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This page curates KETR's news stories related to Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Lion football opens Sept. 4 vs. ETBU

Texas A&M University-Commerce
Ryan Ivey

A&M-Commerce athletic director Ryan Ivey says the Lion football team will open its 2014 season at home on a Thursday night, Sept. 4, against East Texas Baptist University.  Ivey says head coach Colby Carthel recruited 54 freshmen football players by dividing seven athletic scholarships among them, supplementing scholarships with grants and other forms of financial aid.  And Ivey says the Lion men's basketball team, coming off a 79-76 win over national no. 2-ranked Tarleton State Saturday night, has a good chance of making the NCAA Division 2 tournament even if it does not win this week's Lone Star Conference tournament. 

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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