Men's basketball falls to UTSA despite strong second half

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's basketball team fell to UTSA, 89-67, on Tuesday evening at the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas.
- Nolan Bertain scored a career-high 18 points with four long range makes. He was 7-for-13 from the field and added an assist.
- Myles Smith scored 16 points with five rebounds, two assists and a steal. He was 6-of-12 from the field and hit a pair of three points.

Key Islander Statistics
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outscored the Roadrunners 19-15 on fast breaks.
- The Islanders shot 51.6 percent (16-of-31) in the second half and knocked down 6-of-13 three point attempts (46.2 percent) after the break.
- A&M-Corpus Christi scored 42 points in the second half, the highest total this season.
- Jashawn Talton-Thomas scored nine points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds. He had a pair of assists and a steal.
- Elijah Schmidt had eight points with three rebounds, two blocked shots and a steal.
- Peyton Smith scored five points and knocked down his only three point attempt of the evening. He tied for the team high with three assists and grabbed a pair of rebounds.
- Jordan Hairston also had five points and tied Peyton Smith with three assists. He had two steals and a rebound.

Islander Notables
- This will be the only Tuesday contest on the regular season schedule ... this was the 25th all time meeting between the two programs ... this was the first time this season the Islanders went with the starting lineup of Myles Smith, Peyton Smith, Schmidt, Talton-Thomas and Bertain ... the was the second-straight game and second time ever that A&M-Corpus Christi had worn black jerseys ... Myles Smith has scored in double figures five times this season and 22 times in his career ... Tuesday was the third time Bertain has finished in double figures .., Bertain's previous career-high was 13 points against St. Thomas on Nov. 23.

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Hear from head coach Willis Wilson following tonight's game at UTSA. Islanders back in action Saturday against St. Mary's at the DWC. pic.twitter.com/sEGRNg5lk6

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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.