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Homestand Continues as Lions Welcome Warhawks Saturday at 6 p.m.

Commerce, Texas – The A&M-Commerce men's basketball team looks to continue its winning ways against McMurry Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Field House as the Lions have reeled off three straight wins and 10 wins of their last 11 games.
 
Fast-break Points About A&M-Commerce
- The Lions are coming off of an 86-53 win over Cameron... Darrell Williams scored his fourth straight 20-point scoring game with 25 points ... JR Owens chipped in 12 points with four 3-pointers.
- Darrell Williams has notched four straight double-doubles after adding 16  rebounds to go along with his 25 points against Cameron... He leads the team and the LSC with 11 double-doubles on the season.
- Darrell Williams has grabbed 15 plus rebounds in six games this season and 20 plus rebounds twice during the year ... He is one of only two NCAA DII players with two 20-reboudn games.
- A&M-Commerce fell 104-101 at Dallas Baptist in overtime on November 24 ... The Lions were 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.
- The Lions are the NCAA's leader defensive rebounds, sixth in FTs made and eighth in FTs attempted ... The Lions are sixth FG percentage defense holding opponents to 38.3 percent.
-A&M-Commerce has had an LSC Player of the Week in each of the first four weeks of the season ... Darrell Williams has won one offensive POTW and two straight defensive POTW awards ... LaDon Carnegie was named offensive of POTW once ... Williams followed with his second offensive player of the week on January 12.
- Williams leads the LSC in scoring at 18.3 points per game and leads the league in rebounds, 12.6 rebounds per game,  ... He  is the only player averaging a double-double in the LSC ... Williams is ranked third in the NCAA in double-doubles with 10 ... Williams is also third in the NCAA in rebounds per game, fourth in total rebounds and tenth in defensive rebounds per game ... LaDon Carnegie is second in the LSC in scoring at 17.4 ppgs.
- 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 237-175 ... He has complied a 96-89 record in LSC games.
 
A&M-Commerce vs. McMurry:  The Series
- The Lions and Warhawks have met 21 times prior to Saturday's meeting ... The Lions hold a 13-8 advantage in the series.
- The two teams haven't played since the 1972-73 season -- 42 seasons.
- The Lions won the first nine games in the series and have won three of the last four meetings.
 
About the WarHawks
- McMurry is coming off of an 83-69 win over Rhema Bible ... The Warhawks have reeled off wins in three of their last four games and four of the last six games.
- Connor Robinson leads the team with 22.6 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game ... He is shooting 62.8 percent from the floor ... Alex Lewis follows with 13.6 points per game but has only played in eight games.
- McMurry is being outscored by its opponents by 9.6 points per game and give up 80 points per game ... Opponents are shooting 46 percent from the floor against the WarHawks.
 
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Players Mentioned

LaDon Carnegie

#3 LaDon Carnegie

G/F
6' 6"
Senior
JR  Owens

#23 JR Owens

G/F
6' 5"
Junior
Darrell Williams

#25 Darrell Williams

F
6' 8"
Senior

Players Mentioned

LaDon Carnegie

#3 LaDon Carnegie

6' 6"
Senior
G/F
JR  Owens

#23 JR Owens

6' 5"
Junior
G/F
Darrell Williams

#25 Darrell Williams

6' 8"
Senior
F