Commerce, Texas – The A&M-Commerce men's basketball team will conclude its four-game home stand with Southwestern College Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in The Field House.
 
Fast-break Points About A&M-Commerce
- A&M-Commerce enters the game at 7-2 overall following an 89-88 win over East Central Monday night after Jeremy Jones dropped in a floater with 1.3 seconds left for the game winner.
- The Lions have reeled off four straight wins with three of those coming during the current four-game home stand.
- A&M-Commerce has won all four of its home game coming into Wednesday night's contest.
- Ronnie White currently ranks 10th in the NCAA in offensive rebounds per game at 4.2 per game.
- The Lions are sixth in the NCAA in defensive rebounds per game averaging 32.1 defensive rebounds per game ... They are ninth in the NCAA in rebounding margin at plus 9.1 per game.
- The Lions had a record breaking 132-83 win over Huston-Tilloston ... The Lions set the school record for points in single-game in the win.
- Two Lions recorded double-doubles with Bryant Crowder scoring a game-high 28 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, while Ronnie White hauled down a game-high 14 rebounds and added 15 points.
- White has recorded a team-high three double-doubles, while Crowder has accumulated two double-doubles.
- The Lions opened the 2015-16 campaign with an 81-66 win over Oklahoma Christian before falling to Newman 89-79 in the second game of the season at the Heartland-Lone Star Challenge.
- A&M-Commerce returned seven players from 2014-15 ... Anthony Adams is the team's leading returning scorer after averaging 11.3 ppg and 3.8 assists per game a season ago.
- At 24-5 overall the Lions won 20 games for the first time since 2004-05 ... It's the second time under head coach Sam Walker and the 15th time in program history ... The Lions are currently receiving votes in the final regular season poll.
- A&M-Commerce is coached by Sam Walker in his 16th season at the helm of the Lions program ... Walker is the program's all-time leader in wins with 256.
 
A&M-Commerce and Southwestern by the Numbers
Lions                 Category                           Moundbuilders
87.0                   Points per game                94.0
+9.0                   Scoring margin                 +17.1
49.0 percent      Field goal percentage       51.3 percent
39.2 percent      3-pt FG percentage          39.5 percent
65.7 percent      Free throw percentage     69.6 percent
44.3                   Rebounds per game        44.6
+8.0                   Rebounding margin         +10.2
16.4                   Assists per game             14.4
14.0                   Turnovers per game        13.7
-1.9                    Turnover margin              +0.7
6.7                      Steals per game              5.5
4.9                      Blocks per game             3.2
 
A&M-Commerce vs. Southwestern:  The Series
- The Lions are 2-1 all-time against Southwestern College ... The Lions won the first meeting between the two programs back in the 1937-38 season 37-16. Moundbuilders won the next meeting 44-36 in 1939-40 before A&M-Commerce took the last meeting in 1954-55, 94-78.
 
About the Moundbuilders
- Southwestern, a member of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference our of the NAIA, comes into Wednesday's game riding a two-game winning streak after defeating Friends on 74-63 on Tuesday.
- Southwestern defeated Kansas Wesleyan on December 12, 86-78 to start the two-game streak.
- Cameron Clark leads the team in scoring averaging 24.6 points per game while shooting 49.8 percent from the floor and 38.9 percent from three.
- Chris Waller follows averaging 22.3 ppg ... Waller is shooting 57.6 percent from the floor and 41.2 percent from behind the arc ... Waller also averages 7.4 rebounds per game.
- Cameron Clark leads the team on the glass averaging 10.1 rebounds per game.
 
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