SAN ANGELO – The No. 11/8-ranked Angelo State Rams will be back on display on their home court at 6 p.m. on Saturday when they host Cameron in a Lone Star Conference game at the Junell Center.

The Rams (16-1, 4-0 LSC) rank first in the nation with a 55.5 field-goal percentage and are second by limiting opponents to 37.5 percent from the field. ASU is a program record 11-game winning streak after knocking off No. 23-ranked Midwestern State on Wednesday and is also 11-0 at home this season. The Rams, who are ranked No. 11 by the NABC and No. 8 in the D2SIDA Media Poll, are 22-2 over the past two seasons inside the Junell Center under head coach Chris Beard and associate head coach Cinco Boone.

"Cameron is a very talented team," Beard said. "They have a good combination of returning players and new players with experience from junior college and Division I schools. They are very aggressive offensively. Defensively, Cameron is athletic and has good size in their frontline. Cameron is a difficult team to play against. We have had some great crowds already this season. We appreciate the support. We hope we can continue to build a program with a home court advantage"

Cameron (10-7, 2-3 LSC) is coming off a 78-71 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Wednesday. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak. The Rams went 3-0 against the Aggies last season, including a 64-59 win in the quarterfinals of the Lone Star Conference Championships in Allen.

Angelo State also leads the nation with a 29.4 scoring margin advantage this season and is second with 349 assists and 11th with 171 steals. The combination of stifling defense and offensive prowess has produced 10 games where the Rams have won by 30 or more points and 15 double-digit wins. The only single-digit win came in a nine-point overtime victory over Arkansas Tech. ASU has limited opponents to 35-percent shooting or less in 10 games this season, including limiting the Mustangs to 33.3 percent on Wednesday.

"Good teams are committed to playing well on both sides of the court, on offense and defense," Beard said. "Our team has shown the ability to score and defend but we are still working at being more consistent."

The Rams are averaging 92.6 points per game this season which ranks fifth in the nation and are scoring 87.5 points per conference game. ASU, which is off to the best start in program history, is shooting 40.1 percent on 3-pointers (124 of 309) and own a plus-11 rebounding margin advantage over its opponents.

Angelo State will return to action at 7 p.m. on Wednesday against Texas A&M-Commerce (14-3, 3-1 LSC) at the Junell Center after its game against the Aggies on Saturday. The Lions play at West Texas A&M on Saturday before travelling to San Angelo next week.
 
RAMS IN THE ALL-TIME NATIONAL RANKINGS
In the NABC National Rankings: 15 (No. 14, Jan. 2, 1984; No. 17, Jan. 9, 1984; No. 13, Jan. 16, 1984; No. 15, Jan. 23, 1984; No. 17, Jan. 30, 1984; No. 25, Feb. 26, 2001; No. 25, Jan. 28, 2002; No. 25, Dec. 16, 2008; No. 23, Feb. 24, 2009; No. 22, Dec. 10, 2013; No. 23, Nov. 25, 2014; No. 22, Dec. 27, 2014; No. 19, Jan. 6, 2015; No. 14, Jan. 13, 2015; No. 11, Jan. 20, 2015)
In the D2SIDA Media Poll National Rankings: 5 (No. 16, Dec. 2, 2014, No. 19, Dec. 30, 2014; No. 15, Jan. 6, 2015; No. 10, Jan. 13, 2015; No. 8, Jan. 20, 2015)
 
ANGELO STATE ROSTER REPORT
Demario Mayfield is coming off his seventh double-double of the season after scoring 20 points and pulling down 11 rebounds in the win at Midwestern State on Wednesday. Mayfield, who leads the Rams with 16.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game this season, is also averaging a team-leading 19.3 points per game through the first four Lone Star Conference games of the season. One of only seven players in the nation to record a triple-double this season, Mayfield has scored in double figures in 15 of 17 games this season and has scored 20 or more points in six games this season. Mayfield is second in the LSC with his scoring and rebounding average and is fifth with 69 assists. He scored a season-best 23 points against Colorado Mesa, Western State Colorado and UTPB and established a personal-best with 13 assists against Arlington Baptist and 14 rebounds at McMurry. A senior from Royston, Georgia, Mayfield is averaging 4.1 assists per game and is fifth in the conference with a 52.7 field-goal percentage.

Raijon Kelly is 12th in the nation with a 3.14 assists-to-turnover margin this season and is averaging 11.4 points and 3.9 assists per game this season. Kelly, who is shooting 61.4 percent from the field on 127 shots this season has scored in double figures in the past 10 games, including going for 14 points in the win at Midwestern State and establishing a career-high last Saturday against Eastern New Mexico. A senior from St. Paul, Minnesota, Kelly is 24 of 27 (88.9 percent) from the free-throw line and is 14 of 32 (43.8 percent) on 3-pointers this season. Kelly has one double-double after he had 15 points and 10 assists in an overtime-win over Arkansas Tech earlier in the year. At 3.9 assists per game, Kelly is sixth in the conference. He has started all 17 games this season.

Marsell Holden is second in the LSC and 21st in the nation with 50 3-pointers this season after going 3 of 6 from beyond the arc and scoring 13 points at MSU. A senior from Farrell, Pennsylvania, Holden is shooting 45.0 percent from beyond the arc and has hit three or more 3-pointers in 10 games this season. He is third on the team with 14.4 points per game. He hit a career-best seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points against Arkansas-Monticello. Holden was named the LSC Offensive Player of the Week after the performance. He established a new career-best last Saturday after scoring 26 points against ENMU when he hit five 3-pointers and went 8 of 11 from the field. Along with his 3-point shooting accuracy, Holden is 32 of 38 from the free-throw line this season.

A three-time LSC Defensive Player of the Week, Chris Jones is currently sixth in the nation with 48 steals and is 10th with 2.82 steals per game. Jones, who is second on the team with 14.9 points per game, leads the LSC in steals and also with his 91 assists. A senior from Dallas, Jones is averaging 5.4 assists per game and is coming off an 11-point, three-assist performance against Midwestern State. He has scored in double figures in 15 of 17 games this season, including a season-best 23 points against Western State Colorado and UTPB. He has scored 20 or more points in four games this season and recorded a double-double with 16 points and 12 assists against York College. He is 16th in the nation with a 63.6 field-goal percentage this season and is also pulling down 4.4 rebounds per game for the Rams. His 3.03 assists-to-turnover ratio ranks third in the LSC and 18th in the nation.

Tommy Woolridge is in his second season with the Rams and is averaging 5.1 points per game. A senior from Chicago, Woolridge led ASU with 37 3-pointers as junior and has 15 3-pointers this season. He scored a season-high 14 points after hitting three 3-pointers in a win at West Texas A&M and also had 10 points last Saturday against ENMU. Woolridge, who scored a career-best 32 points last year against Cameron after going 6 of 6 on 3-pointers in Lawton, is also averaging 2.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game as a reserve.

Angelo State has been strong contributions from the junior class which is bolstered by Omari Gudul, Brentine Taylor, Bilal Richardson, Thomas Brandsma and DeQuavious Wagner. Gudul, who is in his second season with the Rams and leads the team with  a 65.1 field-goal percentage, is averaging 7.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He scored eight points in the win at MSU and has scored in double figures in four games this season and leads the team with 13 blocked shots this season. Richardson has started the past five games and is averaging 6.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game this season. A junior from Atlanta, Richardson recorded a double-double with 12 rebounds and 10 points against Arkansas-Monticello and has also provided 10 blocked shots. Taylor, who also a Georgia native along with Richardson and Mayfield, is averaging 5.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game and scored a season-high 13 points at McMurry. Brandsma, who is in his second season with the Rams, transferred to ASU after playing for Beard and Boone at McMurry during his freshman season. Brandsma is averaging 3.2 rebounds and 2.7 rebounds per game. Wagner is averaging 13.7 minutes per game and 4.1 points per game. Wagner is in his first season at ASU after transferring from the University of Arkansas. He is at 31 assists and 15 steals through 17 games this season.
 
CAMERON AGGIES REPORT
The Aggies are coming off a 78-71 win at home over Texas A&M-Kingsville to snap a three-game losing streak which included losses to West Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Commerce and Tarleton State. CU, which has five Texas natives on its roster, played tough against the Texans last Saturday, dropping a 77-74 decision in Oklahoma before taking down the Javelinas for their 10th win of the season under second-year head coach Nate Gamet.

Deondre Ray leads the Aggies this season with 16.1 points per game and is adding 4.6 rebounds per game and has 13 blocked shots. Ray, a junior from Fort Worth, is shooting 52.6 percent (82 of 156) from the field this season and also has 18 assists and 14 steals. Desmond Henry is second on the team with 11.4 points per game and is also pulling down 4.9 rebounds per game. Henry is a senior from Dallas who also has 52 assists and 14 steals, while Jamaal Brantley is averaging 11.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. Brantley is a junior forward from South Carolina who has 12 steals this season.

DJ Jackson leads the Aggies with 74 assists this season and is also providing 7.2 points per game. Jackson, who is a junior transfer from Oral Roberts, has also produced 12 steals for Cameron and is shooting 45.7 percent from the field. Cameron Lee is third on the team with 10.2 points per game and has also produce 29 assists, while Tank Mayberry leads CU with 19 blocked shots and is at 5.4 rebounds per game and Matthew Don is pulling down 5.3 rebounds per game. Mayberry is a 6-foot-10, 300-pound center who is also averaging 4.3 points per game in his senior season. Mayberry is a Corpus Christi native who started his collegiate career at UTSA. Don, a junior from London, England, is averaging 6.0 points per game and has 10 blocked shots.

The Aggies own a 7.3 rebounding margin advantage per game over their opponents and are averaging 4.1 blocked shots per game. Cameron will not have a midweek game after playing the Rams and will host Midwestern State next Saturday in its next game. The Rams and Aggies will meet again on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Aggie Gym in Lawton, Oklahoma.