Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's basketball team fell to the University of Tennessee, 79-51, on Sunday at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.
- The Islanders fall to 4-4 overall while the Volunteers improved to 6-1. Tennessee entered the day ranked No. 6 by the AP and No. 7 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
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Myles Smith scored a team-high 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting. He hit three long range shots and finished with two rebounds and two assists in 32 minutes of action.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders led the game for 9:18 and held a seven-point lead at the 12:36 mark of the first half.
- The Volunteers were held to just four offensive rebounds and six second-chance points, their lowest output of the year. The previous low was nine points against No. 2 Kansas.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi forced 13 Tennessee turnovers and recorded six steals.
- In the second half, the Islanders hit 50 percent (6-of-12) from beyond the arc and finished 9-for-25 (36 percent) for the game.
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Kareem South had a team-high seven rebounds with four coming on the offensive end. He had six points, two steals and an assist in 27 minutes of action.
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Tre Gray had seven points, two rebounds and two assists.
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Jake Babic connected on a pair of three pointers and finished with six points and four rebounds.
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Jashawn Talton had five points with an assist, a steal and a rebound.
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Emmanuel Toney had a pair of steals and finished with three points.
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Kyle Brown had a team-high three assists with one rebound in six minutes of action.
Key Islander Sequence
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi got off to a fast start, scoring eight of the game's first 10 points. The Volunteers won the tip but the Islander defense forced a turnover. On the ensuing possession, Talton knocked down a three off a feed from Smith. Tennessee's next two offensive trips included a turnover on a steal from South and a missed shot. Toney gave A&M-Corpus Christi a 6-0 lead as he knocked down a contested three. The Volunteers got on the board with a dunk but the Islanders answered right back as Smith drove and made a quick pass underneath to Schmidt for the bucket to make it 8-2 at the 17:29 mark in the first half.
- Smith came out firing in the second half, scoring the Islanders' first 11 points including three makes from long range along with a driving layup. Defensively, A&M-Corpus Christi forced a pair of Volunteer turnovers with steals from Toney and South.
Notables
- Sunday was just the second all-time meeting between Tennessee and a Southland Conference opponent. The Volunteers beat Southeastern Louisiana, 79-58, on Nov. 22, 1985.
- Smith's three made three pointers are tied for the individual most against a Tennessee opponent this season.
- The Islanders' nine made three pointers are the highest total this year, surpassing the eight made against Our Lady of the Lake on Nov. 9.
- Sunday marked the fourth time this year that Smith has led the team in scoring.
- This was the third time this season the Islanders have made more three pointers than their opponent.
- South has now led the team in rebounding three times this year.
UP NEXT
- A&M Corpus Christi will head return home to face Texas State on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at the American Bank Center at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcasted live on
ElevenSports as part of the
Southland Digital Network. An audio broadcast of the game will be available on the
Islander Digital Network, powered by AEP Texas.
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