Durant, Okla.

The Texas A&M-Commerce men's basketball team dropped an 86-82 decision to No. 5 Southeastern Oklahoma on Saturday night at the Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium on Saturday night.

Texas A&M-Commerce (12-13, 5-5 LSC North) had four players in double digits in the loss. Champ Sylvester had 17 points, Kevin Widemond added 14, Lance Jackson and Lamar Searight each scored 11 in the defeat.

SOSU (21-2, 10-0 LSC North) had four players in double figures including pre-season Lone Star Conference North Division Player of the Year Eric Babers, who nearly had a quadruple double with 18 points, 14 rebounds, eight assists and seven blocks in the win but the Savage Storm also had a season-high 13 three pointers in the win. Joining Babers in double digits was a Jason Stampley, who scored a game-high 27, Josh Talley added 18 and Matt White chipped in 15.

The Lions led for the opening 5:10 of the contest but after a three pointer by Stampley gave the host Savage Storm an 11-8 advantage. SOSU never trailed for the remainder of the contest. Texas A&M-Commerce cut the deficit to 4, 28-24, with 4:55 left when Widemond made a three pointer. However, the Savage Storm retaliated with a 12-0 run to take a 40-26 lead with 1:54 remaining in the opening stanza. But, Texas A&M-Commerce closed out the first half with a 7-0 run for a 40-31 halftime deficit.

To start the second half, the two teams exchanged baskets as the Savage Strom stretched their lead to 10 when Talley made back-to-back three pointers to go ahead 48-38 with 17:42 left in the contest. Texas A&M-Commerce retaliated with an 8-0 run to get within two, 48-46 with 15:31 remaining. The Lions would not get any closer for the remainder of the contest. The Savage Storm took the lead to as much as 18 but the Lions continued to claw back into the contest.

The Lions will remain on the road for its next contest when they travel to Lawton, Oklahoma to face Cameron on Wednesday at 8 pm. Earlier this year, Texas A&M-Commerce posted a 102-83 win over the Aggies on Jan. 31.