Women's basketball fall to UIW

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's basketball team fell to the University of the Incarnate Word, 77-72, on Saturday at the McDermott Center.
- The Islanders fall to 13-14 overall and 7-9 in Southland play. The Cardinals improved to 5-22 and 5-11 in league action with the win.
- Four Islanders scored in double figures led by Dae Dae Evans who had a game-high 18 points on 6-of-16 shooting.

Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders shot 42.2 percent from the field (27-for-64) and connected on 12-of-16 attempts at the charity stripe (75 percent).
- UIW held a 39-33 lead at halftime but A&M-Corpus Christi outscored the Cardinals 39-38 in the second half.
- The Islanders grabbed 12 offensive rebounds and scored 11 second chance points while holding UIW to nine.
- Evans hit 5-of-6 free throws and grabbed five rebounds. She had four steals, two assists and blocked a shot.
- Tiara Matthews made 6-of-11 field goal attempts and finished with 14 points.
- Emma Young scored 14 points with three rebounds, two assists and two steals. She hit a pair of three pointers in nearly 34 minutes of work.
- La'Janeira Robinson scored 11 points on 4-of-6 with three three-pointers. She had four rebounds and a team-best four assists. She also added a steal.
- Uri Jolivette grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. She scored five points with two assists and a blocked shot.
- Makinna Serrata had four points and tallied a pair of steals.
- Giana Wright scored four points in 10 minutes. She grabbed two rebounds and added a blocked shot.

Up Next
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will return to the Dugan for a 7 p.m. Wednesday contest against McNeese in the second to the final game of the regular season.

Stay Social
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