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Lions To Host Colorado Mesa In NCAA Playoffs

The Lions won the Lone Star Conference championship for the third consecutive season.
Texas A&M University-Commerce
The Lions won the Lone Star Conference championship for the third consecutive season.

The Texas A&M University-Commerce football team is headed to the NCAA Division II playoffs for the second consecutive season. And this year, the Lions are hosting a first-round game. A&M-Commerce will kick off against Colorado Mesa University at 2 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. Pregame coverage on KETR will begin at 1:30 p.m. 

Here are the A&M-Commerce Athletics Department pregame notes. And, here is some audio from KETR News Director Mark Haslett and student reporter Jasmine Baker:

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Lions junior running back Ovie Urevbu speaks with KETR's Jasmine Baker in advance of the playoff game against Colorado Mesa. (Jasmine Baker/KETR)

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.
Lifelong sports fan, Jasmine Baker, has been covering sports for KETR 88.9 since 2016, under the tutelage of Mark Haslett. She's co-hosted the award-winning student produced program 'Lions After Dark' and produced online content covering Lion Athletics. As an undergraduate she began her journalism career writing for student-run campus newspaper The East Texan. Jasmine has covered high school basketball playoffs, college and professional sports in the Dallas Metroplex. Her experience has allowed her to be a guest on various sports talk shows, including guest play-by-play with Charlie Chitwood. In the 2018 WNBA season she covered the Dallas Wings for High Post Hoops.