Men's basketball faces Roadrunners on Tuesday

WHAT: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Men's Basketball at UTSA
WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 3  |  7 p.m.
WHERE: Convocation Center  |  San Antonio, Texas
WEBCAST: CUSA TV
RADIO: 1440 KEYS
NOTES: Game 8 - UTSA
LIVE STATS: GoUTSA.com
TICKETS: Click Here

LAST TIME VS. UTSA (series tied, 12-12)
- UTSA beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 64-50, at the American Bank Center on Dec. 20 in Corpus Christi.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outrebounded UTSA, 44-34, and forced 17 turnovers.
- The Islanders outscored the Roadrunners, 35-34, in the second half.
- Elijah Schmidt set a season-high with 10 rebounds with four coming on the offensive glass. He scored seven points and picked up two steals defensively in 27 minutes.
- The Roadrunners' Jhivvan Jackson scored 22 points with eight rebounds and teammate Byron Frohnen added 13 points with seven rebounds.

REBOUND ON THE REBOUNDS
- After being outrebounded, 34-31 in the first game of the year, the Islanders have been +32 on the glass in the past six games combined.
- The 45-25 rebound advantage against UTRGV (11/17) was the largest of the season.
- A&M-Corpus Christi is now ranked third in the Southland with a +4.1 rebound margin.
- In three victories, the Islanders are +24 in rebounds and are +5 in three losses.

WELCOME BACK MYLES
- A great sight for Islander fans has been the return of junior guard Myles Smith who missed a majority of the 2018-19 season with an injury.
- Smith has scored in double figures in four of the six games he has appeared in this season.
- After sitting out in the Islanders' victory over St. Thomas on Nov. 23, Smith came back and scored a career-high 23 points against UTRGV in the South Texas Showdown a week later, connecting on 7-of-13 field goal attempts and 7-of-8 free throws.
- Smith's previous career-high came on Nov. 15 against Stony Brook where he scored 22 points. - At 13.8 points per game, he is scoring at a higher rate than either of his previous seasons on the Island. He is also rebounding at a career-high rate at 5.0 boards per contest.

HAIRSTON'S DEBUT
- Freshman guard Jordan Hairston made his Islander debut against UTRGV on Nov. 30, scoring four points with two rebounds.
- He hit a go-ahead three pointer with 2:59 to play in the second half against UTRGV and gave the Islanders the lead for good with a free throw at 2:03.

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).

UP NEXT
- A&M-Corpus Christi will take the St. Mary's University on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 3:30 p.m. at the Dugan Wellness Center. Tickets for that game can be purchased HERE.