The fourth-ranked West Texas A&M Buffs fought arduous for a 96-91 victory to open a two-game collection in opposition to Lubbock Christian on the street Thursday. The Chaps got here to Canyon and left with a surprising 72-67 victory in opposition to the Buffs to shut out the common season on Saturday afternoon.
The Buffs suffered their first loss at dwelling since November, however the excellent news is that WTAMU has already clinched the Lone Star Convention common season title and would be the No. 1 seed on this weekend's LSC event.
The Buffs end the common season at 26-3 general and 20-2 in league play. WTAMU will now get the Cameron Eight on Thursday at 6pm on the Comerica Heart in Frisco.
A career-high 39 factors from Larry Clever powered No. 4 West Texas A&M males's basketball previous Lone Star Convention rival Lubbock Christian, 96-91.
Clever's scoring moved the senior into sixth all-time in scoring with 1,578 factors. Along with the profession excessive, Clever turns into the seventh participant in WT historical past to attain 39 or extra factors, tying Simmie Hill for seventh in single-game factors.
The Three Buffs reached double figures in scoring Thursday night time, highlighted by a game-high 39 from Larry Clever. Ryland Holt (20) and Kieran Elliott (19) additionally completed their night time in double figures. Holt and Ahamed Mohammed every had eight rebounds, whereas Zach Toussaint had three assists.
The second half comeback was not sufficient, WTAMU misplaced its ultimate common season recreation to Lubbock Christian 72-67.
4 Buffs reached double figures in scoring Saturday afternoon, led by a team-high 17 from Zach Toussaint. Kieran Elliott (16), Ryland Holt (13) and Ahamed Mohammed (10) additionally completed their night time in double figures. Holt pulled down a game-high 9 rebounds with a block and 4 steals, whereas Mohammed dished out 4 assists.
The Buffs are actually targeted on searching for a seventh straight Lone Star Convention Match title.
LSC Males's Basketball Championship
Friday to Sunday
at Commerce Heart, Frisco
Thursday's quarterfinals
No. 3 Lubbock Christian (21-9) vs. No. 6 St. Edward's (21-10), midday
No. 2 Dallas Baptist (24-4) vs. No. 7 Texas A&M-Worldwide (17-11), 2:30 p.m
No. 1 West Texas A&M (26-3) vs. No. 8 Cameron (17-11), 6 p.m
No. 4 Jap New Mexico (19-9) vs. Angelo State (19-9), 8:30 p.m
Saturday's semi-finals
Winner of LCU-SEU vs. DBU-TAMI winner, midday
Winner of WTAMU-Cameron vs. ENMU-ASU winner, 2:30 p.m
Sunday Championship
1 within the afternoon
