SAN ANGELO – Owners of an impressive 34.2 point scoring margin advantage and four straight wins to start the season, the Angelo State basketball team will conclude a five-game home stand with a 7 p.m. game against Oklahoma Wesleyan on Tuesday at the Junell Center.

The Rams (4-0) are averaging 93.8 points per game this season and have limited their opponents to 59.5 points per game. ASU is coming off an 88-79 overtime win over Arkansas Tech last Saturday and is shooting 51.9 percent from the field. Oklahoma Wesleyan (3-7), which is an NAIA program from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, went 25-10 last season and the MCAC championship and qualified for the NAIA National Tournament. Angelo State earned a 107-91 win over OKWSU last season on Dec. 17, 2013 at the Junell Center.  

ASU enjoys an 86-43 turnover advantage this season, including taking away possession with 48 steals through four games. The Rams are also averaging 19.5 assists per game and racing out to big leads with a 202-100 first-half combined scoring margin this season. The team's 34.2 scoring margin ranks second in the nation behind only Chowan which has a 46-point scoring margin early in the season. ASU is also in the national top-10 with 12.0 steals per game which ranks eighth and is fourth by limiting opponents to 33.6 percent shooting.
 
Quotes – Chris Beard, Angelo State head coach
On playing against Oklahoma Wesleyan on Tuesday at the Junell Center:
"We have a lot of respect for their program. They came in here last year and gave us all we could handle. We were down at halftime. They have some really good talent and a good coach and were able to beat Midwestern State last year a night after we beat them here at the Junell. They have our full attention and we are going to prepare the best we can and will be ready to play against a quality opponent."

On the overtime win against Arkansas Tech last Saturday:
"I never saw any panic in their eyes and we knew that we just had to keep chipping away. We had some really good defensive positions, but Arkansas Tech was able to hit some dagger shots. I was proud of how we responded. We had to make two really big plays at the end of regulation with a defensive stop and a basket, which we did. In the overtime I thought we played about as well as we have all year."
 
RAM ROSTER REPORT
Demario Mayfield enters the fifth game of the season leading the Rams with 15 points per game after scoring 22 points in ASU's overtime win over Arkansas Tech. Mayfield has scored in double-figures in three of four games this season, including going for 15 points in the season opener and 14 against McMurry. His lone game in single-digits came with nine points against Texas A&M International when he played only 15 minutes as the Rams cruised to an 86-51 win. Mayfield is also leading the team with 6.0 rebounds per game, including a season-best 11 points in a double-double against McMurry. He also has six steals and 11 assists in four games and has made 16 of 20 free throws.

Chris Jones leads the Rams with 15 steals and also has 19 assists for the Rams. The 15 steals ranks fifth in the nation and leads teh conference. Last week's LSC Defensive Player of the Week, Jones is averaging 11 points per game after scoring a season-high 13 points in the overtime win over Tech. He has scored in double-digits in three of four games, with 11 points against Oklahoma Panhandle in the opener and 12 points against McMurry. He has recorded three games with four steals and had a season-best eight assists in the win over McMurry. Marsell Holden is third on the team with 10.8 points per game and Raijon Kelly is fourth with 10.3 points per game. Holden scored a season-high 18 points in the win over Texas A&M International and also had 14 points against McMurry. He is coming off a 9-point game against Arkansas Tech where he also had two assists. Kelly has scored in double-figures the past two games after scoring a season-best 15 points with nine assists against Arkansas Tech after going for 13 points in the 56-point win over McMurry last Tuesday. Kelly is averaging 3.5 rebounds per game and is shooting 58 percent from the field on 29 shot attempts this season.

Omari Gudul is fifth on the team with 8.5 points per game and is also averaging 3.8 rebounds per game. A junior forward in his second season at ASU, Gudul has two 9-point games and two 8-point games this season. He is coming off an 8-point, 3-rebound performance against the Wonder Boys on Saturday and has started each game this season. Bilal Richardson and DeQuavious Wagner are both averaging 6.5 points per game, while Kyle Vasher is at 6.0 points per game and Brentine Taylor is averaging 5.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game to start of their first seasons at ASU. Dakota Rawls, back from an injury that sidelined him throughout last season, is averaging 4.0 points per game and leads the team by shooting 66 percent from beyond the arc. Taylor scored a season-high 10 points and also grabbed five rebounds in the win over Texas A&M International, while Wagner is coming off scoring six points against Arkansas Tech. Richardson scored 10 points in the season opener and secured six rebounds against TAMIU, while Vasher has scored in double-figures twice this season with 12 points against OPSU and 10 points against McMurry.

UP NEXT: The Rams will make their first road trip of the season this weekend when they travel to play in the Colorado Mesa Thanksgiving Classic in Grand Junction, Colorado. ASU will play Colorado Mesa at 8 p.m. on Friday before playing at 4 p.m. on Saturday against Western State Colorado at the Brownson Arena. The Rams will also play at 6 p.m. on Monday against Western New Mexico in Silver City, New Mexico before returning to San Angelo.