Riverside, Calif. – The A&M-Commerce men's basketball team travels to Riverside, California for two games in the California Baptist Thanksgiving Classics with games against host Cal-Baptist on Friday, November 28 at 9 p.m. central and against Dixie State on Saturday, November 29 at 6:30 p.m.
Fast-break Points About A&M-Commerce- The Lions are coming off of a 100-75 win over Sul Ross State in their home opener ... The Lions hit the century mark in consecutive games for the first time since the 2006-07 season when A&M-Commerce scored in triple figures three times.
- A&M-Commerce fell 104-101 at Dallas Baptist in overtime ... 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.
- Carnegie was the second Lion to earn LSC Offensive player of the week after his 37 at DBU and 20 points at Ouachita Baptist ...
Darrell Williams earned the honors in the first week of the season after two 20-point games.
- 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.
- 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 228-174 ... He has complied a 94-88 record in LSC games.
| A&M-Commerce and Cal-Baptist by the Numbersers |
| A&M-Commercece | Category | Cal-Baptist |
| 89.8 | Points per game | 80.3 |
| 8.8 | Scoring margin | 22 |
| 45.8 percent | Field goal percentage | 50.2percent |
| 37.2 percent | 3-pt FG percentage | 43.0 percent |
| 75.9 percent | Free throw percentage | 71.9 percent |
| 44.6 | Rebounds per game | 37 |
| 13 | Rebounding margin | 2.5 |
| 15.2 | Assists per game | 12 |
| 14.8 | Turnovers per game | 14.3 |
| -2.3 | Turnover margin | 2.7 |
| 5.4 | Steals per game | 5.5 |
| 4.8 | Blocks per game | 2.8 |
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| A&M-Commerce and Dixie State by the Numbersrs |
| A&M-Commercece | Category | Dixie State |
| 89.8 | Points per game | 65 |
| 8.8 | Scoring margin | 3.5 |
| 45.8 percent | Field goal percentage | 43.0 percent |
| 37.2 percent | 3-pt FG percentage | 24.5 percent |
| 75.9 percent | Free throw percentage | 76.3 percent |
| 44.6 | Rebounds per game | 40 |
| 13 | Rebounding margin | 8 |
| 15.2 | Assists per game | 11.5 |
| 14.8 | Turnovers per game | 13 |
| -2.3 | Turnover margin | -1.5 |
| 5.4 | Steals per game | 4.5 |
| 4.8 | Blocks per game | 3.5 |
A&M-Commerce vs. the Field- A&M-Commerce has never played Dixie State or California Baptist.
- Ryan Berg leads Cal.-Baptist with 16.0 ppg ... Taj Spencer averages 6.8 rebounds per game for the Lancers
- Zach Robbins leads Dixie State in scoring at 17.5 points per game while shooting 68.4 percent from the floor ... He is averaging 13.5 rebounds per game for the Red Storm.
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