Islanders Battle Weber State in Second Round

GAME 33: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (21-11) vs. Weber State (20-13)
DATE: Monday, March 20 | 7:00 PM | American Bank Center
STREAM: Facebook Live | Facebook.com/IslandersMBB
TICKETS: GoIslanders.com/2017CIT
 
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi basketball will look to make history Monday night as the Islanders host Weber State at the American Bank Center in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
 
Tip-off for Monday night's clash is slated for 7:00 p.m. and will be carried live on Facebook Live via the Islanders Men's Basketball page.
 
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has reached the second round of the CIT twice before, but has never advanced to the quarterfinals. The Islanders will look to change that against the Wildcats out of the Big Sky Conference on Monday night.
 
BACK IN POSTSEASON
>> Texas A&M-Corpus Christi returns to the postseason for a fourth consecutive season.
>> The Islanders are making their fourth straight appearance in the CIT under head coach Willis Wilson.
>> Corpus Christi is 3-3 all-time in the CIT after the opening round win against Georgia State.
 
WHAT'S AT STAKE
>> A win Monday night would mark the first time in school history the Islanders have recorded multiple wins in the postseason.
>> The Blue and Green have never advanced past the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.
 
SCOUTING WEBER STATE
>> The Islanders and Wildcats are meeting for the first time ever.
>> Like the Islanders, Weber State fell in overtime of the Big Sky Conference Championship game.
>> Jeremy Senglin leads the Wildcats, scoring 21 points per game. Senglin is also deadly from beyond the arc, hitting .444 on three-point attempts.
>> Kyndahl Hill hits the glass for 7.8 rebounds per contest and adds 10.3 points.
>> Center Zach Braxton rounds out the Wildcats averaging double-digits with 10.2 points per game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
>> The Islanders went coast-to-coast in the victory over Georgia State, racing out to a 17-6 lead and never looking back.
>> The 80-64 victory was the Islanders' largest postseason victory in program history.
>> Rashawn Thomas led the way with a 31-point, 9-board performance.
>> Joesph Kilgore added 14 points and nine rebounds while Ehab Amin dropped in 19 to power the offense.