Kingsville, Texas – Fresh off its third win over a ranked opponent on the road, the Lions stay on the dusty trail of the Lone Star Conference with tipoff at Texas A&M-Kingsville Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.
Fast-break Points About A&M-Commerce- A&M-Commerce enters the game at 16-6 overall and 5-4 in the LSC following at 70-66 win over No. 11 Midwestern State Saturday. .. The Lions are in the midst of a four-game winning .
- The MSU was the first time since 2003-04 the Lions won a road game in the series.
- The win over then ranked No. 22 Tarleton State marked the first time in program history the Lions have knocked off two ranked teams on their home courts ... A&M-Commerce defeated then ranked No. 4 Angelo State 93-88 on January 9.
- The Lions had a nine-game winning streak that was the longest since a nine-game streak in 2004-05.
- A&M-Commerce has sevens wins over top 25 teams in the last three years after knocking off No. 4 Angelo State and No. 22 Tarleton State.
- The Lions defeated Southwestern College 111-60 marking the program's 10th 50-point margin of victory ... It was the 11th highest margin of victory in the NCAA DII on the season ... The last time A&M-Commerce won by 50 or more points was in 2005-06 when the Lions defeated Paul Quinn by 51 points, 104-53 ... The largest margin of victory for the Lions came in 1986-87 when then East Texas topped Southwestern Assemblies of God by 70 points, 128-58.
- A&M-Commerce is 8-3 in The Field House.
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Anthony Adams was named the LSC Offensive Player of the Week on January 16 highlighted by a 27-point game in the Lions 85-79 win over Harding on December 10..
- 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.
- White and Pleasant lead the team-high with three double-doubles,
Bryant Crowder has two double-doubles and
Craig Fofang has one double-double ... Pleasant picked up a double-double in the Lions loss to MIdwestern State.
- 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 266.
A&M-Commerce and Kingsville by the NumbersLions Category Javelinas
84.7 Points per game 64.3
+10.3 Scoring margin -5.4
49.1 percent Field goal percentage 37.3 percent
37.2. percent 3-pt FG percentage 29.6 percent
66.5 percent Free throw percentage 68.5 percent
44.2 Rebounds per game 37.6
+8.5 Rebounding margin -2.7
15.1 Assists per game 9.9
14.0 Turnovers per game 12.7
-2.4 Turnover margin 1.4
6.2 Steals per game 5.5
5.6 Blocks per game 3.1
A&M-Commerce vs. Kingsville: The Series- The Lions and Javelinas have met 118 times prior with the Lions leading the all-time series 67-51 including a 63-43 advantage in LSC games.
- Kingsville had reeled of wins in nine of the last 12 meetings ... However, A&M-Commerce has won the last four meetings including both meetings in 2014-15 and the first meeting in 2015-16, 92-68, back in Commerce on January 6.
- Under head coach
Sam Walker, the Lions are 13-13 against the Javelinas with just five of those wins coming on the road.
About the Javelinas- The Javelinas are coming off of an 75-62 loss to West Texas in their last game ... The loss extended the Javelinas current losing streak to six games
- Troy Jones leads the Javelinas with 12.8 points per game, while D.J Weathers follows averaging 12.1 points per game.
- Jones leads the Javelinas averaging 7.8 rebounds per game.
- The Javelinas are last in the Lone Star Conference in scoring offense at 64.3 points per game., but third in scoring defense allowing only 69.7 points per game.
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