KINGSVILLE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce men's basketball team fell 75-60 to A&M-Kingsville on Saturday afternoon. The Lions experienced a cold spell late in the first half to fall behind, and could not find enough time to complete a comeback.
 
The loss brings the Lions to 10-5 on the season and 6-3 in the Lone Star Conference. The Javelinas improve to 12-3 on the year and 8-1 in conference play.
 
The Lions return home to face Arkansas Fort Smith on Thursday. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m. at the Field House.
 
HEAD COACH JARET von ROSENBERG AFTER THE GAME
- On the struggles in the game: "You can't go on the road against a good opponent and have 10 total mental lapses and just not play the way we want to play. You are going to have some of those in a game, but when you play a good team, you have no room for error."
- On the defense: "We did an ok job of first shot defense, but bailed them out too many times with fouls or giving up offensive rebounds. We were a step late at times. We have to give Coach Estelle credit because they do that to you because of the pace they play at."
- Thoughts on the game: "The bottom line was we just weren't good enough tonight. I'm not worried about this game as far as moving forward. This kind of game is going to happen, where you get punched in the mouth on the road. That's what the Lone Star is. They just had our number tonight."
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Wayne Stewart (Philadelphia, Pa.) led the way with 23 points, shooting 8-of-12 from the field.
- Josh Winbush (Lake Charles, La.) added 10 points and a team high six rebounds.
- The Lions were -15 on the boards.
- The Lions had just nine turnovers in the game, but A&M-Kingsville had 33 free throws in the game.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions struck first on a three ball before A&M-Kingsville began a 9-0 run to take the lead early on. The teams then began to trade buckets, as the Lions looked to cut into the Javelina lead.
 
A&M-Kingsville pushed its lead to nine points with 10 minutes to go before the Lions went on a run of their own to cut into the deficit. A three from Moreno and a pair of inside buckets from Winbush had the Lions trailing by just four with seven minutes left in the half.
 
However, A&M-Kingsville closed the half on another big run, scoring 13 of the final 17 points to take a 38-25 lead into halftime.
 
The Lions shot 35 percent in the first half while the Javelinas shot 46 percent. Winbush led the team with eight points in the half, while Stewart added seven.
 
The Lions continued to fight, cutting the lead down to 10 points two minutes into the half. Another jumper from Stewart cut the lead to single digits, before the Javelinas again went on a run to lead by 14.
 
The Lions again fought back, going on a 7-2 run to again cut the lead to single digits, including a three from Austin Grandstaff (Rockwall). It was a run matched by the Hogs as the lead was again 14 points with 10 minutes to play.
 
The Lions made a couple of mini runs to cut the lead down to single digits, but could not prevent the Javelinas from matching those runs. The Lions ran out of opportunities to complete the comeback.