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Buffs Trample Redmen, 73-46, Thursday
Jan. 6, 2005
The West Texas A&M University men's basketball shot 50.0 percent from the field (25-of-50) and got a season-high 17 points from senior forward Jason Campbell as the Buffs trampled the Northeastern State University Redmen, 73-46, Thursday night at the WTAMU Event Center in a Lone Star Conference crossover contest.
The Buffs dished out a season-high 18 assists, including a season-high eight dimes from senior guard Carl Lamb, while committing a season-low 11 turnovers, leading the Buffs to a 29-7 points off turnovers edge, and the WTAMU bench outscored its counterparts, 35-14.
Campbell, who shot 6-of-7 from the field, also pulled down a team-high five rebounds, leading WTAMU to a 29-23 rebounding advantage over NSU.
The Redmen were led by Shiloh Shores with 13 points.
WTAMU won its second-straight contest, improving to 5-7 on the year, while NSU lost its third in a row, falling to 4-8 overall.
The Buffs return to the court Saturday, hosting high-scoring University of Central Oklahoma in another LSC crossover doubleheader with the WTAMU beginning at 6 p.m. UCO was defeated, 66-63, at Eastern New Mexico University, Thursday.
WTAMU shot out of the gates as Campbell drained one of his career-high four 3-pointers from the top of the key on the Buffs' first possession and WTAMU never looked back, leading the entire game.
The Buffs hit a scorching 58.3 percent (14-of-24) from the field in the first half, including 7-of-11 (63.6 percent) from 3-point land, on their way to a 38-23 halftime lead.
The closest NSU got in the second half was 12 points on two different occasions as WTAMU took its largest lead of 29 points on two occasions, 67-38 with 4:23 to go on a free throw from Campbell and later at 69-40 on a pair of free throws from freshman Tyler Cooper for his first points in a Buffs' uniform.
Senior forward Jamil Terrell tallied 12 points, while freshman guard Kyle Shields added nine points and dished out three assists.
WTAMU's win gives the Buffs a 6-5 advantage in the all-time series, as NSU had won five of the previous seven meetings, including both meetings last year, the last a 65-52 contest in the first round of the LSC Tournament.
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