WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State is hosting Cameron in the final game of the season at D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The Mustangs have won their last six meetings with the Aggies, including a 71-59 victory at Aggie Gym in Lawton, Oklahoma, earlier this season. Midwestern State will also recognize the contributions of seniors Jermane Carter, Luke Hamilton, Jace Johnson, Derrick Ogechi, and John Weger in a pregame ceremony.

MIDWESTERN STATE (11-16, 8-13) vs. CAMERON (4-23, 2-19)

Thursday, Feb. 23 | 7:30 p.m.
D.L Ligon Coliseum | Wichita Falls, Texas

Series History | Midwestern State leads, 55-30

LAST MEETING | Midwestern State used all-around performances from Jermane Carter and Marquis Davison to roll to a 71-59 victory at Cameron on Dec. 17. Jermane Carter finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and two blocked shots for the Mustangs, who went on a 12-0 run in the second half and led by as many as 15 points. Marquis Davison added 12 points, six rebounds, and four assists to join Pierre Sanders and Luke Hamilton as three Mustangs scored a dozen points. Hamilton hit four 3-pointers in the victory.

LAST TIME OUT | Texas A&M International won its fourth straight game eliminating Midwestern State from Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament contention with a 79-68 victory over Midwestern State Saturday at the TAMIU Kinesiology and Convocation Building. Texas A&M International riddled the Mustangs' zone defense by matching a season-high with 12 made 3-pointers while shooting 52.8 percent from the field. The Dustdevils overcame a 10-point deficit early in the first half, then scored eight consecutive points powered by triples from Jermaine Drewery and Greg Bowie II to take a 54-40 lead with 11:23 to play. Midwestern State chipped the lead down to seven points on two occasions in the closing as the teams exchanged field goals for the last 10 minutes of the game. Midwestern State senior Jermane Carter matched a season-high with 24 points while taking a campaign-high 25 shots. The Mount Laurel, N.J. added nine rebounds, three steals, and two blocked shots in 35 minutes. Junior guard Pierre Sanders knocked down 11-of-17 shots from the field to deliver his third 20-point performance of the season finishing with 22.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | Midwestern State is 7-5 at home this season…Justin Leslie is 312-181 (.633) in his 16th season as a head coach…MSU is 46-60 (.434) under Leslie, who is in his fourth season with the university…Mustangs are 28-20 (.583) at home during the Leslie era and have won 14 of their last 19 home games…MSU is 6-1 against the Aggies under Leslie, including a 1-1 record at home …MSU is 32-6 at home against Cameron in the all-time series…Mustangs outscored the Aggies in the paint, 36-10, and won the last encounter at D.L. Ligon Coliseum, 79-55, as Jermane Carter scored 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field…MSU is 13th in the LSC with 68.4 points per game and 15th with a 42.7 shooting percentage from the field… Pierre Sanders is the leading scorer with 13.1 points per game…Jermane Carter averages 12.7 points per game… Marquis Davison is scoring 10.0 points per game…Derrick Ogechi is averaging 10.1 points per game… Marquis Davison is scoring 9.8 points per game…Carter has 971 career points at MSU, averaging 12.9 points in 76 career games…Ogechi has 497 career points at MSU, averaging 10.8 points in 46 career games…Luke Hamilton has scored 510 points in 67 games at MSU, averaging 7.6 points per game…Midwestern State is 195 of 619 from beyond the arc (.315), which is 13th in the conference for 3-point shooting percentage…MSU is fifth in the conference with 22.9 3-point attempts per game…Mustangs make 7.2 3-pointers per game, which is seventh-most in the conference…Ogechi is 57 of 166 from 3-point range (.343)…Ogechi is sixth in the LSC with 57 total 3-pointers and eighth with 2.11 3-pointers made per game…Ogechi has the fourth-most attempts from beyond the arc in the LSC…Midwestern State is ninth in the conference with 12 assists per game…Sanders is ninth in the league with 84 total assists…MSU is 327 of 472 (.693) from the free-throw line, which is the 11th-best free-throw percentage in the LSC…Mustangs are 13th in the conference with 17.5 free-throw attempts per game…Carter is 79 of 131 (.596) from the free-throw line…Carter has the seventh-most attempts from the foul line and has made the 17th-most free throws in the conference…Sanders is 80 of 95 (.842) from the free-throw line and has the eighth-best free-throw percentage in the LSC…MSU is ninth in the conference and 65th in the nation, allowing 68.4 points per game…Midwestern State holds opponents to 42.4 percent shooting from the field — second-best field-goal percentage defense in the conference and 61st in the nation…MSU is holding opponents to 32.3 percent shooting from 3-point range, which is the fifth-best 3-point shooting percentage defense in the LSC and 57th in the nation…-0.1 scoring margin is 10th in the LSC…MSU is second in the conference and 94th in the nation with 36.19 rebounds per game…Mustangs are sixth in the league and 75th in the nation with 11.04 offensive rebounds per game…-0.1 rebound margin is 11th-best in the LSC…Jermane Carter is third in the conference with 222 total rebounds and second in the league with 8.2 rebounds per game…Carter is second in the conference and 22nd in the nation with 3.26 offensive rebounds per game…Carter has 539 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 second in the league with 48 total steals and first with 1.78 steals per game…Sanders has 106 career steals in 72 career games (1.47 steals per game) at MSU…MSU is ninth in the league with 12.6 turnovers per game and is forcing 11.33 turnovers, which is 15th in the conference…-1.3 turnover margin is 13th in the LSC…MSU blocks three shots per game — seventh in the conference…Carter is sixth in the LSC with 28 total blocks and Duncan Alevok is eighth with 24 total blocks…MSU leads the conference committing just 15.8 fouls per game…

SCOUTING CAMERON | Cameron is 1-13 on the road this season and has lost 11 straight games as the visitor…Cameron's last road win was an 83-71 victory at Southwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 16…Aggies have an eight-game losing streak overall…Cameron is coming off an 83-72 loss at Texas A&M-Kingsville…DeSean Munson had a season-high 25 points and 10 rebounds off the bench in the loss for the Aggies…Cameron's last win was Jan. 21 against UAFS, 84-72, as Jaylan Thomas scored 22 points...Kevin O'Connor is in his first season as the head coach at Cameron and is 4-23 (.148)…O'Connor had a successful stint as the head coach at Murray State College, which went from 10 wins during O'Connor's first year to 25 wins during his third and 21 in 2021-22…O'Connor is 0-1 against Midwestern State…Cameron is averaging 70.1 points per game, which is 11th in the LSC…Aggies are ninth in the league with a field goal percentage of 44.5…DeSean Munson is scoring 12.3 points per game…Caylen Goff-Brown is averaging 11.6 points per game…Jaylan Thomas scores 10 points per game…Jaden Okon is pitching in 9.7 points per game…Cameron is 195 of 581 (.336) from 3-point range, which is the ninth-best 3-point percentage in the conference…21.5 attempts from 3-point distance per game is seventh-most in the league…7.2 made 3-point shots per game is seventh in the conference…Caylen Goff-Brown is 59 of 184 (.321) from 3-point distance and has the second-most attempts in the LSC…Goff-Brown is seventh in the conference with 2.19 made 3-pointers per game and has the fifth-most made 3-pointers with 59…Cameron is 356 of 496 (.718) from the free-throw line, which is the 10th-best percentage…Cameron is 12th in the league with 18.4 attempted free throws and 13.2 made free throws per game…Aggies are fifth in the league with 13.3 assists per game…Reggie Prudhomme is second in the LSC with five assists per game and 134 total assists this season…Cameron is fifth in the conference with 34.67 rebounds per game…Aggies are 10th in the league with 9.11 offensive rebounds but lead the league with 25.56 defensive rebounds per game…Andre Washington averages six rebounds per game…DeSean Munson is grabbing 5.7 rebounds per game…-1.3 rebound margin is 14th in the conference…Jaylan Thomas pulls down 5.3 rebounds per game…Opponents are scoring 78.4 points per game against the Aggies, which is 16th in the LSC…-8.3 scoring margin is 16th in the conference…Aggies are 16th in the league with 4.3 steals per game…Cameron forces 11.63 turnovers per game, which is 14th in the conference…Cameron commits 16 turnovers per game, which is most in the LSC…-4.4 turnover margin is 16th in the league…2.3 blocks per game is 10th in the conference…Munson leads the Aggies with 17 blocks in 22 games…Cameron is seventh in the league with 18.3 fouls committed per game…