60 points...WT shot .445 for the week and .805 from the line, while pulling down an average of 43 rebounds per game...The defense held the opponents to .373 shooting and .190 from beyond the arc, while allowing just 28 rebounds per game...WT forced 40 turnovers for the week and had 24 steals, while dishing out 34 assists...Senior Chontiquah White tallied her seventh double-double of the season with 16 point and 13 rebounds at Angelo State and just missed her eighth double-double with 20 points and nine rebounds against TAMUK...WT head coach Mark Kellogg won his 50th game at the helm of the program on Saturday becoming the fastest coach in school history to 50 wins (50-5)...Former head coach Krista Gerlich needed 59 games to hit 50 wins...WT’s nine game winning streak matches their season-best and ironically the next opponent for the Lady Buffs each time is Midwestern State...MSU downed WT snapping the first nine game winning streak on Jan. 7 in Wichita Falls...WT hosts the Mustangs Wednesday in the First United Bank Center...Junior Zantaya Davis scored a career-high 13 points Saturday against TAMUK...She was 5 of 7 from the field and 3 of 4 from the line coming off the bench in 14 minutes of action.

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