Commerce, Texas – Coming off of a wild 104-101 overtime loss at Dallas Baptist that saw several free throw records fall, the A&M-Commerce men's basketball team opens it 2014-15 home slate with Sul Ross State in the Lion Field House Monday night at 7:30 p.m.
 
The Opening Tip
Fast-break Points About A&M-Commerce
- The Lions are coming off of a 104-101 loss at Dallas Baptist in overtime ... It was the second straight loss after an 87-83 loss at Ouachita Baptist on Nov. 20 ... LaDon Carnegie made his first appearance of the season with 20 points int the OBU game ... Darrell Williams grabbed 15 rebounds ... It was the first time since the 2007-08 season a Lion had 15 rebounds.
- In the DBU game, the Lions where 50-of-65 from the free throw line ... Both were school records while the 50 makes tied the highest mark in the LSC ... LaDon Carnegie was 18-of-23 setting a new school record for makes and attempts.
- Carnegie also tallied a career-high 37 points ... Anthony Adams and Craig Fofang reach recorded their first double-double ... Adams had 20 points and 10 assists, while Fofang scored 11 points and had 10 rebounds.
- A&M-Commerce opened the season with wins over Lubbock Christian and New Mexico Highlands ... Darrell Williams led the Lions with back-to-back 20 point games.
- Williams was named LSC Offensive Player of the week after scoring 21 points in the win over LCU and 20 points in the win over New Mexico Highlands ... He also grabbed 10 rebounds in the season opener.
- In two exhibitions this season the Lions went 1-1 with a loss to Texas A&M and win over Texas Tech ... Christian Macauley had a double-double in the A&M game, while Darrell Williams had a double-double in the Tech game ... The Lions only had six double-doubles in 28 games in 2013-14.
- The Lions are coming off a 19-9 season overall and a 7-7 mark in Lone Star Conference games.
- The 2014-15 Lions return only five players off of the 2013-14 team ... The squad has added nine newcomers but only has one true freshman.
- The Lions are coached by Sam Walker ... Walker is in his 15th season with A&M-Commerce and is the school's all-time winningest coach with an overall of 227-174 ... He has complied a 94-88 record in LSC games.

A&M-Commerce and Sul Ross State by the Numbers
A&M-Commerce             Category                        Sul Ross State
87.2                            Points per game                      74.5
+4.8                             Scoring margin                       -3.5
44.6 percent         Field goal percentage             39.5 percent
37.3 percent         3-pt FG percentage                   32.6 percent
75.0 percent         Free throw percentage          64.9 percent
42.8                            Rebounds per game                41.0
+11.8                          Rebounding margin                  -1.5
14.3                            Assists per game                      13.5
15.8                            Turnovers per game                 15.5
-3.5                              Turnover margin                       0.0
5.0                               Steals per game                       6.0
4.5                               Blocks per game                       1.5

A&M-Commerce vs. Sul Ross State: the Series History
- The Lions are 38-13 all-time against the Lobos in 51 previous meetings.
- The two teams played every season from 1950-51, but have not faced off since the series ended in 1975-76.
- A&M-Commerce has won the last two meetings ... The Lions have scored 100 points two of the last four games ... In 1974-75 the Lions won 103-79, the
 
About the Lobos
-Sul Ross State enters the game at 0-2 after dropping a pair of games to Austin College 77-73 and to the University of Dallas 79-76 in overtime.
- Rocky Feliciano leads the Lobos averaging 16.0 points per game, while Mike Huffman follows with 11 points per game ... Feliciano is shooting 55 percent from the floor and 44.4 percent from behind the three-point arc.
- Alex Harrison hauls in a team-high 8.5 rebounds per game while averaging 10.5 points per game.
 
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