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ASU (10-0), which is 4-0 away from San Angelo this season, is on the longest winning streak in program history after earning a 107-91 win over Oklahoma Wesleyan on Tuesday at the Junell Center. The victory also extended the best start to a season in program history and came just hours after the team found out it was ranked No. 22 in this week's NABC Division II Coaches Poll. It was the first time the Rams have been ranked since the 2008-09 season.

Arkansas Tech is 3-2 at home this season and is coming off a 74-73 loss to Missouri Southern on Tuesday. The only common opponent between ASU and ATU is East Central. The Rams earned a 72-62 win in their meeting with the Lions, while the Wonder Boys lost 94-78 at home to ECU.

"Arkansas Tech has been one of the best programs in the country for the last several years, including conference championships and NCAA tournament bids," ASU head coach Chris Beard said. "They are well coached and have talented players. It is another quality game on our schedule to prepare us for conference play."

The Wonder Boys are coached by Doug Karleskint, who played for Beard at Fort Scott Community College from 1999-2000. With Beard as coach and Karleskint playing, FSCC won a school record 19 games and advanced to the Kansas Jayhawk Conference Regional Tournament. Thursday's game marks the first time Beard has coached against a former player who is now a head coach.

Darrick Little leads Arkansas Tech with 13.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game this season, while Willie Rogers is scoring 11.2 points per game with Bobby Hatchett at 10.6. Rogers is also adding 3.8 rebounds with Charles Mells leading the team with 18 blocked shots through the Wonder Boys' first nine games. ATU is scoring 81.3 points per game and is limiting opponents to 72.1 points per game. They are shooting 49 percent from the field and 35 percent on 147 3-point attempts.

The Wonder Boys have six Texas players on their roster: Rogers (Houston), Clarence Willard (Lubbock), Tyler Friedel (Victoria), Little (Cedar Hill), Clarke Overlander (Argyle) and Hunter Holder (Nacogdoches). They have made the NCAA Division II postseason the past five seasons and have won the Great American Conference regular-season title the last two years.

The Rams have established the best start in program history by shooting 53 percent from the field (11th best in the nation) and limiting opponents to 38 percent (6th best). The 10-game winning streak surpassed the previous program records of nine-game streaks in the 1987-88 and 2000-01 seasons. ASU shot 61.9 percent from the field on Tuesday, including hitting 21 of 29 shots (72.4 percent) in the second half. ASU is 6-0 against NCAA Division II opponents this season and 4-0 against NAIA opponents. The Rams are 3-0 against Great American Conference opponents with wins over East Central (72-62), Southwestern Oklahoma State (67-65) and UAFS (71-69).

Kenny Williams went for 23 points and nine rebounds on Tuesday against OKWU after he recorded his fifth double-double of the season last Friday against UAFS with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Williams is 11th in the nation with his five double-doubles and has the most in the Lone Star Conference. He is averaging 18.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game and is tied with Daniel Skinner for the team lead with 10 blocked shots this season. Williams was named the Lone Star Conference's Offensive Player of the Week after the first weekend of action for his production in Weatherford, Okla. where he scored his season-high 28 points against East Central in the season-opener and the LSC Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday following his performance last week against UAFS. His 13 rebounds and five assists against UAFS established season-highs in both categories for the senior from St. Louis, Mo.

Daniel Skinner comes into Thursday's game averaging 11.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per game for the Rams. The junior has also contributed 11 steals, 10 blocks and 28 assists in his first season at ASU after transferring from Jacksonville College. Skinner is coming off a 14-point outing against OKWU where he also had five assists and two blocks. He has scored in double-digits six times this season with a season-high coming in a 17-point, 10-rebound game against York College.

Bryan Hammond is third on the team with 10.4 points per game and leads the Rams with 47 assists through the first nine games of the season. He scored a season-high 19 points against Western New Mexico and has scored in double-digits four times this season. He has five games of five or more assists, including a season-high eight assists against McMurry at home on Dec. 3. He scored 16 points and had three assists on Tuesday against OKWU.

Chris Talkington has scored in double-digits the past three games, scoring 12 points against OKWU and McMurry bookended between scoring 10 last Friday against UAFS. Talkington is averaging 4.5 points and 1.3 rebounds per game and is shooting 8 of 20 from beyond the arc. He averaged over 10 points per game last season as a junior after transferring from Nichols State along with Hammond.

Tommy Woolridge hit the game-winner in the Rams' second game of the season against Southwestern Oklahoma and continues to hit big shots for ASU. Woolridge scored 16 points last Friday against UAFS and had four assists on Tuesday against OKWU. Woolridge is a junior in his first season at ASU and is shooting 10 of 30 (33 percent) on 3-pointers this season and has also added 20 assists, 12 steals and 17 rebounds.

The Rams have a deep team with 15 players having game action this season and seeing 12 score on Tuesday against OKWU. Reggie Sutton scored seven points in the Tuesday night win and is averaging 5.6 points off the bench, while Chantz Chambers scored 12 points in a reserve role and is averaging 5.9 points per game. Omari Gudul has started nine of 10 games and is averaging 5.3 points and 4.4 rebounds in his sophomore season.

UP NEXT: The Rams will stay in Arkansas following the Thursday night game to play at 1 p.m. on Saturday against Arkansas-Monticello (7-2) in Monticello, Ark., for their final game of the 2013 calendar year before taking a 13-day break.

UAM is on a five-game winning streak following a 102-89 win over Philander Smith College on Tuesday and are 5-1 in Monticello this season. Brandon Wilson leads the Weevils with 17.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, while Jared Harrison is scoring 11.2 points per game with Dayon Mickens at 10.2 and Brandon Sims at 10. UAM is outscoring its opponents 79-66 this season and is shooting 50 percent from the field and 37 percent on 132 3-point attempts.
 
An exhibition game on Jan. 4 at UTEP will end the break and then a game in Stephenville against Tarleton State on Wednesday, Jan. 8 will start Lone Star Conference play for the Rams. ASU will return home for the first time on Jan. 11 against Texas A&M-Commerce at the Junell Center.