Who:

Versus

When: Saturday, October 26, 3 PM

Where: Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium, Commerce, Texas

Weather: Sunny and 65 Degrees at Kickoff, Wind NNE at 10 MPH

Watch/Listen/Stats

Radio: Lion Sports Network via 88.9 KETR (Commerce) or stream http://www.ketr.org Charlie Chitwood (Play By Play), Brock Calloway (Color/Analysis)

Television: The game will be televised live on Nexstar stations throughout the Southwest – CHANNEL INFORMATION

Live Stats: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=tame

Projected Starters:

Offense (Multiple)

QB- Miklo Smalls, RS-Soph, 6’2, 185 LBS, Plano, TX (Plano East)

RB-Antonio Lealilee, RS-Junior, 5’11, 210 LBS, Copperas Cove, TX (Copperas Cove)

WR- Ryan Stokes, Senior, 6’3, 185 LBS, St Louis, MO (McCluer North)

WR- Kelan Smith, RS-Junior, 6’1, 170 LBS, Dallas, TX (First Baptist Academy)

WR- Greg Craddick, Sophomore, 6’6, 185 LBS, Converse, TX (Judson)

TE- Tyler Guice, Senior, 6’3, 250 LBS, Atlanta, GA (Eagles Landing)

LG- Deion Malone, Senior, 6’3, 295 LBS, Batesville, MS (South Panola)

LT- Amon Simon, RS-Junior, 6’5, 275 LBS, Humble TX, (Atascocita)

C- Christian Hernandez, Sophomore 6’1, 265 LBS, Frisco, TX (Lone Star)

RT- Richard West, Sophomore, 6’6, 240 LBS, San Antonio, TX (East Central)

RG- Dixon Siuele, Junior, 6’2, 305 LBS, Pago Pago, American Samoa, (Samoana)

Defense-(4-2-5)

NT- Pierre Leonard, Senior, 5’10, 300 LBS, Tyler, TX (John Tyler)

DT- Chris Williams, Senior, 6’1, 285 LBS, Atlanta, GA (Sandy Creek)

DE- Elijah Earls, RS-Junior, 6’0, 240 LBS, San Antonio, TX (Stevens)

DE- Ronathon Elmore, Sophomore, 6’5, 255 LBS, Bellville, MI (Bellville)

LB- Dominique Ramsey, RS-Junior 5’9 180 LBS, Converse, TX (Judson)

LB- Terrell Collins, Senior, 6’0, 245 LBS, St. Louis, MO (Hazelwood Central)

LB- Jalon Edwards-Cooper, Senior, 5’11, 175 LBS, Spring, TX (DeKaney)

LB- Neema Behbahani, Senior, 6’1, 230 LBS, Plano, TX (Plano)

DB- Kader Kohou RS-Junior, 5’11, 190 LBS, Euless, TX (Trinity)

DB- LA Dawson, Senior, 6’0, 180 LBS, Austin, TX (Lyndon B. Johnson)

FS- Alex Shillow, RS-Junior, 5’10, 185 LBS, Pflugerville, TX (Pflugerville)

Specialists-

Placekicker-Jake Viquez, RS-Junior, 5’10, 190 LBS, Rockwall, TX (Rockwall)

Place Holder-Preston Wheeler, Senior, 6’3, 200 LBS, Austin, TX (Bowie)

Punter-Andrew Gomez, Junior, 6’2, 210 LBS, Richardson, TX (Richardson)

Long Snapper-Wyatt Leath, Junior, 6’4, 245 LBS, Rockwall, TX (Heath)

Return Specialist-Dominique Ramsey, RS-Junior 5’9 180 LBS, Converse, TX (Judson)

Return Specialist-Kader Kohou RS-Junior, 5’11, 190 LBS, Euless, TX (Trinity)

Storylines: After a hard fought loss, the Lions now have absolutely no margin for error in the final 4 games of the year in order to make the playoffs. Western New Mexico comes to Commerce for our annual homecoming game and Western comes in with just one win on the season, and it was against UT-Permian Basin. Western is full of athletic talent and has played a hard schedule so far. They love to air it out and use their athleticism in order to compete. For the Lions and the thousands that will be there for homecoming it will be a beautiful day in Commerce to get one game closer to the regular season end goal, which is to qualify for the NCAA Division II playoffs. This starts a 4 game stretch to show the voters that this team is good enough to be one of the top 7 teams in Super Region 4. The season comes down to these four weeks and four games. Time to take care of Business on Saturday and have a happy homecoming.

Other LSC Games This Saturday:

Midwestern State @ Western Oregon, 3 PM

Texas-Permian Basin @ Angelo State, 4 PM

West Texas A&M @ Eastern New Mexico, 7 PM

Tarleton State @ Texas A&M-Kingsville, 7 PM