COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce men's basketball head coach Jaret von Rosenberg will coach in his 100th career game as the Lions complete the weekend home-and-home set with Arkansas-Fort Smith at home on Sunday afternoon.
 
WHO: UAFS at A&M-Commerce 
WHERE: Commerce | The Field House
WHEN: 4 p.m. on Sunday, January 17
RECORDS: A&M-Commerce is 2-3 on the season entering the weekend. UAFS is 2-3.

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LIONS COME BACK HOME
• The Lions look to bounce back from a loss in the second leg of a home-and-home series with UAFS on Sunday afternoon in a divisional game.
• A&M-Commerce dropped the opening game of the series in Fort Smith on Friday night with a 72-67 loss after erasing a 14-point second half deficit.
• The Lions made one more field goal and one more three-pointer than UAFS, but the home team connected on eight more free throws in the game.
• A&M-Commerce made 24-of-62 (38.7 percent) of its field goal attempts, and only 34.3 percent (12-of-35) in the second half.
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLE ANOMALY
• A&M-Commerce had two double-double performances in the game, as Augustine Ene scored 13 points and had 11 rebounds and Demarcus Demonia had 12 points and 10 rebounds, with each player dishing out two assists.
• This marked the first time A&M-Commerce had a pair of double-doubles in the same game since the 2019 LSC Championship game when Willie Rooks and Trey Conrod did so.
• Oddly enough, both of those games were losses. The last time the Lions doubled up on double-doubles in a win was the 2018 home opener vs. Our Lady of the Lake when Conrod and Tyree Robinson did so.
 
THAT'S A LITTLE WEIRD...
• In the Lions' last two games at the Stubblefield Center in Fort Smith, they had the exact same rate at the free throw line.
• Both the 2020 and 2021 matchups saw A&M-Commerce go 10-of-14 at the charity stripe.
 
HITTING THE CENTURY MARK
• Head coach Jaret von Rosenberg is coaching his 100th game as a collegiate head coach today in his fifth season.
• Sam Walker is the program leader in games coached at 487 games with a 285-202 record.
• Coach Rose becomes the eighth head coach to coach in 100 games at A&M-Commerce.
 

Rk	Coach	W	Record
1.	Sam Walker	487	285-202
2.	Jim Gudger	392	202-190
3.	Norman Pilgrim	278	152-126
4.	Paul Peak	252	134-118
5.	Jerry Matthews	225	99-126
6.	Dennis Vinzant	152	92-60
7.	Bob Rogers	147	113-34
8.	Jaret von Rosenberg	99	66-33

 
BETHELY LEADS LSC IN EFFICIENCY
• Senior point guard Devin Bethely is the LSC's leader in assist-to-turnover ratio by a wide margin, dishing out 3.3 assists to every turnover committed.
• He is the only player in the LSC averaging over 3.0 assists to turnovers.
• This mark ranks 16th in the nation, with Michael Bradley of Mercyhurst averaging 17.0 A/TO in three games.
• Bethely's 6.0 assists per game ranks second in the LSC. Lubbock Christian's Cameron Copley leads the LSC with 35 assists in five games.
 
LSC ASSIST/TURNOVER

Rk	Player	School	Ast	TO	A/T
1	Devin Bethely	TAMUC	30	9	3.3
2	Cameron Copley	LCU	35	13	2.7
3	Pierre Sanders	MSU	34	13	2.6
4	Carson Hughes	DBU	25	11	2.3
5	Paul Williams	ASU	24	11	2.2

 
LSC ASSISTS/GAME

Rk	Player	School	Ast	Gm	APG
1	Cameron Copley	LCU	35	5	7.0
2	Devin Bethely	TAMUC	30	5	6.0
3	Daniel Venzant	SEU	39	7	5.6
4	JoJo Murray	WT	27	5	5.4
5	Terrell Wilson	MSU	34	8	4.3
	Pierre Sanders	MSU	34	8	4.3

 
ALL-TIME vs. UAFS
• This is the seventh all-time meeting between these two prides of Lions, with the series now tied at 3-3 after Thursday's result.
• A&M-Commerce is 2-0 in the Field House against UAFS, winning both meetings last year.
• TAMUC was an 83-75 victor in the regular season meeting, and followed that up with a 77-73 win in the first round of the LSC Tournament.
• The two programs faced off three times last season, with A&M-Commerce winning in the opening round of the LSC Championship Tournament.
 
LOOKING AT LION HISTORY
• This is the 27th time the Lions have played on January 17, with a 13-13 record on this date and a 9-3 home record.
• The Lions' first home game on this date was a 16-11 win over Burleson College in 1922. The first game was a 14-4 loss to North Texas in 1918, which was the Lions' second season of basketball.
• A&M-Commerce is 0-1 under Jaret von Rosenberg on this date.
 
D2SIDA REGIONAL RANKINGS
• The first D2SIDA Regional Rankings of the season has been announced for games through January 10.
• D2SIDA will rank six teams per region this season.
 

Rk	School (1st)	Rec	Votes
1.	West Texas A&M (3)	3-1	31
2.	Colorado School of Mines (2)	8-0	29
3.	DBU (1)	5-1	26
4.	Colorado Mesa	7-0	22
5.	Tex. A&M-Kingsville	7-1	8
	St. Edward's	5-1	8

RV: Lubbock Christian, 1; Black Hills St., 1.
 
 
CAREER PERCENTAGE LEADERS
• Head coach Jaret von Rosenberg is ranked third in school history in career winning percentage.
 

Rk	Coach	W	Record
1.	Bob Rogers	.769	113-34
2.	Will Hill Acker	.708	46-19
3.	Jaret von Rosenberg	.667	66-33
4.	Darrell Tully	.621	59-36
5.	Dennis Vinzant	.605	92-60
6.	Sam Walker	.585	285-202
7.	Norman Pilgrim	.547	152-126
8.	Paul Peak	.532	134-118
9.	Jim Gudger	.515	202-190
10.	Jerry Matthews	.440	99-126

 
MOVING UP THE RANKS
• Head coach Jaret von Rosenberg is now eighth all-time in wins at A&M-Commerce.
 

Rk	Coach	W	Season
1.	Sam Walker	285	17 (2000-17)
2.	Jim Gudger	202	14 (1969-82)
3.	Norman Pilgrim	152	11 (1957-67)
4.	Paul Peak	134	9 (1991-99)
5.	Bob Rogers	113	5 (1952-56)
6.	Jerry Matthews	99	8 (1983-90)
7.	Dennis Vinzant	92	8 (1937-45)
8.	Jaret von Rosenberg	66	4 (2017-pr)
9.	Darrell Tully	59	4 (1946-49)
10.	Will Hill Acker	46	3 (1928-30)