Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's basketball team fell to Central Arkansas, 73-53, in the first round of the 2019 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament on Wednesday at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.
- The Islanders finish the 2018-19 season at 14-18 overall while the Bears improved to 14-18.
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Jashawn Talton scored a team-high 17 points with eight rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal. He hit all three free throw attempts and connected on a pair of three pointers.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders went a perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe in the game.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi grabbed 11 offensive rebounds and scored 14 second chance points.
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Jake Babic scored 16 points with four three pointers. He had a pair of rebounds and did not commit a turnover.
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Jalon Clark was 4-of-6 from the field and finished with nine points and four rebounds. He also had an assist.
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Emmanuel Toney scored five points and led the team with four assists. He had four rebounds on the evening.
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Kareem South scored four points and grabbed four rebounds with one assist.
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Elijah Schmidt grabbed three rebounds and scored a pair of points to go along with a steal.
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Kyle Brown scored three rebounds in 10 minutes.
Islander Notables
- The Islanders are now 13-3 all time against Central Arkansas ... Talton scored in double figures for the 11th time this season and it was Babic's seventh game of the year with 10+ points ... Babic made his team-leading sixth pregame halfcourt shot ... A&M-Corpus Christi is now 8-8 all time in Southland Conference Tournament games ... it was the first meeting between the two schools at the conference tournament ... Talton has led the team in scoring six times and in rebounding nine times ... Toney led the team in assists for the 15th time ... Toney finishes his Islander career with 101 games played ... he had single-season highs in points (250), assists (110) and rebounds (110).
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