COMMERCE, Texas - No. 9 Midwestern State withstood a late Texas A&M-Commerce charge to survive the Lions 90-86 in Lone Star Conference crossover play here Thursday night.

The Mustangs improved their all-time best start to 14-0, while snapping the Texas A&M-Commerce's eight-game homecourt winning streak as the Lions dropped to 11-3.

"We lost a little bit of aggressiveness early in the second half," MSU coach Grant McCasland said. "It got real physical and there were a lot of fouls called early. I thought the officials did a nice job of keeping order as it got a little physical."

The Mustangs led by as many as 17 points in the opening half and led 45-29 at intermission after Anthony Moore banged in a 3-pointer

MSU pushed the advantage back out to 15 when Craig Green hit the front end of a bonus to give the Mustangs a 58-43 with 13:27 to go.

That's when the Lions made their first push as Sammy Jackson ignited an 11-2 run with a 15-footer on the baseline as Texas A&M-Commerce clawed to within 60-54 when Brad Hambrick hit the first of his pair of 3-pointers from the right corner with 11:50 to play.

"The tale of our season is going to be how well we keep players off of the boards," McCasland said. "That's the reason why they were able to make a comeback."

The Mustangs responded with a 12-2 run of their own to push the advantage back to 72-56 when Michael Godwin hit a pair of free throws with 9:26 to play.

Texas A&M-Commerce, however, wasn't done even after Adrian Van Buren's put back with 8:50 to go gave MSU a seemingly commanding 76-58 lead with 8:50 remaining.

The Lions put together a quick 9-0 run down the stretch to pull within 88-84 on Brian Singleton's layup with 40.5 seconds to play, but that's as close as the Lions would get.

For the second-straight game, Midwestern placed six players in double digits as Green led the way with 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting.

Senior guard Chris Hagan produced a solid all-around game with 15 points, five rebounds and six assists while junior forward Charlie Logan had his second double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Michael Godwin added 12 points and Jason Ebie had 12 points while Anthony Moore added 11.

Jackson paced Texas A&M-Commerce with 16 points and six rebounds.

Midwestern State kicks off LSC South Division play at Angelo State next Wednesday at Junell Center. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. or 25 minutes after the conclusion of the women's game which begins at 6.

Notables
* Midwestern State extended its regular season winning streak to 19-straight games which ranks as the third longest in NCAA Division II. Kutztown (Pa.) and Augusta State (Ga.) have on 23 and 21 consecutive games, respectively.
* The Mustangs won 14-straight games in a singles season for the sixth time in school history.
* Texas A&M-Commerce's Brad Hambrick gave the Lions a 2-0 lead just a minute into the contest Thursday night, but that would be Lions' lone lead. It's the fourth time this season that MSU has allowed the opponents to score first, then lead the rest of the game.
* MSU has won in each of its last three trips to the A&M-Commerce Field House.