Former
ACU coach Thomsen couldn't pass up Tech football job - Joey Richards, Abilene Reporter News
Rams get big win over Incarnate Word - Charles Bryce, San Angelo Standard Times
West Texas
A&M Buffs surprise No. 5 Tarleton State - Lance Lahnert, Amarillo Globe News
West
Texas A&M Lady Buffs push past Tarleton State - Ricky Treon, Amarillo Globe News
Hogs Lead Meet after Day 1 - TAMK MTrack
LSC Invite Off to Good Start - TAMK WTrack
Rambelles Lead LSC Invitational After Day One - ASU Track
Regular Season Closes on Hogs - TAMK MBB
Rams Take Down Cardinals 68-65 - ASU MBB
CARDINALS LOSE AT ANGELO STATE - UIW MBB
Unruh Leads Lady Buffs Past LSC-Leading TexAnns, 58-52 - WTAM WBB
TexAnns fall to WT, still claim share of LSC title - TSU WBB
Pioneers hang on for 59-54 win over Midwestern State - TWU WBB
Mustangs drop 59-54 decision at Texas Woman's - MSU WBB
Lankford pours in career-high 38 points in 79-64 win over Kingsville - ACU WBB
Lankford's 38 Points Too Much for Javs - TAMK WBB
LIONS TAKE THE ZIAS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO DOWN TO THE WIRE, 58-53 - TAMC WBB
Hardwood Zias Tame the Lions of A&M-Commerce - ENMU WBB
JARMON, UIW CRUSH ANGELO STATE - UIW WBB
Belles Fall to Cardinals; Weishuhn Reaches 1,000 Career Points - ASU WBB
Buffs Go 2-0 in Final Day of WTAMU Triangular Classic - WTAM Baseball
Baseball Falls 7-1 to Bulldogs - WTAM Baseball
Huwer Wields Big Bat on Final Day of USW Round Robin - ENMU Baseball
Doubleheader Split Gives Wildcats Series Win Over
Muleriders - ACU Baseball
Blaskowski Reaches Milestone as #5 WT Splits With
Cowgirls - WTAM Softball
#20 Mustangs batter Missouri Southern, 13-5 - MSU Softball
UIW SPLITS DOUBLE HEADER IN AUSTIN - UIW Softball
Softball update from the Sunshine State - TWU Softball
Softball sweeps doubleheader against Lynn - TWU Softball
TexAnns sweep No. 24 Colorado Mines to complete WT
Tourney - TSU Softball
Tarleton falls 13-12 in first game against New Mexico Highlands,
second game cancelled due to weather - TSU Softball
Ramsay Stays Hot but Zias Fall to Regis Rangers - ENMU Softball
Diamond Zias Drop Doubleheader to #24 Orediggers - ENMU Softball
Midwestern shuts out Texas A&M-Kingsville 8-0 - MSU WTennis
Women's Tennis Plays First Home Match - TAMK WTennis
NUMBER TWO GETS BEST OF NUMBER ONE - UIW Swimming
WOMEN GET WINS, RECORD, FALL JUST SHORT - UIW Swimming
Only one week remains in the Lone Star Conference basketball season. Nine
teams with five men’s - Tarleton State, Midwestern State, Cameron, Incarnate
Word and West Texas A&M - and four women’s - Tarleton, MSU, WT and CU - have
clinched a berth in the championship to be played Feb. 29 - March 4 at the Allen
Event Center in Allen, Texas. The remaining seven berths will be decided this
week.
On the men’s side, MSU leads the way at 14-2 in conference games and the Mustangs can clinch an outright LSC championship with two wins this week. To earn the No. 1 seed in next week’s tournament, MSU needs one win or a Tarleton loss.
Tarleton has claimed at least a share of the women’s title at 16-2 in league play, and needs one win this week to sew up the No. 1 seed.
The LSC’s agreement with Fox Sports Southwest includes Saturday’s doubleheader between West Texas A&M and Cameron starting at 2 p.m. The games will be streamed live on FoxSportsSouthwest.com and are available to fans free of charge. The Buffs/Lady Buffs and Aggies played Jan. 14 in Canyon, Texas, with the CU men and women pickup up close road victories, as each games was decided by four points.
The LSC men have a 146-103 overall record so far this season, with Tarleton having only two losses. In the NCAA South Central Region, the men’s teams are currently 29-14 overall including 17-12 combined versus Heartland Conference teams, 8-1 opposed to the Great American Conference and 4-1 against the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA).
The LSC women are 134-133 overall, with MSU at 14-4 with the overall best record. In the NCAA South Central Region, the women’s teams are currently 27-19 overall including 17-11 combined versus Heartland teams, 9-5 opposed to the Great American and 1-3 against the MIAA.
NCAA BASKETBALL STATISTICS (through games 02/16)
MEN’S OFFENSIVE
Kennon Washington, West Texas A&M University, JR, Guard, Mobile, Ala., W.P. Davidson HS
Washington led the Buffs to a 2-0 mark this past week with wins against Texas A&M-Commerce on the road and No. 5 Tarleton State in Canyon on Saturday night. The junior guard averaged 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds while dishing out six assists and registering three steals. Washington went 11-of-14 from the free throw line and 3-of-8 from deep to shoot 45 percent from the floor during the two WT wins. Against Tarleton, Washington exploded for 22 points, six rebounds, and three assists as the Buffs topped the Texans. Washington hit some huge threes down the stretch and went 7-of-9 from the charity stripe to seal the win.
MEN’S DEFENSIVE
David Terrell, Midwestern State University, SR, Forward, Houston, Texas, Worthing HS
Terrell played a key role in one of the best defensive performances of the season for No. 7 Midwestern State in a 69-48 win over Central Oklahoma. MSU frustrated the Bronchos, who came on a five-game winning streak, to 32.6-percent shooting from the floor. Terrell pulled down eight rebounds, made two steals and had a blocked shot as the Mustangs held UCO to an opponent output for 2011-12.
WOMEN’S OFFENSIVE
Mack Lankford, Abilene Christian University, SO, Guard, Weatherford, Texas, Weatherford HS
ACU sophomore guard Mack Lankford kept the Wildcats alive in the race for the LSC Championship Tournament, leading the Wildcats to a pair of wins last week over Incarnate Word and Texas A&M-Kingsville. ... In a 76-59 road win over UIW last Wednesday, Lankford scored 25 points to lead the Wildcats to the victory. ... She was 4 for 6 from 3-point range in the win and dished out four assists and had three steals. ... In Sunday afternoon’s 79-64 home win over Kingsville, Lankford might have played one of the best games of her ACU career, scoring a career-high 38 points while pulling down eight rebounds, dishing out five assists, coming up with one blocked shot and picking up five steals. ... She finished the week as a 50-percent shooter from 3-point range (8 of 16) and shot 47.6 percent from the field overall ( 20 of 42).
WOMEN’S DEFENSIVE
Sabelle Diata, Cameron University, SR, Forward, Dakar, Senegal, Northeastern Junior College
Diata was a force against the Pioneers, finishing the game with eight rebounds, six blocks and one steal. The Senegal native’s post play helped Cameron to hold Texas Woman’s to only three field goals in 20 attempts (.150 fg percentage) in the second half during its 54-48 victory. Diata is the focal point for an Aggie defense that has consistently been ranked in the top-10 in the nation for more of the season.
On the men’s side, MSU leads the way at 14-2 in conference games and the Mustangs can clinch an outright LSC championship with two wins this week. To earn the No. 1 seed in next week’s tournament, MSU needs one win or a Tarleton loss.
Tarleton has claimed at least a share of the women’s title at 16-2 in league play, and needs one win this week to sew up the No. 1 seed.
The LSC’s agreement with Fox Sports Southwest includes Saturday’s doubleheader between West Texas A&M and Cameron starting at 2 p.m. The games will be streamed live on FoxSportsSouthwest.com and are available to fans free of charge. The Buffs/Lady Buffs and Aggies played Jan. 14 in Canyon, Texas, with the CU men and women pickup up close road victories, as each games was decided by four points.
The LSC men have a 146-103 overall record so far this season, with Tarleton having only two losses. In the NCAA South Central Region, the men’s teams are currently 29-14 overall including 17-12 combined versus Heartland Conference teams, 8-1 opposed to the Great American Conference and 4-1 against the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA).
The LSC women are 134-133 overall, with MSU at 14-4 with the overall best record. In the NCAA South Central Region, the women’s teams are currently 27-19 overall including 17-11 combined versus Heartland teams, 9-5 opposed to the Great American and 1-3 against the MIAA.
NCAA BASKETBALL STATISTICS (through games 02/16)
- Tarleton State tops the nation in scoring defense (56.3).
- Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Ashton Brown is shooting 96.1 percent from the free throw line (123-128), which leads the nation.
MEN’S OFFENSIVE
Kennon Washington, West Texas A&M University, JR, Guard, Mobile, Ala., W.P. Davidson HS
Washington led the Buffs to a 2-0 mark this past week with wins against Texas A&M-Commerce on the road and No. 5 Tarleton State in Canyon on Saturday night. The junior guard averaged 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds while dishing out six assists and registering three steals. Washington went 11-of-14 from the free throw line and 3-of-8 from deep to shoot 45 percent from the floor during the two WT wins. Against Tarleton, Washington exploded for 22 points, six rebounds, and three assists as the Buffs topped the Texans. Washington hit some huge threes down the stretch and went 7-of-9 from the charity stripe to seal the win.
MEN’S DEFENSIVE
David Terrell, Midwestern State University, SR, Forward, Houston, Texas, Worthing HS
Terrell played a key role in one of the best defensive performances of the season for No. 7 Midwestern State in a 69-48 win over Central Oklahoma. MSU frustrated the Bronchos, who came on a five-game winning streak, to 32.6-percent shooting from the floor. Terrell pulled down eight rebounds, made two steals and had a blocked shot as the Mustangs held UCO to an opponent output for 2011-12.
WOMEN’S OFFENSIVE
Mack Lankford, Abilene Christian University, SO, Guard, Weatherford, Texas, Weatherford HS
ACU sophomore guard Mack Lankford kept the Wildcats alive in the race for the LSC Championship Tournament, leading the Wildcats to a pair of wins last week over Incarnate Word and Texas A&M-Kingsville. ... In a 76-59 road win over UIW last Wednesday, Lankford scored 25 points to lead the Wildcats to the victory. ... She was 4 for 6 from 3-point range in the win and dished out four assists and had three steals. ... In Sunday afternoon’s 79-64 home win over Kingsville, Lankford might have played one of the best games of her ACU career, scoring a career-high 38 points while pulling down eight rebounds, dishing out five assists, coming up with one blocked shot and picking up five steals. ... She finished the week as a 50-percent shooter from 3-point range (8 of 16) and shot 47.6 percent from the field overall ( 20 of 42).
WOMEN’S DEFENSIVE
Sabelle Diata, Cameron University, SR, Forward, Dakar, Senegal, Northeastern Junior College
Diata was a force against the Pioneers, finishing the game with eight rebounds, six blocks and one steal. The Senegal native’s post play helped Cameron to hold Texas Woman’s to only three field goals in 20 attempts (.150 fg percentage) in the second half during its 54-48 victory. Diata is the focal point for an Aggie defense that has consistently been ranked in the top-10 in the nation for more of the season.
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