Statistics Summary for 1996-97

SCORING TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS MINUTES
Player GP GS Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Tot Avg
Darrell Waters   32  32  523  16.3  173  345  .501  51  123  .415  126  170  .741  88  165  253  7.9  0  0  66  86  23  66  0  0.0 
Kevin Miles   32  31  429  13.4  178  314  .567  0  1  .000  73  115  .635  104  176  280  8.8  0  0  53  80  21  29  0  0.0 
Stacy Lamb   32  32  408  12.8  149  308  .484  52  124  .419  58  82  .707  36  84  120  3.8  0  0  57  47  4  36  0  0.0 
Gregg Ward   32  32  324  10.1  112  260  .431  30  99  .303  70  104  .673  28  93  121  3.8  0  0  75  68  8  39  0  0.0 
Lamont Edwards   31  0  283  9.1  123  228  .539  1  7  .143  36  48  .750  56  70  126  4.1  0  0  25  40  5  23  0  0.0 
Chris Metze   32  32  208  6.5  81  170  .476  8  34  .235  38  64  .594  36  58  94  2.9  0  0  111  88  3  65  0  0.0 
Brad Linder   31  0  180  5.8  58  126  .460  6  31  .194  58  80  .725  19  40  59  1.9  0  0  34  29  1  15  0  0.0 
Jonathan Hopkins   30  1  122  4.1  47  89  .528  3  4  .750  25  34  .735  27  46  73  2.4  0  0  13  39  7  17  0  0.0 
Ed King   31  0  108  3.5  32  78  .410  10  35  .286  34  46  .739  4  23  27  0.9  0  0  49  41  0  32  0  0.0 
Evan Garnett   30  0  68  2.3  16  45  .356  4  23  .174  32  48  .667  5  28  33  1.1  0  0  28  22  0  12  0  0.0 
Harold Chambers   8  0  9  1.1  4  7  .571  0  0  .000  1  2  .500  3  2  5  0.6  0  0  0  2  0  1  0  0.0 
Team totals   32  0  2662  83.2  973  1970  .494  165  481  .343  551  793  .695  448  835  1283  40.1  0  0  511  548  72  335  0   
Opp totals   0  0  0  0.0  0  0  .000  0  0  .000  0  0  .000  0  0  0  0.0  0  -  0  0  0  0  0   

Results for 1996-97

  Date Opponent   Score   Attend   Site Notes
11/16/96 at Concordia (TX) W 111-80 - Austin, TX
11/23/96 TEXAS WESLEYAN W 91-70 - Commerce, TX
11/26/96 HENDERSON ST. W 109-70 - Commerce, TX
11/29/96 at Southeastern Okla. L 66-70 - Durant, OK
11/30/96 CONCORDIA (TX) W 107-63 - Commerce, TX
12/07/96 at Texas Wesleyan W 81-52 - Fort Worth, TX
* 12/14/96 TARLETON ST. W 59-51 - Commerce, TX
12/28/96 vs Wayland Baptist W 107-89 - San Antonio, TX
12/29/96 at Incarnate Word W 86-51 - San Antonio, TX
* 01/02/97 TEX. A&M-KINGSVILLE W 79-64 - Commerce, TX
01/04/97 INDIANA WESLEYAN W 98-46 - Commerce, TX
* 01/07/97 at Angelo St. W 84-64 - San Angelo, TX
* 01/09/97 at Abilene Christian W 101-94 - Abilene, TX
* 01/11/97 EASTERN N.M. W 84-79 - Commerce, TX
* 01/13/97 WEST TEXAS A&M W 67-61 - Commerce, TX
* 01/16/97 at Central Okla. L 98-110 - Edmond, OK
* 01/18/97 at Midwestern St. L 69-81 - Wichita Falls, TX
* 01/25/97 at Tex. A&M-Kingsville L 57-73 - Kingsville, TX
* 01/30/97 ABILENE CHRISTIAN W 79-70 - Commerce, TX
* 02/01/97 ANGELO ST. W 97-58 - Commerce, TX
* 02/06/97 at West Texas A&M W 76-58 - Canyon, TX
* 02/08/97 at Eastern N.M. L 71-81 - Portales, NM
* 02/13/97 MIDWESTERN ST. W 82-63 - Commerce, TX
* 02/15/97 CENTRAL OKLA. W 100-90 - Commerce, TX
02/19/97 SOUTHEASTERN OKLA. W 77-69 - Commerce, TX
* 02/22/97 at Tarleton St. L 39-60 - Stephenville, TX
+p 02/27/97 vs West Texas A&M W 87-67 - Edmond, OK
+p 03/01/97 at Central Okla. L 84-89 - Edmond, OK
#p 03/06/97 vs Central Missouri W 80-74 - Topeka, KS
#p 03/07/97 at Washburn W 80-75 - Topeka, KS
#p 03/08/97 vs Pittsburg St. W 89-83 - Topeka, KS
$p 03/19/97 vs Northern Kentucky L 67-79 - Louisville, KY
 
NCAA Division 2 Elite Eight qualifier
NCAA Division 2 South Central Region Champ
Second in the Lone Star Conference
20 Win Season
Head Coach: Paul Peak (6th Season)
Overall Record: 72-88, 37-41 LSC

First Team All-LSC
Kevin Miles
Darrell Waters

1996 was arguably the peak of Coach Peak's career at A&M-Commerce. He led the Lions to back-to-back 20-win seasons, another appearance in the NCAA tournament, and an Elite Eight appearance. The Lions also assembled some dominant basketball, winning their first three games by an average of 30.3 points. Southeastern Oklahoma briefly knocked the Lions down, but they bounced back quick and hard, winning their next 11. The toughest part of the season came in a three-game stint against Central Oklahoma, Midwest
ern State, and A&M-Kingsville, all of which the Lions lost. But a three-game win streak immediately followed, and the Lions continued to dominate the rest of the season. The Lions entered the LSC tournament with an 11-5 conference record, the second seed. They won their first game against West Texas, but then Central Oklahoma again proved too much, taming the Lions with an 89-84 defeat. The Lions headed back to the NCAA Regionals, and this time won their first game, and their second, and their third. A&M-
Commerce finally lost in the Elite Eight, a 79-67 thrashing by Northern Kentucky. This was the first Elite Eight appearance ever for A&M-Commerce.

Darrell Waters paced the Lions on offense, leading in scoring (523 points), and scoring the second-most three pointers (51). Waters was impressive on the other end of the court too, leading in blocks (23) and steals (66). Chris Metze led in assists with 111, and Kevin Miles led the rebounding effort with 280.

Waters and Miles both were First Team All-LSC honorees.

* - Lone Star Conference Game
+ - Lone Star Conference Tournament
# - NCAA Division 2 South Central Region
$ - NCAA Division 2 Elite Eight

Overall: 24-8
Conference: 11-5
Home: 13-0
Away: 7-7
Neutral: 4-1