COMMERCE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce men's basketball team returns to action on Sunday afternoon in Oklahoma City after a 15-day winter weather layoff to take on divisional foe Oklahoma Christian.
 
WHO: A&M-Commerce at Oklahoma Christian
WHERE: Oklahoma City | Eagles' Nest on the OC campus
WHEN: 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 21
RECORDS: A&M-Commerce is 5-5 overall and in the Lone Star Conference. OC is 4-10 overall and in the LSC.
RANKINGS: Neither team is ranked.

TELEVISION/LIVE VIDEO: Lone Star Conference Digital Network (Direct Link)
RADIO: Lion Sports Network | KETR-FM 88.9 (Streaming on KETR.org)
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LIONS RETURN FROM LONG BREAK AT OC
• The Lions have had 15 days since their last game thanks to winter storms canceling four straight scheduled games.
• A&M-Commerce lost its last game, on Feb. 6 at No. 15 DBU, 80-69.
• Augustine Ene and Alex Peavy tied for the team scoring lead with 14 points apiece. Ene also added six rebounds.
• Dante Adams scored 13 points with eight rebounds.
• Leo Lara added 12 points.
• The Lions shot 45.5 percent (25-of-55) from the field with nine three pointers.
• A&M-Commerce's perimeter defense was excellent again, allowing DBU to hit only four-of-17 three pointers (23.5 percent). Unfortunately for TAMUC, DBU excelled inside for a 57.1 percent overall shooting percentage (32-of-56).
 
PERIMETER EXCELLENCE
• The Lions have been fantastic in limiting their opposition from converting on three-point attempts, ranking first in the LSC and fifth nationally with an opponents' three-point percentage of 27.8. A&M-Commerce has allowed the lowest three-point percentage of any team in the nation who has played double digit games.
• This has helped the Lions to rank fourth in the league in scoring defense, as TAMUC allows 73.3 points per game. Since the first game of the season, no team has scored more than 80 points on the Lions.
 
OPPONENT THREE-POINT FG% - DII

Rk	School	Rec	3FGM-A	Pct
1	Dominican (N.Y.)	3-2	21-88	23.9
2	Lincoln (Pa.)	3-0	27-108	25.0
3	American Int'l	0-2	12-44	27.3
4	Nyack	3-3	43-156	27.6
5	A&M-COMMERCE	5-5	55-198	27.8
6	Georgia College	8-2	69-243	28.4
7	Lake Erie	3-10	85-293	29.0
8	Grand Valley St	8-5	102-349	29.2
9	Chadron St.	4-5	48-163	29.4
10	MSU Moorhead	8-2	55-186	29.6
	Southern Wesleyan	4-4	55-186	29.6

 
CHARITY STRIPE PERFECTION
• The Lions were perfect at the free throw line in the UT Tyler game on Jan. 23, going 16-of-16 from the charity stripe to establish a school record for made free throws without a miss.
• The previous record of 14-of-14 was set on February 16, 1970, in a 66-64 loss at Sul Ross State.
• This is the third overall perfect free throw night on record, including a 3-for-3 night vs. Angelo State on February 1, 2020.
• This is one of nine games in Division II this season with a perfect conversion rate and 15 or more attempts.
 
BETHELY DISHES IT OUT
• Senior point guard Devin Bethely leads the LSC in assists and third in assist-to-turnover ratio.
 
LSC ASSISTS/GAME

Rk	Player	School	Ast	Gm	APG
1	Devin Bethely	TAMUC	53	9	5.9
2	Daniel Venzant	SEU	82	14	5.9
3	Cameron Copley	LCU	80	14	5.7
4	JoJo Murray	WT	51	10	5.1
5	Carson Hughes	DBU	68	15	4.5

 
LSC ASSIST/TURNOVER

Rk	Player	School	Ast	TO	A/T
1	Carson Hughes	DBU	68	25	2.7
2	Cameron Copley	LCU	80	31	2.6
3	Devin Bethely	TAMUC	53	21	2.5
4	Rowan McKenzie	LCU	42	18	2.3
5	Evan Anderson	UAFS	47	21	2.2

 
ALL-TIME vs. OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN
• This is the seventh all-time meeting between these two teams, with A&M-Commerce holding an 6-0 lead in the series.
• The Lions have won the only two games played in the Eagles' Nest - an 81-66 victory in 2015 and a 69-55 win in 2020.
• A&M-Commerce and OC are playing for the sixth consecutive season after having never played before.
• The Lions have an 11.67 point average margin victory against the Eagles.
 
LOOKING AT LION HISTORY
• This is the 26th time the Lions have played on February 21. The Lions are 15-10 on this date in history.
• A&M-Commerce is 7-8 on the road on this date.
• This is the seconds time the Lions have played under coach Jaret von Rosenberg on this date, defeating Eastern New Mexico 87-78 at home in 2019.
• The Lions did not play an out-of-state school on this date until 2004, but then five of the last six games have been vs. out-of-state schools, including three straight vs. Oklahoma schools in 2007, 2009, and 2011.
• TAMUC has won five straight on this date and two straight on the road.
 
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	.663	69-35
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