Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's basketball team defeated St. Mary's University, 61-58, at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Wednesday evening.
- The Islanders improve to 4-2 on the year with the pre-Thanksgiving victory at the Corpus Christi Athletic Club Court.
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Kareem South led all scorers with 15 points on 5-of-9 shooting. He had three rebounds, two assists and no turnovers while knocking down a pair of three pointers.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders outscored the Rattlers 40-28 in the second half for the win.
- The game was tied four times and there wre 10 lead changes.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outscored St. Mary's 22-18 in the paint, 14-5 on points off turnovers and 11-8 on second chance points.
- The Islanders outrebounded the Rattlers 37-34 and had 12 offensive boards.
- St. Mary's had 11 turnovers, five as a result of A&M-Corpus Christi steals. The Islanders had just seven turnovers and blocked three shots.
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Myles Smith was 4-of-9 from the floor and finished with 11 points. He had seven rebounds, a steal and an assist on the evening.
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Jashawn Talton grabbed nine rebounds and finished with nine points, three assists, two blocks and two steals in 32 minutes of work.
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Tony Lewis scored nine points with three rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal.
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Emmanuel Toney finished with nine points, two assists, two rebounds and added a steal on the defensive end.
- A&M-Corpus Christi shot 53.6 percent (15-of-28)and went 5-for-9 (55.6 percent) from beyond the arc in the in the second half.
Key Islander Sequences
- The Islanders' strong second half got a jolt midway through the period thanks to a 7-0 run. Toney started the sequence with a three off a feed from Talton to make it a 42-38 Rattler lead. A&M-Corpus Christi got a turnover on the next possession and South hit a tough pull up jumper to cut the lead to 42-40 with 11:19 to play. Less than two minutes later, South again hit a contested jump shot to tie the game, 42-42 with 9:52 to go. St. Mary's answered with a jumper but South got open for a three and buried it off an assist from Toney to give the Islanders the lead, 46-45.
- With 1:49 to play, the Rattlers hit a layup to tie the game, 58-58. But the Islander defense would not allow another point for St. Mary's to close the game. On the next possession, the A&M-Corpus Christi ran off over a minute with a pair of big offensive rebounds from Smith and
Elijah Schmidt, eventually leading to a foul on South who calmly knocked down two go-ahead free throws with 41 seconds to play. With 24 seconds on the clock, the Rattlers missed a three pointer and Smith came down with his seventh rebound of the evening, this one resulting in a jump ball. On the inbounds play, South found an opening and streaked down court for a layup but was fouled on the attempt. South made 1-of-2 to make it a three point lead. A missed three with two seconds left by St. Mary's marked the Islanders second-straight defensive stop as Toney came down with the board as the buzzer sounded.
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Up Next
- The Islanders will head hit the road to face UTRGV in the second installment of the
South Texas Showdown, presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union, on Monday, Nov. 26, in Edinburg, Texas. Fans can listen to the game on
1440 KEYS.
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