SAN ANGELO – The No. 10/9-ranked Angelo State Rams will return to action at 6 p.m. on Saturday against Cameron in a Lone Star Conference basketball game at the Aggie Gym in Lawton, Oklahoma.

The Rams (23-2, 10-1 LSC) established a new program record with their 23rd win of the season after earning a 78-59 victory over Midwestern State on Wednesday, while the Aggies (11-13, 3-9 LSC) are coming off a 72-67 loss at Texas A&M-Kingsville. ASU is 1-0 against CU this season after taking a 75-57 win on Jan. 24 at the Junell Center. The Rams are 7-2 away from San Angelo this season, while the Aggies own a 7-5 record on their home court.

Angelo State leads the nation with a 53.6 field-goal percentage and a 25.2 scoring margin advantage, while the Rams are third by limiting opponents to a 38.0 field-goal percentage and are fifth with 18.6 assists per game. ASU is also sixth in assists-to-turnover ratio (1.50), total assists (466) and are eighth with an 8.8 rebounding margin advantage. The Rams lead the LSC in assist-to-turnover ratio, assists per game, fewest turnovers (307), field-goal percentage, field-goal percentage defense, scoring margin, scoring offense (87.6), steals per game (8.8), total assists, total steals (221), turnover margin (4.3) and turnovers per game (12.3).

Angelo State is 42-11 over the past two seasons under the leadership of head coach Chris Beard and associate head coach Cinco Boone, including an 18-7 record in LSC play. ASU has won the previous four meetings against CU, including sweeping last year's regular-season meetings and then earning a 64-59 win in the Lone Star Conference Championship quarterfinals in Allen. The 23 wins surpassed the previous single-season marks which was accomplished during the 1983-84, 1987-88, 2000-01 and 2008-09 seasons.

The Rams have recorded 21 double-digit wins this season with their only single-digit wins coming by nine points against Arkansas Tech and West Texas A&M. ASU has held its opponents below 40 percent shooting in 15 games this season and has shot over 50 percent in 19 games. The combined score for all 25 games this season is at 2,191-1,561 in favor of the Rams.  

ASU has three games remaining on its regular-season schedule with its game against CU on Saturday and then another road test on Wednesday at Texas A&M-Commerce before hosting Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Junell Center in the regular-season finale. The Rams currently lead the LSC standings over Tarleton State (10-2 LSC) by one game. The Texans will finish off their conference schedule with home games against ENMU on Saturday and then their season finale next Saturday against A&M-Commerce at Wisdom Gym. ASU is in control of its own destiny for a LSC regular-season championship. It would be the first title earned by the program since the 2000-01 team won the LSC South Championship.  
 
Most Wins in Program History Reached

23-2     (Current)
22-7     (1983-84)
22-11   (1987-88)
22-8     (2000-01)
20-9     (2008-09)
 
Longest Program Winning Streak Obtained
16        2014-15
10        2013-14
9          1986-87

Angelo State Program Records Within Sight

Scoring Average

1. Current            87.6 ppg.
2. 1967-68           87.6
3. 1993-94           86.0
4. 1971-72           85.3
5. 1974-75           84.3
6. 1965-66           82.7

Field-Goal Percentage

1. Current            .536
2. 1987-88           .527
3. 1983-84           .506
4. 1976-77           .492
5. 1974-75           .491
6. 1993-94           .489
7. 2013-14           .464

Total Points

1. 2,693               1987-88
2. 2,596               1984-85
3. 2,474               2000-01
4. 2,398               2001-02
5. 2,323               1993-94
6. 2,191               Current

3-point Field-Goal Percentage

1. .417                 1989-90
2. .392                 Current
3. .379                 1990-91
4. .378                 1992-93

RAMS IN THE ALL-TIME NATIONAL RANKINGS
In the NABC National Rankings: 19 (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; No. 8, Jan. 27, 2015; No. 7, Feb. 3, 2015; No. 4, Feb. 10, 2015; No. 10, Feb. 17, 2015)
In the D2SIDA Media Poll National Rankings: 8 (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; No. 6, Feb. 3, 2015; No. 4, Feb. 10, 2015; No. 9, Feb. 17, 2015)
 
Angelo State In-Season Awards
LSC Defensive Player of the Week . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Jones (11.18.2014)
LSC Offensive Player of the Week. . . . . . . . Demario Mayfield (12.1.2014)
LSC Offensive Player of the Week. . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Jones (12.8.2014)
LSC Offensive Player of the Week. . . . . . . . . Marsell Holden (12.22/2014)
LSC Defensive Player of the Week . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Jones (1.6.2015)
LSC Defensive Player of the Week . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Jones (1.12.2015)
LSC Defensive Player of the Week . . . . . . . Demario Mayfield (1.26.2015)
LSC Offensive Player of the Week. . . . . . . . Demario Mayfield (2.09.2015)
 
ANGELO STATE RAM ROSTER REPORT
Demario Mayfield leads the Rams this season with 16.4 points and 8.2 rebounds and is second in the conference in rebounding and fifth in scoring. He matched his career-best in scoring on Wednesday with 23 points and also added seven assists and eight rebounds against Midwestern State. Mayfield, who is one of only 11 players in the nation on the only one in the LSC to record a triple-double this season, has 10 double-doubles after going for 12 points and 13 rebounds last Wednesday at Tarleton State. A senior from Royston, Georgia, he has scored in double digits in 23 of 25 games with a season-best 23 points coming in games against Colorado Mesa, Western State Colorado, Texas-Permian Basin and now Midwestern. He had his triple-double against Arlington Baptist when he went for 14 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds. Mayfield is averaging 17.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per LSC game. He had 10 points and seven rebounds against the Aggies in the first meeting of the season between the two teams at the Junell Center.

Chris Jones is a three-time LSC Defensive Player of the Week recipient and has been named the LSC Offensive Player of the Week once this year. He leads the conference with 124 assists and 62 steals and is averaging 15.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. He is averaging 5.0 assists per game, including a season-best 12 assists against York College. A senior from Dallas, Jones scored a season-best 25 points in a home win over West Texas A&M and has scored in double digits in 23 of 25 games this season. He has also recorded four or more assists in 19 games this season, including having four assists and 13 points in the win over MSU on Wednesday. Jones, who is 14th in the nation with a 61.5 field-goal percentage, had 18 points and four assists in the first game against Cameron. His 62 steals matches Darwin Carter (62, 2000-01) for second all-time in a single-season and is only behind James Gray (81, 2000-01).

Marsell Holden is third on the team and 10th in the conference with 13.9 points per game. Holden is second in the LSC with 71 3-pointers this season and has made three or more 3-pointers in 15 games. Holden was named the LSC Offensive Player of the Week after hitting seven 3-pointers in a game against Arkansas-Monticello and scored a career-best 26 points against ENMU. The 26 points are the most points in a game by a Ram this season. Raijon Kelly is fourth on the team in scoring and is 27th in the nation with a 2.4 assists-to-turnover ratio. Kelly is averaging 10.5 points per game and is shooting 56.7 percent from the field. A senior from Minnesota, Kelly scored 12 points and had three assists in the win over Midwestern State on Wednesday. He had seven points and three assists in the first game of the season against Cameron. Kelly leads ASU by shooting 89.5 percent from the free-throw line (34 of 38) and has 83 assists (3.3 per) and 24 steals. He had a career-high 22 points against Eastern New Mexico after shooting 7-for-7 from the field and has scored in double digits in 14 games this season.

Omari Gudul leads the Rams with 19 blocked shots this season and is also averaging 7.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. Gudul, who is a junior from the Congo, is in his second season with the Rams after playing his freshman season at Ranger College. He scored 11 points and had three assists on Wednesday against MSU and has scored in double digits in eight games this season. One of those double-digit performances came in the first meeting against CU when he had 12 points on a 3-for-4 shooting performance and he also had six rebounds. He has started the past three games and has started 41 games in his two seasons at ASU. Bilal Richardson is second on the team with 17 blocked shots and is averaging 4.9 points and 3.7 rebounds, while Brentine Taylor is averaging 5.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. Richardson and Taylor are both Georgia natives in their junior seasons at ASU. Richardson scored a season-best 15 points against York College and had a double-double with 12 rebounds and 10 points against Arkansas-Monticello earlier this season. Taylor is coming off a night where he scored seven points and had five rebounds against Midwestern State.   

Tommy Woolridge is adding 4.8 points per game this season and has hit 21 3-pointers. A senior from Chicago, Woolridge has 58 3-pointers in his career after leading ASU with 37 last season. He had a career-best 32 points after making six 3-pointers last season at Cameron and was named the LSC Offensive Player of the Week after the performance. He scored 11 points last Saturday against S.D. School of Mines after hitting three 3-pointers and had a season-best 14 points at West Texas A&M. DeQuavious Wagner is adding 3.8 points per game and has 37 assists, while Thomas Brandsma is averaging 2.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. Woolridge, Wagner and Brandsma have played in all 25 games as key reserves for the Rams.
 
CAMERON AGGIE REPORT
The Aggies (11-13, 3-9 LSC) are coming off a pair of losses to West Texas A&M and Texas A&M-Kingsville and are 2-9 in their last 11 games. CU is 7-5 at the Aggie Gym this season, including LSC wins over the Javelinas and ENMU. They are coming off a 72-67 loss at Kingsville on Wednesday.

Deondre Ray (13.5 ppg.) and Desmond Henry (13.1 ppg.) lead the Aggies in scoring this season, while DJ Jackson lead the team with 90 assists and is also scoring 6.8 points per game. Henry and Jamaal Brantley each had 12 points and six rebounds against the Rams in the first meeting of the season with Cameron Lee adding nine points. Brantley is averaging 11.3 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for CU, while Lee is at 10.0 points per game and has 33 assists. Henry also leads the team with 5.0 rebounds and has 84 assists.

The Aggies are shooting 48.8 percent from the field this season, but were limited to 41.7 percent by the Rams. CU shot 4-for-15 on its 3-pointers in the game at the Junell Center and also committed 27 turnovers while the Rams committed only 15 turnovers. The 27 turnovers-forced by the Rams are the second most this season behind only the 30 turnovers committed by Oklahoma Panhandle State.  

Cameron will have only one more game in the regular-season after playing the Rams when they travel to Wichita Falls to play at Midwestern State next Saturday. The Aggies are currently tied for sixth in the conference standings with Kingsville.