SAN ANGELO – Riding a six-game winning streak and amid a stretch where they play five Lone Star Conference games in ten days, the Angelo State men's basketball team makes a quick turnaround from this past weekend to take on rivals UT Permian Basin in Odessa on Tuesday night.
The Rams are 15-3 overall and 11-1 in conference play; it is Angelo State's best start in conference play since the 2014-15 season, which also started LSC play 11-1.
This past weekend against St. Mary's and St. Edward's, the Rams shot 50.4 percent from the field and averaged 80 points per game.
Kevon Godwin led the Rams, averaging 23.5 points per contest. The Florida native shot 69.2 percent from the field, making 18 of his 26 field goal attempts. Godwin was also lights out from deep, making nine of his 11 three-point attempts over the weekend.
Godwin is sixth in the LSC in scoring with 16.9 points per game this season; he also leads the conference with 2.8 threes per game and three-point percentage, shooting 42.1 percent from deep.
Fredelin De La Cruz averaged 13.5 points and seven rebounds over the weekend, while
Devaughn Thomas averaged 10.5 points and blocked a pair of shots.
Steve Webb led the Rams' defense with five steals; the Rams forced the Rattlers and Hilltoppers into 35 combined turnovers while the Rams only committed 20 themselves and tallied 26 assists.
Following this game, the Rams are back home on Thursday and Saturday to host Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico.
SCOUTING THE FALCONS
UT Permian Basin is 10-11 on the season and 4-8 in conference play; they are coming off a weekend in which they lost to St. Mary's and St. Edward's on the road.
The Falcons average 73.1 points per game on 43.7 percent shooting from the floor; they boast four players averaging double figures in scoring, led by Azariah Seay's 17.5 points per game.
Angelo State is 14-11 all-time versus the Falcons; last season, these two teams met three times, with the Rams going 2-1 over the Falcons. In Odessa, the Rams pulled out an 80-78 win over the Falcons in non-conference play.
