LAWTON, Okla. – A Reggie Reid spin move to the basket with 6.3 seconds to play capped a 6-0 run that sealed a tight 69-68 win for the Texas A&M University-Commerce men's basketball team at Cameron University on Thursday night.
 
With the win, the Lions move to 6-0 on the season and 1-0 in the Lone Star Conference, while Cameron falls to 3-4 overall and 0-1 in the league. This is the second season in a row that the Lions have won their first six games to open the season.
 
The Lions stay on the road for their second LSC game, taking on Midwestern State at 4 p.m. Saturday in Wichita Falls.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Dorian Armstrong made his first seven field goal attempts and was a perfect 4-of-4 from three-point range on the way to a 22-point, 8-rebound performance.
- Willie Rooks scored 16 points with two rebounds and two assists.
- Reid played all 40 minutes and scored 13 points, including the game-winning basket.
- The Lions shot 47.4 percent from the floor, making 27-of-57 shots.
- There were six ties and nine lead changes. The Lions outscored the Aggies in the paint by a 36-22 margin.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Armstrong netted his first two shots from close range before long range shots put the Lions on top. A Rooks triple and a pair of Armstrong threes gave the Lions a 13-8 lead just over five minutes into the game.
 
After the Aggies scored a three, A&M-Commerce scored seven of the next nine points, with Armstrong's third three-pointer of the half giving the guests a 20-13 lead with 11:57 to go in the frame.
 
A seven-point Lion surge on a pair of Reid free throws and five points from Rooks gave A&M-Commerce its largest lead of the half at 27-15 with just over 10 minutes to go.
 
Unfortunately for the Lions, they would miss their next 10 field goal attempts, allowing Cameron to go on a 17-2 run. That momentum swing saw the hosts go up 32-29 with 3:29 to go in the period. The Lions were able to score the last four points of the period on a layup by Stefan Bozickovic and a Reid floater just before the buzzer.
 
The Lions shot 46.2 percent (12-of-26) in the half and turned the ball over five times. A&M-Commerce scored seven points off of Cameron's three turnovers. Armstrong had 15 points in the first half on 5-of-5 shooting, including 3-of-3 shooting from behind the arc. Horne had five of the Lions' 14 rebounds, but the guests were outrebounded by the Aggies, 20-14, in the period.
 
Cameron scored the opening basket of the second half to go up by three points before the Lions scored eight consecutive points. Armstrong scored five points in the run, and a Reid free throw at the 16:10 mark put the Lions up 43-38.
 
The teams traded buckets through most of the half, with the Lions taking their largest lead of the second half at 53-46 on a Joseph Williams-Powell layup at the 10:53 mark.
 
The Aggies went on a 10-2 run over the next three and a half minutes to regain the lead at 56-55 with 7:36 to go.
 
A back-and-forth affair continued from there before a three-minute Lion scoreless streak allowed the Aggies to go up by five. Seven straight points from the hosts gave Cameron a 68-63 lead with 1:43 to play.
 
A&M-Commerce shut down the Aggie offense from there, as the hosts missed their final four shots of the game.
 
Reid took the game over, scoring the game's final six points. His spinning layup with 6.3 seconds to play gave the Lions the lead at 69-68. The Aggies forced up a contested three-pointer at the end of the game, which was missed and sealed the Lion win.
 
The Lions scored 48.4 percent from the field in the second half and out-rebounded the Aggies 19-15. A&M-Commerce only turned the ball over twice in the second half.