Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's basketball team fell to UT-Rio Grande Valley, 68-59, on Monday evening at the UTRGV Fieldhouse in Edinburg, Texas.
- The Islanders fall to 4-3 on the season while UTRGV improved to 5-3.
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Myles Smith led the way for Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, recording 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting. He finished with four rebounds, two assists and one steal while hitting all four of his free throw attempts.
- The game was the second meeting in the
South Texas Showdown, presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders outrebounded UTRGV, 34-31, with a 10-8 advantage on the offensive glass.
- A&M-Corpus Christi held a 28-24 scoring advantage in the paint and had 13 second chance points to UTRGV's eight.
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Kareem South had a game-high eight rebounds, seven coming on the defensive end. He had six points, three assists and a steal.
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Elijah Schmidt grabbed seven rebounds, scored four points, had two assists and blocked a shot in 23 minutes of action.
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Jake Babic finished with nine points, two rebounds, two assists and one steal.
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Emmanuel Toney tied South with a team-high three assists. He finished with six points.
Notables
- Smith has now reached double-figures in each of his last five games and has scored at least 20 points in two contests this year. He has now gone perfect from the charity stripe three times this year.
- The Islanders shot 63.2 percent from the field (12-of-19) in the first half.
- This was the fifth game of the year in which the Islanders held a rebound advantage over their opponents.
- A&M-Corpus Christi's 44.2 field goal percentage (23-of-52) marked the fifth game this year the team has shot at least 40 percent.
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Up Next
- The Islanders will hit the road to face the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. ET. The game will be broadcasted live on the
SEC Network and you can listen to the game on
1440 AM KEYS.
Stay Social
- For all the latest on Islanders Men's Basketball, be sure to follow the team on Twitter (@IslandersMBB), Instagram (@IslandersMBB) and like the team's official Facebook page (IslandersMBB).
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