Kingsville, Texas – A&M-Commerce men's basketball team looks for its first Lone Star Conference win of the 2014-15 season on the road against Texas A&M-Kingsville Thursday night.
 
Fast-break Points About A&M-Commerce
- The Lions saw their seven game win streak snapped after a 61-57 loss at Midwestern State, but responded with a 91-68 win n their last game.
- The streak was highlighted by back-to-back wins over top 25 opponents with a 68-67 win over No. 11 Cal.-Baptist and a 74-64 win over No. 17 Dixie State in the CBU Thanksgiving Classic.
- Darrell Williams picked up his eighth double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 rebounds in the loss at Midwestern ... Nine of his 10 boards came in the second half.
- Darrell Williams has grabbed 15 plus rebounds in give games this season -- 15 at Ouachita Baptist,17 vs. Cal. Baptist and 15 vs. Southern Arkansas ... He tallied the highest rebounding game in the LSC with 21against Arlington Baptist to go along with 21 points.
- 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, fourth in FTs made and sixth in FTs attempted ... The Lions are fourth FG percentage defense holding opponents to 37.9 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.
- Carnegie leads the in scoring in the LSC, while Williams leads the league in rebounds and is second in scoring ... He  is the only player averaging a double-double ... Williams is ranked fourth in the NCAA in double-doubles with eight ... Williams is also sixth in the NCAA in rebounds per game, seventh in total rebounds and tenth in defensive rebounds per game.
- 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 235-175 ... He has complied a 94-89 record in LSC games.
 
A&M-Commerce vs. Kingsville:  The Series
- The Lions and Javelinas have met 115 times prior with the Lions leading the all-time series 64-51 including a 60-43 advantage in LSC games.
- Kingsville has reeled of wins in nine of the last 12 meetings ... However A&M-Commerce won the last meeting 77-70 at home in Commerce ... The Lions last road win came in 2002-03, 79-76.
- Under head coach Sam Walker, the Lions are 8-13 against the Javelinas with only one of those wins coming on the road during the 2002-03 season.
 
About the Javelinas
- The Javelinas are coming off of a 64-56 win over Schreiner in their last game ... The win snapped a two-game skid after loss at Tampa in OT, 79-76, and at Our Lady of the Lake, 86-73.
- Kingsville is 3-2 at home this season with wins over Lake Erie in double OT, St. Mary's and the Schreiner game.
-Troy Jones, a 6'7"  forward, leads the Javelinas in scoring at 14.8 points per game ... He is shooting 67 percent from the floor ... Jordan Jahr follows with 11.2 points per game followed by DJ Weathers at 10 points per game.
 
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