Island Time: Islanders Await CIT Title Bout

CIT CHAMPIONSHIP: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (24-11) vs. Saint Peter's (22-13)
DATE: Friday, March 31 | 8:00 PM | Dugan Wellness Center
TV: CBS Sports Network
Tickets: www.GoIslanders.com/2017CIT
 
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – For the first time ever in program history, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will play in the finals of a postseason tournament as the Islanders host Saint Peter's in the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Championship on Friday night at the Dugan Wellness Center.
 
Tickets to the championship game are on sale now and going fast. All general admission seats are $20 and can be purchased by calling (361) 825-BALL or visiting www.GoIslanders.com/2017CIT.
 
Saint Peter's reached the final with a dominant 77-51 victory over Furman in the semifinal. The Peacocks finished second in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
 
Friday night's championship game will also bring national television to the Island as CBS Sports Network will televise the game.
 
TAILGATE TIME
Islanders Athletics will host a pregame tailgate in front of the Dugan Wellness Center beginning at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. The event will feature a variety of free food and drinks.
 
Students can pick up their tickets beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Islanders Pep Band will then join the pep rally at 6:45 before doors open at 7 p.m.
 
FIRST TIME EVER
>> Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is playing the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Championship for the first time in program history.
>> The Islanders used a 50-point second half to rout UMBC in the semifinals.
>> Corpus Christi is the first Southland school to ever reach the finals of a postseason tournament.
 
MR. 2,000
>> Rashawn Thomas needed just 10 points at UMBC to become the first Islander to ever score 2,000 career points. He threw in 23 to add to his list of accomplishments in the Blue and Green.
>> Thomas sits 10th nationally in scoring this season averaging 22.6 points per game.
 
MASTER THIEF
>> Ehab Amin broke a 20-year old Southland Conference record with his 119th steal of the season Wednesday night.
>> Amin surpassed Pointer Williams 1995-96 campaign at McNeese for the most steals in a single-season in the 54-year history of the Southland.
>> With 213 career steals, Amin has also set the school's career record for thefts.
 
SINGLE-GAME STEALS
>> An Islander has now matched the school record for steals in a single-game in back-to-back contests.
>> Against Fort Wayne, Ehab Amin recorded seven steals for the second time this season.
>> At UMBC in the semifinals, redshirt senior Jake Kocher set a career-high with seven steals.
 
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