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Buffs Rout Rams, 94-79, Thursday
Jan. 29, 2004
The West Texas A&M University Buffaloes showed they were the better of the horned mascots Thursday night at the WTAMU Event Center, as the Buffs gored the Angelo State University Rams, 94-79, in a Lone Star Conference South division contest.
It was the third-straight for WTAMU over ASU, as the Buffs now lead the all-time series, 24-14. The win improved WTAMU to 12-6 overall and 2-1 in LSC South action, while ASU suffered its fourth-consecutive loss and is now 10-8 overall and 0-3 in LSC South play.
Senior forward Jason Campbell continued his hot streak, tying fellow senior, guard Rod Prater for high-point honors with 22 points apiece. Campbell, who netted 15 first-half points, has doubled his scoring average in the Buffs' last 11 games, helping WTAMU to nine wins in that span. Campbell was one rebound short of a double-double, pulling down a game-high nine boards, helping the Buffs to a 42-35 rebounding edge.
Junior guard Carl Lamb, WTAMU's sixth-man, netted 16 points, all in the second half, and dished out a game-high seven assists. Senior guard Eduardo Caviglia tallied 10 points, as every WTAMU player in uniform scored at least two points.
Junior forward Carlos Silva swatted away a career-high six shots and pulled down six rebounds and tied a career-high with four assists.
Prater netted 18 second-half points and dished out six assists.
ASU also had four players in double-figures, led by Kenny Smith's 18 points, 13 in the first half, while Matt Hardin tallied 16 points. Heath Bailey added 13 points to go with his team-leading eight rebounds and Rashawn Childs recorded 11 points before fouling out.
The Buffs shot 50.0 percent (31-62) from the field, including 9-24 (37.5 percent) from 3-point land.
ASU had a 44.9 shooting percent, draining 9-of-27 3-point shots.
The game was nip-and-tuck throughout the first half, as WTAMU would take a five or six-point lead, only to have ASU claw back and stay close.
The Rams took a 41-40 lead two minutes into the second half before the Buffs went on a 16-7 run over the next three and half minutes, capped by two-straight 3-pointers from sophomore guard Matt Pierce to take a 56-47 lead with 14:30 left and force an ASU timeout.
The Buffs had its biggest advantage at 18 points twice in the game, the first with 5:41 to play on a pair of free throws from Prater, and the second with 1:20 to play at 91-73 following a three-point play by Campbell.
WTAMU hosts Abilene Christian on Saturday, Jan. 31, in an 8 p.m. tip-off. ACU is 10-8 overall and 1-2 in LSC South play, after being run over by the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico, 87-61, Thursday.
JJ Jumper, the official mascot of NCAA Basketball, will be at the WTAMU Event Center for Saturday's game.
Fans can tune into the Buffalo Sports Network, on KGNC 710 AM or streamed on the Internet at www.gobuffsgo.com.
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