COMMERCE– The Texas A&M University-Commerce men's basketball team defeated Our Lady of the Lake 111-64 in the Lions' home opener on Tuesday. A&M-Commerce got out to a quick lead and cruised to their third consecutive victory.
 
The win brings the Lions to 3-0 on the season. The game does not count against the Saints' record.
 
The Lions return to action on Wednesday with an exhibition game against North Texas. The game will be played at 7 p.m. at The Super Pit in Denton. The Lions will then head to Gunnison, Colo. for a tournament beginning Friday.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- All 10 Lions who saw action recorded points. The Lions led by as many as 50 in the game.
- Tyree Robinson (Fall River, Mass.) led the Lions with 20 points, going a perfect 9-for-9 from the field. He also had a double-double with 11 rebounds and added three blocks.
- Trey Conrod (Kilgore) had 19 points and eight rebounds and added a team-high four steals on the defensive end.
- Willie Rooks (Houston – North Forest) had 13 points and Deonta Terrell (Chicago, Ill.) also had 13 points to go with nine rebounds.
Vernon Lowndes (Charleston, S.C.) had 12 points and Carson Tuttle (Mukilteo, Wash.) also scored in double figures with 10 points and had five assists.
- Reggie Reid (Harlem, Ga.) led the team with eight assists.
- The Lions shot 52 percent from the field, including shooting 67 percent in the second half. A&M-Commerce scored 64 points in the paint.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions opened up the game with a dunk from Conrod and the Lions did not look back, never trailing in the contest. Conrod scored the first eight points of the game for A&M-Commerce, including two triples. Robinson then had consecutive putback shots to push the Lions ahead even further.
 
The Lions pushed their lead to double digits midway through the half as the Lions scored 15 points in a row, which included three three-pointers. The Lions brought their lead to 30 points by the end of the half. Conrod had 12 points at halftime while Robinson and Terrell each had nine.
 
The Lions continued to have their way in the second half, shooting an out-of-this-world 67 percent in the half. Conrod hooked up with Robinson for an alley-oop jam early in the half as the Commerce crowd got to its feet.
 
Lowndes and Tuttle got into the scoring in the second half as the Lions brought in their reserves for some action. Both made threes as the Lions pushed their lead to 40 points with 14 minutes to play in the game.
 
A three-pointer from Tuttle gave the Lions a 100-50 lead, their largest of the game, with five minutes left.  The Lions were able to run out the clock for their first home win of the season.