Women's Basketball falters in road test at SLU, 56-45

Story Headlines
- After falling behind early, the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's basketball program (11-9, 5-4 Southland) was unable to compose a comeback at Southeastern Louisiana (9-12, 4-6 Southland), falling to the Lady Lions by a 56-45 margin Wednesday evening in Hammond, La.
- Juniors Emma Young and Dae Dae Evans notched the team's lone double-digit performances, dropping 13 and 12 points, respectively. Young also picked up six rebounds and two steals while Evans grabbed five rebounds and a steal of her own, pushing her into a tie for 10th in the all-time career record book for the category.

Key Islander Statistics
- For the game, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi closed out the competition shooting 27.6 percent (16-of-58) from the floor, 16.0 percent (4-of-25) at the three point line and 50.0 percent (9-of-18) at the charity stripe.
- Senior Uri Jolivette put together a strong showing off the bench in her return to Louisiana, her home state, grabbing a team-best 12 boards to go along with six points and one steal.


Up Next
- After closing out the two-game road trip at Southeastern Louisiana, the Islanders return to Corpus Christi for their Homecoming matchup against Incarnate Word, squaring off with the Cardinals 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon at the American Bank Center. The men's basketball team continues Homecoming festivities approximately an hour following the conclusion of the women's game, tip set for 7 p.m.

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