SAN ANGELO, Texas – The No.15 Angelo State men's basketball team travels to Portales, New Mexico, to take on the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds on Saturday, Jan 16 at 5 p.m. CST.

The Rams are currently sitting at 13-2, 1-2 LSC and is fresh of its first Lone Star Conference win of the 2015-16 season. Angelo State will be facing a 4-11 Greyhound team that will be seeking to gain its first conference win as they sit at 0-3 in the LSC. ENMU lost its last match-up to Texas A&M – Kingsville, 74-61. The Rams took both games against the Greyhounds last season and lead the all-time series 36-35.  

"The moral is good and it was good to get the monkey off of our back with that last win," said ASU Men's Basketball Head Coach Cinco Boone. "This conference is one of the top in the country and every game will be a challenge. We have had two really good days of practice and we also got them up early this morning to get another one in before we hit the road.  We haven't yet played two really good halves of basketball and have had a slow start in the last three games. We have played a lot better second halves so hopefully we can put together some back to back halves and get back to our winning ways."

The high scoring offense has maintained its top 10 national ranking as they are No. 8 in scoring offense and scoring margin, as well as No. 9 in free throws made. The Rams 92.2 points per game and its .759 free throw  percentage are tops in the LSC, while its average scoring margin of 16.5 checks in at second in the conference. ASU's 17.13 assists per game also leads the LSC.

Angelo State will turn to offensive leaders Tre Bennett and Stedman Allen to lead the scoring once again. Bennett is the team leader in points scored per game averaging 16.6. His .369 shooting percent from beyond the arc, .872 free throw percentage and 4.5 assist per game are all team highs. The senior has knocked down double-figure points in the past six consecutive games. On the defensive side of the court his 18 total steals on the season is averaging him a team second 1.2 steals per game.

Allen will be entering Saturday's match up second on the squad with an average of 16.4 points per game. The New Yorker is also on a six game streak of recording double-digit points and is one of four players on the team to have recorded multiple double-doubles. He is shooting .712 percent from the charity stripe and has a stellar .553 shooting percentage from the field which leads the team.

Also supporting the offensive efforts will be Shelton Boykin and Quay King. Boykin's 14.4 points is third on the squad. He is boasting a .485 clip from field goal range, a .737 clip from the free throw line along with two double-doubles on the year, the junior is pulling down an average of 6.4 boards per game. His 21 steals on the season, which averages him 1.6 per game, leads the defense. King's performance from 3 –point range this season has been solid this season with a .330 shooting percentage. He is currently riding a six game streak of hitting multiple 3-point shots.

Omari Gudul, Thomas Tshikaya and Shaquan Rhoades will head up the Rams defense against the Greyhounds. Gudul leads the team with 8.4 rebounds per game and 33 total blocks on the season at an average of 2.2 blocks per game. The veteran has 10 multiple block games and nine games with at least 8 rebounds.  He is averaging 9.0 points per game and has tallied three double-doubles on the season.  Tshikaya follows closely behind with an average of 6.2 boards per game and 17 blocks on the season. Rhoades, who earned his first start of the 2016 season in the last game, capitalized  pocketing a career high six steals. He has a total of 15 steal on the season and will look to continue his stellar contibutuion to the teams defensive efforts. 

Saturday's game will be broadcasted on 1260AM KKSA with Jeremy Bryant on the call.