Excitement on The Island is picking up at
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as season tickets for the
upcoming 2007-08 Islander men's and women's basketball campaign are
now on sale.
The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's
team, the reigning Southland Conference champions, will be led by
senior All-American candidate Chris Daniels and first-year head
coach Perry Clark. The Islanders will play 14 regular season
contests on stripes Court at the
American Bank Center, with two additional games in the Flint Hills
Resources Islander Invitational. Season ticket prices will begin at
$100 for an Island seat with a Family Pack of four Island seats at
$320 – a $20 savings per season ticket. Courtside season
tickets will cost $210.
Highlighting the men's home schedule will
be a visit from perennial Southeastern Conference contender
Mississippi State on Dec. 21 (7 p.m.) and the Flint Hills Resources
Islander Invitational (Dec. 28-29), which features a first round
game against Georgia Southern and then a date with either Rhode
Island of the Atlantic 10 Conference or Eastern Michigan from the
Mid-American Conference. The Islanders play their league home
opener on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. against Northwestern State,
the team A&M-Corpus Christi beat in the SLC Championship game
last March to advance to the NCAA Tournament. The Islanders will
also play fellow intrastate foes UT Arlington (Jan. 26), UTSA (Feb.
2 – Homecoming), Stephen F. Austin (Feb. 6), Texas State (Feb.
20), Lamar (Feb. 28), and Sam Houston State (March 8) at home in
conference play.
The Islander women's team, led by
second-year head coach Rob Robinson, will play 15 contests at home
at the American Bank Center, plus two additional games in the Flint
Hills Resources Islander Invitational. Individual season tickets in
the Island section begin at $75, while the Family Pack of four
tickets costs $240 – a $15 savings per season pass. The price
for Courtside season tickets is $120.
The women play an exhibition game on
Friday, Nov. 2 against Texas A&M-International at 7 p.m. and
then open regular season play at home on Friday, Nov. 9 against
Belmont, a team that made the NCAA Tournament a year ago. Other
key highlights on the non-conference home schedule include a visit
from SMU on Tuesday, Nov. 13 (7 p.m.) and the first-ever appearance
in Corpus Christi by the Texas Longhorns on Saturday, Dec. 8 at
1:30 p.m. A&M-Corpus Christi begins Southland Conference play
at home on Saturday, Jan. 12 against McNeese State (7 p.m.). The
Islanders will also welcome fellow Texas conference rivals Texas
State (Jan. 24), Sam Houston State (Feb. 9), UT Arlington (Feb.
23), UTSA (March 1) and Stephen F. Austin (March 5) to the American
Bank Center this season.
"Both of our basketball programs have
really good home schedules, that are both competitive and
entertaining in terms of who we are playing," said Director of
Athletics Brian Teter. "I truly believe playing solid home
schedules benefit both our men's and women's teams and our fans.
The student-athletes should be playing great competition and our
fans should be entertained with good basketball, not to mention, we
are playing for conference championships starting in
January."
To purchase season tickets or for more
information call the Islander Athletic Ticket Office at
361/825-2255 (BALL), or visit www.goislanders.com.
