LSC Roundup 2-28

Men’s Basketball: Bracket set for LSC championship
RICHARDSON, Texas – The men's bracket for the Lone Star Conference Championship March 3-6 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was decided Saturday night as the league's basketball teams finished up the regular season.
The top four teams from each division have advanced to the LSC Championship and the postseason begins with first-round games on Thursday, March 3.
All the championship games will be aired live via internet video streaming here. The webcasts are available free of charge. Each webcast includes both video and audio, with viewers needing only a computer with a high-speed DSL or cable modem connection to the internet. Veteran broadcaster Chris Needham has the call for all the games.
Here's a look at the schedule for next week's men's tournament:

Thursday, March 3 - Bruin Field House, Bartlesville, Okla.
SESSION THREE:
Game 5: Men’s Quarterfinal, West Texas A&M vs. Cameron, Noon
Game 6: Men’s Quarterfinal, Central Oklahoma vs. Eastern New Mexico, 2:30 pm
SESSION FOUR:
Game 7: Men’s Quarterfinal, Texas A&M-Commerce vs. Midwestern State, 6 pm
Game 8: Men’s Quarterfinal, Tarleton State vs. Southwestern Oklahoma, 8:30 pm

Saturday, March 5 - Bruin Field House, Bartlesville, Okla.
SESSION SIX:
Game 11: Men’s Semifinal, Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, Noon
Game 12: Men’s Semifinal, Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 2:30 pm

Sunday, March 6 - Bruin Field House, Bartlesville, Okla.
SESSION EIGHT:
Game 14: Men’s Championship, Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 1 pm

Women’s Basketball: Field set for LSC Championship
RICHARDSON, Texas – The women's field for the Lone Star Conference Championship March 2-5 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was finalized Saturday night as the league's basketball teams wrapped up the regular season.
The top four teams from each division have advanced to the LSC Championship Tournament and the postseason begins with first-round games on Wednesday, March 2.
All the championship games will be aired live via internet video streaming here. The webcasts are available free of charge. Each webcast includes both video and audio, with viewers needing only a computer with a high-speed DSL or cable modem connection to the internet. Veteran broadcaster Chris Needham has the call for all the games.
Here's a look at the schedule for next week's women's tournament:

Wednesday, March 2 - Bruin Field House, Bartlesville, Okla.
SESSION ONE:
Game 1: Women’s Quarterfinal, Central Oklahoma vs. Angelo State, Noon
Game 2: Women’s Quarterfinal, Tarleton State vs. Southeastern Okla., 2:30 pm
SESSION TWO:
Game 3: Women’s Quarterfinal, West Texas A&M vs. Texas Woman’s, 6 pm
Game 4: Women’s Quarterfinal, Northeastern State vs. Abilene Christian, 8:30 pm

Friday, March 4 - Bruin Field House, Bartlesville, Okla.
SESSION FIVE:
Game 9: Women’s Semifinal, Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6 pm
Game 10: Women’s Semifinal, Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 8:30 pm

Saturday, March 5 - Bruin Field House, Bartlesville, Okla.
SESSION SEVEN:
Game 13: Women’s Championship, Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, 7 pm

Kings of the South
Tarleton defense stymies Angelo State in LSC South finale
By BRAD KEITH
Sports Editor
brad.keith@empiretribune.com

No. 20 Tarleton State (22-4, 13-1) won the South Division of the Lone Star Conference by playing the best defense of any NCAA Division II team in the country. he Texans flexed that defensive muscle once more in their regular-season finale, holding Angelo State (11-15, 7-7) to 30 points below its season scoring average and eliminating the Rams from attending next week's LSC Championship in a 58-44 victory at Stephens Arena inside the Junnel Center in San Angelo Saturday.

ASU did not hit a second-half field goal until 7:46 remained in the game, and finished with only five field goals in the half and 14 for the contest. The Rams shot just 33.3 percent from the floor. ASU joined the rest of the South in being stymied by a Tarleton defense that allowed 70 or more points in only one divisional game. The Texans held league opponents to less than 60 points 10 times in 14 contests.

"We have a lot of pride in our defense and have built a tradition of being strong on that end of the court," said Tarleton head coach Lonn Reisman, whose club won its ninth straight Saturday. "But I don't know if we've ever strung together a run of defensive performances like this in my entire career."

The Texans stretched their lead from five at the break to 16 by the time eight minutes remained, scoring 15 of the first 19 points over the opening 12 minutes of the second half. ASU's second-half scoring consisted only of four free throws until the Rams finally hit a layup with less than eight minutes left in the game. Corin Henry had 12 points to lead Tarleton. He also had three each in the rebound, assist and steal categories. The senior point guard continued his strong defensive play, breaking the Texans' single-season record by taking a charge for the 39th time.

The Texans also picked up nine points from Nick Mosley and eight each from Carrington Tankson and Devon Hills. Hills also had eight rebounds and Wes Dipprey grabbed seven while scoring seven points.
ASU was led by Richard Thomas with 16 points and Steven Moore with 12. Tarleton, ranked No. 4 in the South Central Region, won a divisional title for the fifth time since joining the LSC and opens LSC Championship action against Southwestern Oklahoma State in the late game Thursday night.

SWOSU defeated the Texans 76-63 in Weatherford, Okla. back on Dec. 7. The Texans are 18-2 since that loss. After Thursday's quarterfinals, men's teams will move on to semifinal action on Saturday before the championship game next Sunday, all at Bruin Fieldhouse in Bartlesville, Okla.

Perfection Denied
Angelo State stuns No. 16 TexAnns in regular-season finale

By BRAD KEITH
Sports Editor
brad.keith@empiretribune.com

No. 16 Tarleton State was already the outright champion in the South Division of the Lone Star Conference, but the TexAnns missed out on a shot at LSC and school history Saturday night. Tarleton's 13-game win streak was snapped by at Angelo State, preventing the TexAnns from becoming just the second team to go undefeated in South Division play. West Texas A&M's 2006-07 team remains the only club to accomplish that feat.

Camille Perkins poured in 25 points, Paige Weishuhn added 22 and the Rambelles shot 63.8 percent in the second half to upset the TexAnns 70-57 at Stephens Arena inside the Junnel Center in San Angelo.

"I think they were motivated and we weren't," said Tarleton head coach Ronnie Hearne. "I think we've been celebrating our division championship too long. Hopefully this wakes us up and we'll be ready when the conference tournament starts on Wednesday. "I give them the credit," added Hearne. "They were motivated, they played hard and they played smart. They outplayed us."

The TexAnns never led after falling behind by seven in the first half. They rallied to trail by just two - 25-23 - at the break, but the Rambelles scored the first six points of the second half to lead by eight. Tarleton pulled within four three times on a pair of Tara Towns triples and a jumper by Brittnie Haley, but Weishuhn or Perkins always had an answer. Tarleton shot just 34.4 percent from the floor including only 25 percent from the arc.

Towns, a junior guard from nearby Dublin, led Tarleton with 14 points and six steals, both career highs.
Kelsey Benford added 12 points and six rebounds while Haley had 10 points and seven boards. Tarleton, which entered the contest ranked No. 2 in the South Central Region, had a chance to set its record for wins in a season since joining NCAA Division II and the LSC in 1994-95. They will get another shot at that mark when they open LSC Championship action at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday against Southeastern Oklahoma State, the fourth-place team from the North Division. Southeastern's Jasmine Hughey knocked down a half-court buzzer beater to hand Tarleton its only home loss of the season in a 78-77 thriller back on Dec. 12.

The LSC Championship begins with opening ceremonies and the regular-season awards presentation Tuesday night. Women's quarterfinal games will be held on Wednesday followed by semifinals Friday and the championship Saturday, all at Bruin Fieldhouse in Bartlesville, Okla.

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