COMMERCE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce used an excellent offensive performance to earn an 81-68 win over Cameron University in the Field House on Thursday evening.
 
The Lions move to 7-6 overall and in the Lone Star Conference with the victory, while Cameron is now 1-15.
 
The two teams will meet again on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in Cameron's Aggie Gym in the regular season finale.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Lions connected on 55.2 percent (32-of-59) of their shots from the floor, including a sparkling second half where they made 17-of-29 (58.6 percent) of their field goals and 54.5 percent (6-of-11) of their three-pointers.
- JJ Romer Rosario (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.) led the Lions with 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting. He was 3-for-3 on three-pointers and added five rebounds.
- Augustine Ene (Carrollton – Creekview) scored 15 points with four rebounds and four assists, going 6-of-7 from the floor.
- Rodney Brown (Beaumont – West Brook) and Demarcus Demonia (Fort Washington, Md.) eas scored 10 points, with Brown leading the team with eight boards.
- Carson Tuttle (Mukilteo, Wash.) passed out nine assists.
- The Lions committed only seven personal fouls in the game and had a 41-31 rebounding edge.
 
HEAD COACH JARET von ROSENBERG AFTER THE GAME
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
After conceding the opening basket, the Lions scored 10 straight points, spreading the scoring across four of the starters with Ene and Tuttle each scoring three and Demonia and Brown notching buckets. Cameron calmed the run down and got the game back to single digits, even tying the contest at the 4:24 mark.
 
From there, the Lions ended the half on a 10-0 run, including a pair of Romer Rosario three-pointers. Cameron missed its final seven attempts of the half and the Lions took a 38-28 lead into the dressing room.
 
The Lions used strong interior defense in the second half to keep Cameron from making a two-pointer for nearly eight minutes. Demonia had a pair of thunderous dunks and Romer Rosario's three-pointer at the 7:52 mark gave the Lions their largest lead of the game at 68-47.
 
A brief Cameron rally cut the lead to 12 points, but the Lions were able to hold off the Aggies thanks to a Tuttle three-pointer, and five points across the final 2:41.