Portales, N.M. – The A&M-Commerce men's basketball team suffered its fourth consecutive loss after struggling down the stretch in a 72-60 road loss at Eastern New Mexico Saturday in a Lone Star Conference game.
 
Turning Point
- Eastern New Mexico broke a tie at 53 with a 19-7 run over the remaining 5:48 left in the second half to earn the win.  The Lions went two of their last 14 during the stretch run allowing the Greyhounds to secure the 12-point win.
 
Highlights
- Anthony Adams led the Lions with 20 points after going 8-of-14 from the floor.
 
- Jeremy Jones followed with 13 points and seven rebounds.
 
- Everrett Pleasant was the third Lion in double figures with 10 points. Pleasant led the Lions on the glass with nine rebounds.
 
- A&M-Commerce shot 32 percent from the floor and 69 percent from the free throw line. The Lions failed to make a three-point field goal on 14 long-range attempts.
 
- Eastern New Mexico shot 41 percent overall, 36 percent, 8-of-22, from three and 59 percent from the charity stripe. 
 
- Twenty-two of the Greyhounds 27 free throw attempts came in the second half. Fifteen of those 22 attempts in the final stanza were makes.
 
Inside the box score
- The loss drops the Lions to 12-6 on the season and 2-4 in the Lone Star Conference … It is the first four-game losing streak for the Lions since the end9 of the 2012-13 season when they dropped four straight league games and the opener of the LSC Tournament.
 
- Adams turned in his seventh 20-point game of his Lion career and the fourth of the season.
 
- Jones notched his 10th double-digit game of the season and first in the last three games. His last double figure game came on the road at then ranked No. 4 Angelo State on January 9.
 
- Dating back to the 2011-12 season the Lions have made at least one three pointer in every game until Saturday's 0-for-14 performance. The Lions lowest output of the season from beyond the arc was four made three-pointers twice.
 
Summary
1st Half
- Eastern New Mexico turned an 15-11 lead with 14:22 left in the half into a 17-point, 32-15, lead over the next 10 minutes with a 17-4 run.  The Lions went almost eight minutes without a field goal from the floor during the stretch.
 
- However, A&M-Commerce closed the final 1:10 of the half with the last five points to chip the Greyhound lead down to 11 points, 36-26, at the half.  Adams hit the first of four free throws following a technical foul given to ENMU after a display of frustration on a travel call.  With seven tenths of a second left, Adams drew a blocking foul and knocked down both free throws for the half's final points.
 
- A&M-Commerce went 27 percent from the floor in the half including an 0-for-8 mark from behind the three-point arc. ENMU made 44 percent of its field goal attempts in the half and hit five of its 13 long-range attempts for 38.5 percent.
 
2nd Half
- The Lions came out of the half with a 12-0 run thanks in part to a monster alley-oop from Jones to Crowder. Jones sparked the run with the first four points that saw the Lions take a 37-36 with 14:52 left to play in the half. 
 
- ENMU held a narrow margin for the next eight minutes before the Lions pulled even at 49 with 7:40 left to play following a Pleasant layup.  The two teams went back and forth for the next two minutes before the Greyhounds closed the final 5:48 with a 19-7.
 
- The spurt started at the 5:48 mark with the game knotted at 53 and ended at the final buzzer with the Greyhounds walking away with the 72-60 win. 
 
What's Next?
- The Lions return to the field house and step out of league play with Arlington Baptist Tuesday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m.
 
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