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Live blog: Lions vs. West Texas A&M men's basketball

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  • Get your final stats here. Congratulations Lions on what was really a must-have win at home against West Texas A&M today.
  • FINAL: Lions, 93, Buffaloes 84. "And the Lions win!"
  • Lions 91, Buffs 84. 8 seconds.
  • Lions 91, Buffs 83. 11 seconds to play.
  • Lions 90, WT 83. 19 seconds left. Maybe this one won't go to the last buzzer. 
  • Macauley has a career-high 15 points. 89-83 Lions with 19 seconds left. Carnegie at line.
  • Price hits 1-2 at line, 88-83. 
  • Lions get the ball back when at WT player steps out of bounds! 87-83. 47.7 ticks on the clock.
  • Buffs ball, still 87-83 Lions. 1:02 to play!
  • Lions 87, WT 83. 1:26.
  • Wooten scores from outside and it's 86-81.
  • WT's Ferguson hits a trey and it's 84-81, 2:11 to play. 
  • Great, patient possession by Lions ends with Macauley scoring inside. 84-78, 2:14 left.
  • 3:39 left, Lions lead, 82-78.
  • 80-78, Lions. Macauley will go to the stripe again.
  • Macauley drains two from the line, now it's 80-76, but a Buff is at the line for WT.
  • Time out, still 78-76. 3:56. Carnegie 21 pts, Walker 15, Wooten 13, Ehambe 9.
  • Buffs make two FTs and now it's 78-76. This one could go to the buzzer.
  • Ehambe was left alone along the baseline, makes Buffs pay. 78-74.
  • Leading by two, Lions ball. 76-74, 4:27.
  • Now both teams lighting it up from three-point range. Lions lead, 76-72, 4:50 left.
  • Wooten with the STEAL and Macauley with the tomahawk JAM! 73-69 Lions.
  • Carnegie for three! Lions lead 71-66.
  • Big possession for Lions, leading 68-66.
  • Carnegie with a bucket to put the Lions back up by 4. 68-64, media time out, 7:16, WT's ball.
  • WT back to within two for the first time in a while. Lions lead 66-64, 7:53 to play.
  • Brown 8 boards, Carnegie 7.
  • WT still hanging around. Lions up 66-62, time out with 8:15 remaining.
  • Macauley with the dunk on the alley-oop from Price and it's Lions 66, Buffs 58. 8:47.
  • And one! Price with the lay-up and draws the foul. Lions lead 64-56, 10:00.
  • Time out, still 61-52. 11:44. WT's Ferguson leads all scorers with 18.
  • Ehambe goes 1-2 at line, Lions lead 61-52, 12:05.
  • Lions lead 60-52, 12:27 left, Buffs with ball.
  • Wooten with the steal and the lay-in! Lions up 58-52, 13:09.
  • Walker 15 pts, Carnegie 13, Wooten 11, Ehambe and Brown with 6.
  • Carnegie for three and the Lions are up 56-47 with 14:44 to play.
  • Walker with the jam! 52-45, Lions.
  • Lions 46, Buffs 43. 18:00.
  • As the prescient Mr. Chitwood predicted, both teams playing a more physical game this half.

Second half

  • Nice to see all the extra seating behind the baseline and kiddie bounce tent here at the game. And, of course, the best band in the Lone Star Conference...made ever-louder by the acoustics in this old barn. Great basketball environment here in Commerce. Come catch the second half if you're in town!
  • Lions have 7 points off turnovers, Buffs have 2. And that, basically, is your difference. Stat sheet is remarkably balanced so far. Each team has 3 turnovers. Lions 1 steal, Buffs 2. Lions 12 points in the paint, Buffs 10.
  • Lions led by 9 before WT scored last 5 points of the half.
  • Lions 6-10 from three-point range; Buffs 7-12 from beyond the arc.
  • Stats over at http://www.sidearmstats.com/tamuc/mbball/, y'all. It's break time.
  • Halftime: Lions 44, WT 40.
  • Walker's three gives him 15 to lead all scorers.
  • Clock's ticking down on this one. 1:38 to play, Lions with the ball and a 41-35 lead.
  • Dumars and Ferguson have 25 of WT's 35 points.
  • Walker makes something out of nothing to put Lions up 38-33.
  • Both teams have 10 rebounds.
  • Time out, 3:27. Leones 36, Tejas Oeste 32.
  • Lions bench has outscored WT's bench 15-2.
  • Time out, 4:29. Lions 34, WT 30. Walker 8 pts.
  • Pace slowing down. WT using patience on offense, defensive boards to battle back.
  • Carson's three puts Lions up 31-24!
  • Time out, 7:23. Lions 25, WT 24. Lions 3-5 3 pts; Buffs 5-9.
  • Buffs back to within one point. 25-24. Strong outside shooting helping WT.
  • Time out, 9:09. Lions 23, Buffs 18. Ehambe, Wooten and Carnegie all with 5 points.
  • Lions lead 23-16 after a steal and layup.
  • Brown sinks two at the line and Lions lead 18-13, 11:00.
  • Chitwood predicting this game will be very physical before we're all done here today.
  • Time out, 11:41 left. A&M-C 14, WT 12. Ehambe 5 points, Wooten 3.
  • Carson goes 1-2 at the line. 14-12 Lions, 12:00.
  • Ehambe's three puts Lions up 13-12!
  • Both teams having trouble turning posessions into points. Still 12-10, WT. 13:09 left in half.
  • Lions' D preventing good looks but can't get the defensive board.
  • 12-10, WT leading. Both teams getting comfortable; pretty straight-up play from both sides so far.
  • Early in the game, Buffs lead A&M-Commerce 10-8. Both of these teams 1-4 in Lone Star Conference play and needing a victory this afternoon.

First Half

Mark Haslett has served at KETR since 2013. Since then, the station's news operation has enjoyed an increase in listener engagement and audience metrics, as well recognition in the Texas AP Broadcasters awards.