SAN ANGELO - The Angelo State men's basketball team closes the regular season this Thursday evening in Odessa when they take on UT Permian Basin.
LAST TIME OUT IN RAMS BASKETBALL
The Rams split last weekend as they kicked off their final road trip of the season, dropping their first game to No. 8 DBU 85-73 before ending their weekend on a high note with a 64-47 win over UT Tyler on Saturday afternoon.
Kevon Godwin scored 29 points, a season-high, against DBU, while
Trey Farrer fell just shy of a double-double with 15 points to go with nine rebounds. Farrer led the Rams in scoring against UTT on Saturday, scoring 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting, and
Shemar Smith had ten points. The Rams held the Patriots to 47 points, their best defensive effort of the season.
GODWIN CLIMBS UP CAREER SCORING LIST
Kevon Godwin became the 13th player in program history to score 1,000 points for the Blue and Gold. Godwin currently sits at 1,087 points, ninth in program history. Last weekend, his 38 points saw him pass Laurin Prather (1965-70) and Danny Sponhaltz (1965-68) to enter the program's top ten in all-time scoring. He has also made 161 career threes, the third-most in program history, and is just 19 threes from tying Quay King's program-record 180 threes.
EMBERY-SIMPSON CLOSES ON 1,000 POINTS
Keyshawn Embery-Simpson is at 930 career points, just 70 from joining teammate
Kevon Godwin, who eclipsed the 1,000-point mark earlier this season.
Game 1
Angelo State at UT Permian Basin
Thursday, February 29th - 7:30 p.m.
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The Falcons are 17-10 overall on the season and 12-9 in LSC play; they are 11-3 on their home court this season and are riding a four-game winning streak, which includes a win over No. 8 DBU last Saturday in Dallas.
UTPB scores 79.4 points per game on 46.7 percent shooting from the field and 38.1 percent from three-point range, both of which are the fifth-best marks in the league. They shoot 78.9 percent from the free-throw line, second in the LSC. The Falcons have six players averaging double digits in scoring, led by Alex Matthews' 13.6 points per game. Big man Lathaniel Bastian averages a double-double with 12.8 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.
The Falcons' defense is the third-toughest in the league, only allowing opponents to score 69.3 points per game; they hold opponents to 43.7 percent shooting from the field and 33.5 percent from three. Bastian anchors the defense in the paint with 1.4 blocks per game, while DJ Armstrong and Maison Adeleye each average 1.3 steals per game.
LAST TIME VS. UTPB
The Rams are 17-11 all-time versus the Falcons, with the Rams riding a four-game winning streak. On December 12th, the Rams claimed a 74-65 win behind
Kevon Godwin's 22 points and
Trey Farrer's 12-point, 10-rebound double-double.
LSC TOURNAMENT SEEDING
With the Lone Star Conference Tournament set to tip off next week in Frisco, the Rams are looking to place themselves in the best position to one-up their tournament appearance from a year ago, where they made it to the tournament championship game.
A win for the Rams would see them clinch either the fifth or sixth seed at next week's tournament, depending on other results from across the LSC this weekend. Potential opponents for the Rams to open their time in Frisco include Eastern New Mexico, Lubbock Christian, and St. Edward's.
A loss for the Rams on Thursday would see them clinch the seventh seed at the tournament and set up a rematch with DBU, whom the Rams defeated in the opening round of the tournament last season.
WT has clinched the top seed in Frisco, and DBU has locked down the second seed.
LCU clinches the third seed with a win in either of their games this week versus WT or with one loss from Eastern New Mexico and St. Edward's.
Texas A&M International clinches a spot with a win or a loss by Cameron or UT Permian Basin.
UTPB will be eliminated from contention with a loss Thursday and a Cameron win; however, they will clinch a spot with a win over the Rams and jump the Rams in the standings due to holding the tiebreaker.
RAMS ADD EIGHT
Angelo State brought in eight newcomers in 2023-24, including three from the Division I level and three from Division II.
Everson Armstrong
Freshman * 6-5 * Guard
Wall, Texas * Wall HS
2x District MVP; averaged 13.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals for the Hawks; All-West Texas MVP
Kendrick Delahoussaye
Junior * 6-0 * Guard
Lafayette, La. * Bossier Parrish CC
Averaged 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game last season; shot 84.1 percent from the free-throw line.
DJ Basey
Senior * 6-10 * Forward
Mesquite, Texas * Coastal Carolina
Shot 68.1 percent from the field for the Chanticleers.
Keyshawn Embery-Simpson
Graduate Student * 6-3 * Guard
Midwest City, Okla. * Tulsa
Averaged 5.0 points per game across four seasons at Arkansas and Tulsa; four-star recruit out of IMG Academy.
Trey Farrer
Graduate Student * 6-9 * Forward
St. George, Utah * Westminster (UT)
2022-23 All-RMAC First Team; averaged 17.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game; recorded eight double-doubles for the Griffons.
DJ Freeman
Junior * 6-6 * Forward
Midwest City, Okla.
Oklahoma Baptist
2022-23 All-GAC Honorable Mention; averaged 12.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game last season.
Shemar Smith
Junior * 6-7 * Forward
Norman, Okla. * East Central
All-GAC Honorable Mention in 2021-22; averaged 13.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game for the Tigers.
Carvell Teasett
Junior * 6-1 * Guard
Baton Rouge, La. * Appalachian State
Shot 33 percent from three-point range for the Mountaineers; played first two seasons at Northwestern State in Louisiana, where he averaged 10.5 points per game.
PERSONAL BESTS THIS SEASON
- Twelve Rams have recorded at least one personal best this season.
- Guard Everson Armstrong scored six points against St. Mary's on Jan. 25.
- Forward DJ Basey set a new career-high with four blocks against Western New Mexico on Jan. 4 and tied his career-high of eight rebounds against Oklahoma Christian on Dec. 9; he attempted a career-high 12 field goals and tied his personal best of eight field goals made against ENMU on Jan. 6.
- Forward Chris Boekhorst recorded his first-career assist against Arlington Baptist on Nov. 25; he made two shots against the Patriots, tying a career-high.
- Guard Kendrick Delahoussaye scored 14 points twice, doing so against Arlington Baptist and Lubbock Christian; he grabbed four rebounds versus Eastern New Mexico on Jan. 6 and assisted five times against LCU.
- Guard Keyshawn Embery-Simpson scored a career-high 37 points for the Rams against WNMU on Feb. 3. He has made seven threes twice, doing so against West Liberty and LCU. Embery-Simpson also went 10-of-10 from the charity stripe against WNMU on Feb. 3, a new career high in free throw makes and attempts. He blocked three shots on two occasions.
- Forward Trey Farrer grabbed four steals in the Rams' double-overtime contest against MSU on Jan. 18.
- Forward DJ Freeman tied his personal best with 11 rebounds against UAFS on Dec. 7.
- Guard Kevon Godwin tied his career high with seven assists twice this season, doing so against West Liberty and Eastern New Mexico. He also set a new career-high with seven steals versus Rollins on Dec. 17 and set a new personal best with eight threes made against St. Mary's on Jan. 25.
- Guard Willie Guy scored a career-high 21 points in the Rams' win over WNMU on Feb. 3; he assisted a career-high nine times versus Western New Mexico on Jan. 4. He grabbed eight rebounds against Cameron on Feb. 15.
- Guard Jacob Richardson scored his first bucket against Arlington Baptist on Nov. 25; he also recorded his first career rebound, assist and block. He recorded his first steal versus Rollins on Dec. 17.
- Forward Shemar Smith rejected a pair of shots in the Rams 101-98 win over No. 6 West Liberty on Dec. 18.
- Guard Carvell Teasett grabbed a new personal best of six rebounds in the Rams' win over Eastern New Mexico on Jan. 6.
