The WTAMU Buffalo basketball team closed out the regular season in Lawton, Okla. on Feb. 25 against the Cameron Aggies. The Buffs battled the entire game, but fell short 67-61.
The Aggies took a narrow 12-11 lead with 10:47 to go in the first half. Cameron led 19-16 when they went on an 11-5 run at the end of the first half, taking a 30-21 lead over WT into halftime. Junior Donald Sims led the Buffs with nine points and seven rebounds at the break.
WT shot seven of 24 from the field in the first half. The Buffs also made one of six shots from downtown and six of 12 from the charity stripe in the half.WT and Cameron traded blows all through the second half to the tune of a 47-37 Aggie lead with 4:48 left to play. The Buffs cut their deficit to 65-61 on a layup by Sims with 10 seconds remaining. However, Cameron hit their final two foul shots to put the game away.
“[Cameron] played well and we had no answer for Milton Garner, the leading scorer in the Lone Star Conference,” Head Coach Rick Cooper said.
The Buffs finished the season with a 18-7 record and a 12-6 mark in the Lone Star Conference. WT will be the number three seed in this week’s LSC championship tournament. They will play the sixth-seeded Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds in Allen, Texas on Feb. 29 at 12 p.m.
