Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's basketball team returned home and defeated UTRGV in the
South Texas Showdown, presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union, 61-50, inside the Dugan Wellness Center on Saturday afternoon.
- With the win Texas A&M-Corpus Christi improves to 3-2 on the season, while the Vaqueros fall to 2-3.
- A&M-Corpus Christi improves its all-time record over UTRGV to 24-13.
- Today's win also marks head coach
Royce Chadwick's 100th win on the Island. He is the only coach in the history of the program to reach the historic mark.
- The starters for the Islanders in today's game included;
Alexes Bryant,
La'Janeira Robinson,
Makinna Serrata,
Emma Young and
Dalesia Booth.
- Entering halftime with just a four point lead, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outscored the Vaqueros, 15-7 in the third frame to stretch their lead to 11.
Key Islander Statistics
- Booth led the Islander offense with 20 points. She also collected five rebounds, three blocks and two steals.
- Bryant recorded her third consecutive double-digit scoring performance, scoring 12 points. Serrata rounded out the double figure scoring for the Islanders with 10 points.
- A&M-Corpus Christi won the battle of the boards, grabbing 40 rebounds compared to UTRGV's 33.
- Young led the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on the glass with eight rebounds.
- The Islanders converted on 15-of-18 attempts from the charity stripe, good for 83.3-percent.
- The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defense forced 13 turnovers on nine steals.
Islanders Notables
- With her 20 point performance in today's contest, Booth is now at 983 career points, just 17 short of 1,000
- With seven defensive rebounds, Young moved into the No. 8 slot for most career rebounds in program history at 355.
Stay Social
- For more information on Islanders Women's Basketball, keep up with the team via their Facebook page (
Islanders Women's Basketball) and follow the program on Twitter (
@Islanders_WBB) and Instagram (
@IslandersWBB).
Up Next
The Islanders will remain at home when they host Huston Tillotson University Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. inside the Dugan Wellness Center. Tickets can be purchased
here.
