COMMERCE, Texas (Men's Basketball) – Duan Wright achieved a career milestone of 500 points in two season with Texas A&M University-Kingsville (14-9, 7-7 LSC) in the 77-59 loss to Texas A&M University-Commerce (17-7, 9-6 LSC) Saturday evening at The Field House.

Texas A&M-Kingsville dropped its second straight game on the road, bringing their record to 3-6 as the visiting team this year and a .500 Lone Star Conference record. The loss resulted in a season sweep at the hands of the Lions despite a brilliant performance from Wright with a game-high of 21 points.

The Hogs struck first in the game, but a 7-0 run in the first frame ignited the Lions and they would not relinquish the lead again. TAMUC led for 37 total minutes and shot 47% from the floor and 31% from three. TAMUK shot 38% and 21%, respectively, however they did shoot 14-of-19 from the charity stripe. Marcus Frazier and Derrick Byrd was next in scoring with eight points each, while Thomas Diaz chipped in seven points from the bench.

TEAM LEADERS

Texas A&M-Kingsville
Points: Duan Wright, 21
Rebounds: Robert Stevenson, 8
Assists: Derrick Byrd, 2
Steals: Duan Wright, 3
Blocks: Robert Stevenson, 5

A&M-Commerce
Points: De'Andre Carson, 20
Rebounds: Marquieth Russle, 11
Assists: Trey Seymore, 5
Steals: Malik Albert, 4
Blocks: Two players with one block

1st Half
The Javelinas and Lions came out with strong shooting starts although the home team led 14-10 at the 15:17 mark. Later in the half with TAMUK still trailing 21-20, Wright knocks down his second triple of the game to give them its first lead (23-20) since making the first field goal of the game. The lead was short lived though as the Hogs could not sustain their hot shooting and went 0-of-9 on their next field goal attempts to help the Lions build a 28-23 lead. A&M-Commerce went into the half with a 37-28 lead although Wright led all scorers with 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting.

2nd Half
The Javelinas fought in the second half, but at the 13:32 mark they found themselves facing their largest deficit at that point(54-40) thanks to De'Andre Carson's four made three-pointers in the half alone. The Lions continued to pour it on in the final stanza and defeated TAMUK, 77-59.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Javelinas outscored the Lions 14-2 from the bench.
• TAMUK was outscored 38-24 in the second half.
• The Hogs struggled from three-point range in the second half (1-7) and shot a .385 clip from overall from the floor.
• Robert Stevenson swatted away five blocks, one shy of tying his career-high.
• Duan Wright surpasses 500 career points in two seasons with the Javelinas.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: Texas A&M-Kingsville 59, A&M-Commerce 77
Records: Texas A&M-Kingsville (14-9, 7-7 LSC), A&M-Commerce (17-7, 9-6 LSC)
Series: Texas A&M-Kingsville is 53-70 against A&M-Commerce 
Location: The Field House Commerce, Texas
Time of Game: 4 p.m.

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