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.
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…
Next, onto a group that contends year in and year out, The TAMUC Lions Soccer team. When excellence is your standard, it can be kind of hard to accept a 12-4-1 record when you fall short of your goals, which is to get into the National Tournament each year and compete for a LSC title.…
This is Part 1 in a 4 part series wrapping up the Fall Sports season. We also want to say to those who participated in Volleyball, Soccer, Cross Country, and Golf, we apologize for not covering you all as much as we should have and would have liked. The Lion Wire is adding a final…
This is Part 2 in a 2 part series on the thoughts about the Lion Football season This section covers the effect on the University and institution as a whole. Winning a national championship for a school usually means big time pride and good feelings all around. The first thing that this season did was…
Exactly 45 years and 7 days ago, The Lions of East Texas State University lofted their first National Title Trophy. The game was in Commerce and the town celebrated for days. For years, it was something for the Lion program to hang their hat on. Last night, the ups and downs that have happened since…
Versus When: Saturday, December 15, 5 PM Where: Children’s Mercy Park Stadium, Kansas City, Kansas Weather: 60 Degrees and Sunny at Kickoff TV: ESPN2 Radio: Lions Sports Network via 88.9 KETR (Commerce) or KETR.org Live Stats: http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/d2/2017/12/16/west-fla-tex-am-commerce Starters QB-Luis Perez, 6’3 220 LBS, SR, San Diego, CA RB-Carandal Hale, 5’11 190 LBS, R-FR, Greenville, TX WR-D’Arthur…
It’s Here. The week many of us thought we might never see. The week where Texas A&M-Commerce plays for the National Championship. Whenever there is uncharted territory for a team, the best thing a team can do in my opinion, is to keep the schedule the same and not let anything be distracting or take…
A lot of thoughts to put down, so let’s get to it. `1. Surreal. That is the first and only word I can use. It was just five years ago that I was sitting in Memorial Stadium watching the Lions get pummeled by West Texas A&M. There were MAYBE 500 people in the entire stadium,…
For the first time since 1972, The Lions of Texas A&M-Commerce are headed to the National Championship Game. A lot of thoughts tomorrow. Wow, just wow.
Game is still close. The Lions will find out what they are made of in these final 15 minutes. Let’s WIN THIS!
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