Searcy, Arkansas – A&M-Commerce and Harding will play the first of a two-season set Monday night with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m.
 
Fast-break Points About A&M-Commerce
- A&M-Commerce enters the game at 3-2 overall following an eight-day layoff ... In their last game on November 28, the Lions fell 85-76 in the finale of the Holiday-Inn Airport Thanksgiving Classic to tournament host Colorado Mesa.
- The Lions started the weekend off with a 77-62 win over Western State.
- Ronnie White currently ranks fourth in the NCAA in offensive rebounds per game at 4.8 per game.
- The Lions are fifth in the NCAA in defensive rebounds per game averaging 33.4 defensive rebounds 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.
- 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.
- Ronnie White became the second Lion in as many season to start a year with 20 or more points ... He notched 22 in the opener against Oklahoma Christian ... In 2014 Darrell Williams scored 21 points in the first game.
- 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 the is the program's all-time leader in wins with 253.
 
A&M-Commerce and Harding by the Numbers
Lions      Category                                     Bisons
89.0        Points per game                         77.7
+120       Scoring margin                           +7.9
48.3 percent      Field goal percentage     46.7 percent
41.3 percent      3-pt FG percentage        33.7 percent
69.1 percent      Free throw percentage   72.1 percent
46.4        Rebounds per game                  37.7
+10.0     Rebounding margin                    +2.0
16.6        Assists per game                       15.7
14.4        Turnovers per game                  11.9
-3.2         Turnover margin                        -1.0
6.2           Steals per game                        4.1
4.2           Blocks per game                       1.0
 
A&M-Commerce vs. Western State and Colorado Mesa:  The Series
- A&M-Commerce and Harding have met three times with the Lions holding a 2-1 advantage in the all-time series.
- The first meeting came in the 1998-99 season with the Lions taking a 73-70 win ... Harding won the sandwich game of the series 74-71 in 2003-04 with the Lions taking the last meeting on December 18, 2011, 82-67.
- Against current members of the Great American Conference, the Lions are 137-69 all-time.
 
About the Bisons
- Harding enters the game at 4-3 overall including 2-0 mark in home games.
- The Bisons are riding a three-game winning streak after knocking off Oklahoma Baptist 79-65 in their last game ... Harding has also knocked off Southern Nazarene, 86-57, and Christian Brothers, 73-67, during the streak.
- Harding has played its last two games at home.
- Andraz Kavas leads the Bisons in scoring averaging 23.1 points per game ... Blake McNair and Jacob Gibson follow averaging 12.7 and 10.6 points per game.
- Kavas also leads the team averaging 7.6 rebounds per game.
 
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