A&M-Commerce (14-8, 3-7 LSC) vs Angelo State (16-6, 6-4 LSC)
Saturday, February 15, 2014 • 4:00 p.m. 
The Field House (5,000) • Commerce, Texas 
Radio: KETR 88.9 FM • Live Stats • Twitter: @Lion_MBB • Game Notes (PDF)

STORY LINES
• A&M-Commerce enters Saturday in a three-way tie for fifth place in the Lone Star Conference, but has a chance to pick off one of the league leaders when it hosts Angelo State at The Field House.

THE LAST TIME OUT
•  A&M-Kingsville hit eight three-point buckets in the second half and erased a six-point halftime deficit in a 75-74 win over A&M-Commerce on Thursday at the Steinke Center. Devondrick Walker led the Lions with 17 points and tying a season-high eight rebounds, and LaDon Carnegie joined him in double figures with 11 points.Christian Macauley just missed a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds to go with three blocks. But the Javelinas got 17 points apiece from Irvin Hollinger and Ronald Scott in running keeping the Lions from their first win in Kingsville since the 2002-03 season. A&M-Commerce had a chance to tie on the game's final possession after the Javelinas' Ta'Quan McDew was issued a technical foul after two made foul shots to push the lead to 75-70. Walker proceeded to make both free throws, but De'Andre Carson's three-point try in the waning seconds was off line.

UP NEXT
• The Lions will host Eastern New Mexico on Wednesday before embarking on their final road trip of the year to take on West Texas A&M on Saturday in Canyon. 

QUICK HITS
• A&M-Commerce was 0-for-8 from 3-point range in the second half on Thursday in Kingsville, marking just the third half this season the Lions have not hit a triple. Two of those three occurrences happened in the second half of both games vs A&M-Kingsville.  

• A&M-Commerce is hitting 74.0 percent of its foul shots as a team in LSC play, leading the league in free throw percentage, free throws attempted (626) and free throws made (463).

• The Lions got off to an 8-0 start to the season, the second best start to a season for A&M-Commerce in program history.

Series vs. ASU: A&M-Commerce leads, 43-41
Last 5 Meetings
2013-14    at Angelo State        L     67-65
2012-13    at Angelo State        W    96-90
2012-13    ANGELO STATE     W    75-58
2011-12    ANGELO STATE     W    83-78
2011-12    at Angelo State        L     87-67                        

LAST MEETING
The A&M-Commerce Lions erased a 20-point deficit in the second half, only to see Bryan Hammond go the length of the court for the game-winning layup with just 4.1 seconds left to edge the Lions 67-65 on at the Junell Center. The Lions trailed by as much as 20 points with 16:07 to play, but capped the comeback when Devondrick Walker drained a three-point bucket from the top of the arc with just 10 seconds remaining in the game. But the Rams immediately inbounded the ball to Hammond, who drove the length of the court on his own and finished with a layup high off the right side of the glass to put ASU back on top 67-65 with 4.1 seconds to go. A&M-Commerce called a timeout and got the ball to freshman De'Andre Carson, who went the length of the court on his own, but his shot at the buzzer just missed off the rim as time expired.
 
SERIES NOTES
The Lions are looking to avoid their first season sweep to the Rams since the 2008-09 season. They are 43-41 all-time vs ASU, but the Rams managed to snap a three-game Lion win streak in the series in their 67-65 win earlier this year. ASU has not won in Commerce since a 77-75 victory in 2007-08.