Hat Tip to Blake Cooper for the information for Coach Ernest Hawkins Funeral. Friday, February 2nd 5:30p – 7:30p. — Visitation – First Baptist Church-Commerce, Fellowship Hall Saturday, February 3rd 10:00a. — Service – First Baptist Church-Commerce-1401 Washington Street, Commerce, TX 11:30a – 1:30p. — Celebration of Life and Light Lunch for ALL GUESTS –…
Just got the call from Hawkins’ son Ray, Coach has been called up yonder. He is now with the Lord and safe for eternity. Funeral arrangements are pending. Will be posting updates for those who wish to pay their respects to Coach Hawkins. Follow updates on this site or on the Facebook page for The…
(Author’s Note: For those that may not be aware, Coach Hawkins suffered both a heart attack and stroke Wednesday of this week. According to his son, Ray, he is in the hospital under hospice care with no change to his current condition. He is unable to speak or use his right hand, and remains asleep…
A three pointer with .06 left in the game pushed the A&M-Commerce Lions in overtime against a salty Midwestern State team, and then back into the LSC win column with a 91-88 win Thursday night in Commerce. With that win, the Lions push their record to 16-3 overall and 8-2 in LSC play. This was…
The Lion Women avenged their only LSC loss by taking down MSU’s Lady Mustangs with a big win over Midwestern State. The Ladies secure their lead on first place in the LSC and push their record to 14-5 overall and 10-1 in LSC play.
This weekend was a fantastic weekend for the Women’s Basketball team as they picked up two HUGE wins on the road. Knocking off Texas-Permian Basin in Odessa and then heading up the road to knock off a ranked West Texas team showed that this team is primed to be an LSC contender for the regular…
It is the first win in Canyon in 13 years. Not even the 2006-07 team can say they beat a ranked WT team on the road. A HUGE win. The Lions push their record to 12-5 overall, and to a 9-1 LSC record to stay in a strong first place position. This team is legit.…
Luis Perez will be suiting up for the final time before the NFL draft in April as he will suit up with the National Team in today’s game slated for a 3 PM kickoff at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. For Perez, it is his final ever college game, and fitting that after…
Lions lose in the worst way possible, after the Falcons missed a game winning shot, a rebound squeaked it’s way through a Lion’s hand and the Falcons picked up the ball and put the ball in. The shot appeared to be after the buzzer, but after looking at the shot for a good 3-4 minutes,…
It’s been a slugfest on the Permian Basin, with the two teams exchanging blows. This one will come down to the wire. Second half coming up.
Lions pick up a huge road win and are now number 1 in the LSC with an 11-5 record overall and 8-1 in LSC play. Thoughts on this and their huge game against West Texas A&M on Friday.
Greetings, Lion fans. As Coach Carthel said in a joyous celebration in Kansas City, “It’s all about recruiting.” So, with an early signing period under our belts, let us take a look at how you defending National Champions are restocking their shelves for another run. There’s a saying that fits here….”The hunter now becomes the…
The Lions pick up another big win to stay undefeated and in first place in the Lone Star Conference and 14-1 overall. It was truly a tale of halves. The Lions dominated TSU for the first half, and then the Texans came back and actually outscored the Lions by 2 in the second half, but…
Jason Burton coached his 100th game and it was a good one and an important one, as the Lions pushed their record to 9-5 overall and notched another huge LSC win to move to 6-1 as the Lions downed arch-rival Tarleton State 68-62. Burton’s career record is now 59-41 overall and 36-23 in LSC play…
Women’s- Texas A&M-Commerce-78, Angelo State-74 Senior Brianna Wise hit for 22 points as the A&M-Commerce Women’s team moved to 8-5 overall, and most importantly 5-1 in LSC play. A few thoughts: I said that one thing that would be a deciding factor in how the Lion Women end up this season is how they would…
Junior Guard Willie Rooks scored 19 points while Reggie Reid added 16 and Aaron Horne 11 as The 18th ranked Texas A&M-Commerce Men’s Basketball team pushed their record to 12-1 overall and 5-1 in LSC play with a 73-62 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville Thursday night at University Fieldhouse in Commerce. The Lions will face another…
Arteajah Gay put in 17 points and Melanie Ransom added 14 points as the Texas A&M-Commerce women’s team moved their record to 7-5 overall and 4-1 in LSC play with a convincing 63-48 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville. The Lady Cagers of TAMUC started fast and never looked back leading 33-25 at the half before keeping…
Per Lionathletics.com, Colby Carthel’s contract has been extended through the year 2021. Great news and needed to be done. Dr. Ray Keck’s thoughts on signing Carthel to another year: “Colby Carthel’s leadership of our football program has transformed our institution in ways we have never experienced,” Keck noted. “To celebrate a national championship has our proud…
A Roaring Start-The Lions have started the season 11-1 and have started in this fashion for the past 3 seasons. With a ranking at # 18 in the country, strong showings in the Heartland/LSC Challenge and in the Angelo State Invitational, they have built a strong out of conference resume. Their lone loss was a…
Overall, the Ladies are 6-5. Now, looking at the out of conference record, it is 3-4. Here is something to be optimistic about; those 3 of those 4 losses were lost by an average of 4 points. These games were not blowout losses. They were close losses, and the fact that this team is close…
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