Commerce, Texas – The A&M-Commerce men's basketball team kept the momentum going picking up their fifth consecutive win and avenging an earlier loss to Dallas Baptist. The Lions defense controlled the game allowing the Patriots to only shoot 27.9 percent from the field and holding DBU to only 55 points Saturday afternoon at the Field House.
"It is by far the best we have played defense all year," A&M-Commerce head coach
Sam Walker said. " They came in averaging 95 points a game and we held them to 55 and 27 percent from the floor. The team is really coming together playing team defense. When we play that kind of defense we will be a tough team to beat."
Anthony Adams had a big second half scoring 14 of his 20 points and going 2-2 from deep. Adams also had eight of his 10 rebounds in the second stanza.
The first half was pretty evenly matched the Lions went into to the locker room with a 29-28 lead. A&M-Commerce absolutely dominated the second half outscoring the
Patriots 48-27. The Lions defense really clamped down in the second half holding DBU to a 23.5 percentage in the half. The Lions defense had five of their six blocks in the second half and reeked havoc on the Patriots. Offensively the Lions shot 44.1 percent and 33.1 percent from beyond the arc.
The Lions controlled the glass the whole game outrebounding DBU 57 to 39 and doubling up the Patriots on second chance points 16 compared to only eight for Dallas Baptist. A&M-Commerce also controlled the paint outscoring the Patriots 36 to 20.
Darrell Williams had another dominant performance eclipsing the 15-rebound mark for the fourth time this season. Williams notched another double-double with 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting and 20 rebounds. Williams also had a team high three blocks.
Christian Macauley added 8 points and seven rebounds to go along with two blocks.
LaDon Carnegie contributed 11 points and a team-high 3 steals.
Everrett Pleasant provided a spark defensively with two steals and six boards to go along with six points.
A&M-Commerce travels to Magnolia, Arkansas for a rematch with the Southern Arkansas Muleriders on Monday, December 15. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
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