Box Score CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – With 19 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Camesha Davis scored off an offensive rebound to give the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team a two-point lead. Free throws from Brittany Mbamalu and Shola Adebayo led the Islanders (4-13, 1-5) to a 69-67 win over Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday night in Dugan Wellness Center.
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"I thought we came out with intensity and a lot of energy," head coach Royce Chadwick said after the game. "We had to play with reckless abandon on the boards. We were a lot shorter than they were, but our girls did a great job of fighting on the glass tonight. Offensively, we needed to execute. We had to take the bump and keep attacking."
A&M-Corpus Christi opened the game shooting 66-percent in the first quarter, en route to a season-high 22 points in an opening frame. Adebayo led the team with seven points and two rebounds.
The hot shooting cooled off in the second period, as the blue and green shot 4-of-17 from the field. Brittany Mbamalu knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in the quarter to guide the Islanders to a 36-31 advantage at the break.
After limiting the Lady Lions (3-14, 2-4) to just nine points in the third quarter, the Islanders took a 14-point lead into the final stanza. In the first eight minutes of the fourth quarter, Southeastern Louisiana went on a 22-6 run, eventually taking a two-point lead with two minutes to play. 
"In the fourth quarter, we started to get tight and get complacent," added Chadwick. "We started to back up a little bit, as they hit some 3-pointers and grew their confidence. We had to bounce back and respond. I thought the way we executed in the final minute was the big difference in how this game finished."
Uri Jolivette, who finished with four points, hit a pair of free throws to level the game with 1:26 to play. After trading shots from the charity stripe, Kre'Ana Henry pulled down a defensive rebound with 47 seconds remaining.
Davis, who missed a jumper on the low-block, grabbed the loose ball for the go-ahead score. After a pair of Mbamalu free throws, Taylin Underwood, who finished with a game-high 27 points and the most a single player has scored against the Islanders this season, cut the lead to one with a 3-pointer with eight seconds left on the clock.
In the closing seconds, Jennifer Ramirez applied just enough pressure to force Underwood into a wild, desperation 3-pointer, which missed leading to the first win in 12 games for the Islanders.
ADEBAYO ARRIVES
• Adebayo finished the night with a season-high 15 points and five free throws, and matched the career-high four assists.
• In five starts this season, the senior from Oklahoma City is averaging 7.2 points, five rebounds and 1.6 assists.
• With a career free-throw percentage of 75.6-percent, Adebayo ranks eighth on the Islanders All-Time list.
Adebayo on her performance in the final minutes of tonight's game
"Honestly, I knew that my team needed me. At this point in the season and in my career, I need to give my team everything that I have. If that means scoring and defense, then that's what I need to do for the team."
KASSIE BEING KASSIE
Kassie Jones matched Adebayo with a team-high 15 points in the win for the third-highest total for the Lufkin native this season. After playing several games at point guard, Jones is back to playing on the wings. The junior scored 15 combined points over the last four games, while shuffling between positions. She is now averaging eight points per game, which ranks third on the team this season.
NOTABLE STATS
• Camesha Davis' 10-rebound performance was the third time this season that an Islander reached double-digits on the boards. The Desoto native is averaging a team-leading 6.6 rebounds per game.
• The 13 turnovers committed by the Islanders was the lowest for the blue and green since the 57-42 victory over Western New Mexico on Nov. 23 with 12 giveaways.
• A&M-Corpus Christi outscored an opponent's bench for the 11th time this season, holding a 25-20 advantage over Southeastern Louisiana.
• Mbamalu finished with eight points after being held without a basket against Nicholls. She is now averaging 12.6 points per game after a scoreless outing.
WHAT'S NEXT
The University of New Orleans will come to the American Bank Center on Saturday for a 4:30 p.m. tipoff. The Privateers are 5-10 overall and 2-4 in the Southland Conference after tonight's loss to Central Arkansas, 59-44.
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