COMMERCE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce men's basketball team plays its second road game in three days on Tuesday, taking on Angelo State for a matinee tipoff at 1 p.m.
 
WHO: A&M-Commerce at Angelo State
WHERE: San Angelo | Junell Center
WHEN: 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23
RECORDS: A&M-Commerce is 6-5 overall and in the Lone Star Conference. ASU is 5-9 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 HEAD TO CONCHO VALLEY
• After a 15-day gap between games, the Lions now face their second game in three days with a road trip to Angelo State.
 • A&M-Commerce earned a hard-fought 80-78 win at Oklahoma Christian in its last contest on Sunday.
• Augustine Ene led the Lions with 21 points and nine rebounds, including a 10-of-10 performance at the free throw line.
• JJ Romer Rosario scored 14 points off the bench on perfect 6-of-6 shooting, including a pair of three-pointers.
• Carson Tuttle scored 12 points and dished out seven assists.
• The Lions shot 44.3 percent (27-of-61) from the floor and scored 17 points off of 10 Eagle turnovers. A&M-Commerce had 17 assists against nine turnovers.
 
PERIMETER EXCELLENCE
• The Lions have been fantastic in limiting their opposition from converting on three-point attempts, ranking first in the LSC and sixth nationally with an opponents' three-point percentage of 28.7. A&M-Commerce has allowed the third-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 73.7 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	Lincoln (Pa.)	3-0	27-108	25.0
2	Nyack	4-3	50-184	27.2
3	American Int'l	0-2	12-44	27.3
4	Georgia College	9-2	77-270	28.5
5	Southern Wesleyan	6-4	66-230	28.7
6	A&M-Commerce	6-5	62-216	28.7
7	Saint Leo	1-1	11-38	28.9
8	Dominican (N.Y.)	3-3	30-102	29.4
9	Columbus St.	5-7	67-225	29.8
10	Colo. Sch. of Mines	13-1	75-251	29.9

 
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 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	92	16	5.8
4	JoJo Murray	WT	55	12	4.6
5	Carson Hughes	DBU	72	16	4.5

 
LSC ASSIST/TURNOVER

Rk	Player	School	Ast	TO	A/T
1	Cameron Copley	LCU	92	33	2.8
2	Carson Hughes	DBU	72	27	2.7
3	Devin Bethely	TAMUC	53	21	2.5
4	Rowan McKenzie	LCU	49	20	2.5
5	Evan Anderson	UAFS	49	21	2.3

 
ALL-TIME vs. ANGELO STATE
• This is the 101st all-time meeting between these two teams, with A&M-Commerce holding a 52-48 lead in the series.
• The Rams have a 29-17 lead in San Angelo, including wins in the last two matchups in the Junell Center.
• Coach Rose is 4-3 against his friend Cinco Boone, with two of those four wins in the LSC Tournament.
• The Lions are 0-2 against ASU in the Concho Vally under von Rosenberg.
 
LOOKING AT LION HISTORY
• This is the 26th time the Lions have played on February 23. The Lions are 9-16 on this date in history.
• A&M-Commerce is 6-8 on the road on this date.
• This is the second time the Lions have played under coach Jaret von Rosenberg on this date, falling at home to WT, 81-69, in 2019.
• This record was hampered by a bad streak in the early years of Lion hoops, as ET lost the first seven games on this date until 1954, which started a five-game win streak.
•ET and Angelo played on this date in San Angelo in 1974, with the Lions winning 88-80.
 
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	70-35
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