WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State is hosting Angelo State in the final Saturday afternoon game at D.L. Ligon Coliseum this season. The Mustangs have won the last two meetings on their home floor, but suffered and 89-74 loss in San Angelo last month.
 

MIDWESTERN STATE (11-13, 8-10) vs. ANGELO STATE (19-5, 15-3)

Saturday, Feb. 11 | 3 p.m.
D.L Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 49-35

LAST MEETING | Angelo State junior Kevon Godwin scored 18 points and dished out five assists to lead a group of six Rams in double figures to lead ASU to a 89-74 win over Midwestern State Thursday night at Junell Center. Angelo State scored 20 second-chance points and scored 17 points off of 12 Midwestern State turnovers to take control of the game. The Mustangs trimmed a 13-point deficit to pull within 62-57 going into the under-8 minute timeout in the second half. But the Rams responded with an 11-2 run to push their advantage to 14 points at 73-59 with 5:10 to play after a pair of Fredelin De La Cruz free throws. MSU junior Marquis Davison scored a game-high 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting before fouling out in 34 minutes. Davison matched a season-high with nine rebounds grabbing seven on the offensive end of the floor. MSU senior Jermane Carter recorded his third consecutive double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out in 35 minutes. It was Carter's fifth double-double of the campaign. MSU junior Pierre Sanders added 11 points while going 6-of-6 from the charity stripe. He dished out three assists. Angelo State's 89 points were the most surrendered by the Mustangs this season.

LAST TIME OUT | Midwestern State's Pierre Sanders erupted for 25 points and dished out five assists to lead the Mustangs to a 65-59 win over UT Permian Basin Thursday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. The win pulled the Mustangs within a half-game out of the eighth and final berth in the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament with four games to play. Midwestern State's duo of Pierre Sanders and Jermane Carter logged season highs in minutes played with 38 and 36, respectively. Senior Derrick Ogechi also battled for 32 minutes, while fellow starter Marquis Davison played 29 minutes of his own. The group had plenty in the tank with a little help from fellow senior Luke Hamilton. Sanders penetrated to score back-to-back buckets in the paint to stake MSU to a 46-44 lead with 8:14 to play before Hamilton splashed in consecutive 3-pointers to extend 10-0 run to give the Mustangs a 52-44 advantage. UT Permian Basin responded with a 10-2 spurt of its own to pull even at 54-54 with 3:23 to play. But Ogechi buried a 3-pointer from the left wing, then hit a pull-up jumper in the paint before Sanders set up Davison for a dunk to give the Mustangs a 61-56 edge. UTPB junior Daniel Moody answered with a 3-pointer from the left wing to get the Falcons back to within 61-59 with 24 seconds to play. But Sanders put the game away by making four consecutive free throws in the closing seconds.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 7-4 at home this season…Justin Leslie is 312-178 (.637) in his 16th season as a head coach…MSU is 46-57 (.447) under Leslie, who is in his fourth season with the university…Mustangs are 28-19 (.595) at home during the Leslie era and have won 14 of their last 18 home games…MSU is 3-2 against the Rams under Leslie, including a 2-0 record at home …MSU is 33-8 at home against ASU in the all-time series…MSU is 13th in the LSC with 69.0 points per game and 15th with a 42.5 shooting percentage from the field… Pierre Sanders is the leading scorer with 12.6 points per game…Jermane Carter averages 12.4 points per game… Marquis Davison is scoring 10.0 points per game…Derrick Ogechi is averaging 9.7 points per game…Carter has 915 career points at MSU, averaging 12.9 points per game for his career…Midwestern State is 162 of 527 from beyond the arc (.307), which is 15th in the conference for 3-point shooting percentage…MSU is fifth in the conference with 22.9 3-point attempts per game…Mustangs make 7.0 3-pointers per game, which is eighth-most in the conference…Ogechi is 45 of 135 from 3-point range (.333)…Ogechi is eighth in the LSC with 45 total 3-pointers and 11th with 1.96 3-pointers made per game…Ogechi has the sixth-most attempts from beyond the arc in the LSC…Midwestern State is 11th in the conference with 11.9 assists per game…Sanders is 12th in the league with 66 total assists…MSU is 293 of 421 (.696) from the free-throw line, which is the 11th-best free-throw percentage in the LSC…Mustangs are 12th in the conference with 18.3 free-throw attempts per game…Carter is 68 of 1114 (.596) from the free-throw line…Carter has the seventh-most attempts from the foul line and has made the 14th-most free throws in the conference…Sanders is 66 of 78 (.846) from the free-throw line and has the eighth-best free-throw percentage in the LSC…MSU is eighth in the conference and 63rd in the nation, allowing 68.1 points per game…Midwestern State holds opponents to 41.9 percent shooting from the field — second-best field-goal percentage defense in the conference and 53rd in the nation…MSU is holding opponents to 31.6 percent shooting from 3-point range, which is the fifth-best 3-point shooting percentage defense in the LSC and 43rd in the nation…+0.9 scoring margin is 10th in the LSC…MSU is second in the conference and 71st in the nation with 37.26 rebounds per game…Mustangs are sixth in the league and 67th in the nation with 11.27 offensive rebounds per game…+0.9 rebound margin is ninth-best in the LSC…Jermane Carter is second in the conference with 193 total rebounds and second in the league with 8.4 rebounds per game…Carter is second in the conference and 33rd in the nation with 3.09 offensive rebounds per game…Carter has 510 career rebounds at MSU, averaging 7.2 rebounds per game over three seasons…Midwestern State is 13th in the conference with 5.6 steals per game…Sanders is fourth in the league with 39 total steals and third with 1.70 steals per game…Sanders has 97 career steals in 68 career games (1.43 steals per game) at MSU…MSU is eighth in the league with 12.9 turnovers per game and is forcing 11.52 turnovers, which is 15th in the conference…-1.4 turnover margin is 14th in the LSC…MSU blocks 3.2 shots per game — sixth in the conference…Carter is seventh in the LSC with 23 total blocks and Duncan Alevok is eighth with 22 total blocks…MSU leads the conference with 15.9 fouls per game…

SCOUTING ANGELO STATE | Angelo State is 8-3 on the road following a 69-58 victory at Cameron on Thursday…Rams are 1-2 on current four-game road trip…Vinay Patel is in his first season at Angelo State and has a 144-103 (.583) record in nine seasons as a head coach…Rams are third in the LSC with 75.3 points per game and fourth in the league with a 46.1 field goal percentage…Kevin Godwin leads the Rams and is third in the conference with 18 points per game…Godwin has been named LSC Offensive Player of the Week four times this season…Godwin has the most field goals in the LSC with 147…Angelo State is 179 of 512 (.350) from 3-point range, which is the fifth-best 3-point shooting percentage in the LSC…Godwin leads the league with 2.57 3-pointers per game….Godwin is 62 of 147 (.422) from beyond the arc…Angelo State is 349 of 462 (.755) from the free-throw line, which is fifth-best free-throw percentage in the conference…De La Crus is 64 of 86 (.744) at the foul line…Rams are fourth in the conference with 35.57 rebounds per game and seventh in the league with 10.87 offensive rebounds per game…Fredelin De La Cruz leads the Rams with 6.9 rebounds per game and is fifth in the conference… Angelo State is holding opponents to 68.4 point per game…+6.9 scoring margin is sixth in the conference…Opponents are shooting 42.7 percent from the floor, which is fourth-best field goal percentage defense in the country…ASU is holding opponents to 33.9 percent shooting from beyond the arc…Rams lead the league and are 37th in the nation with 8.3 steals per game…Steve Webb has 41 steals and is second in the LSC with 1.78 steals per game…Godwin is 11th in the league with 1.39 steals per game…ASU forces 14.91 turnovers per game, which is seventh in the conference…ASU blocks 1.9 shots per game…DeVaughn Thomas has 10 blocks to lead the Rams….ASU commits 20.2 fouls per game, which is 15th in the LSC…

UP NEXT | Midwestern State travels to Texas A&M Kingsville on Thursday. Tipoff at Steinke Center is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.