Women's Basketball turns attention to McNeese State

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's basketball team (13-14, 7-9 Southland) shifts focus to the team's penultimate regular season matchup against McNeese State (7-20, 5-11 Southland), squaring off with the Cowgirls at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 6 in the Dugan Wellness Center. The game will serve as the first meeting between the two programs this season after a split last year's of matchups, including the first-round 75-52 victory by the Islanders in the Southland Conference Tournament. All-time, the Blue & Green and McNeese State have broken even with one another, owning a 7-7 overall mark with each boasting a perfect 6-0 home record.

Opponent: McNeese State
Date: Wednesday, Mar. 6
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Dugan Wellness Center | Corpus Christi, Texas
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Live Video: HERE
Tickets: HERE
 

• Royce Chadwick enters his seventh season leading Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and 35th overall year as head coach, sporting a 656-416 record.
• The Islanders 19-win season last year marked Chadwick's best finish with A&M-Corpus Christi since his arrival in 2012.
• The team sports one lone senior: F Uri Jolivette.
• This year's roster is highlighted by four newcomers, as juniors Alexes Bryant and Arhianna Sims-Jackson transferred from junior colleges while freshmen Torrionna Nesbitt and Makinna Serrata signed on directly from high school.
• This season's depth chart features 10 players from across the state of Texas, and one from each of the following: Louisiana, Kentucky and California.
• The Islanders were picked fifth in the Southland Conference Preseason Poll.
• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi returns four of last season's five starters, including senior F Uri Jolivette and juniors G/F Emma Young, G Dae Dae Evans and F Dalesia Booth.

Following the McNeese State midweek matchup, the Islanders close out their regular season schedule with Senior Day against Houston Baptist, tipoff with the Huskies set for 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 9 at the American Bank Center.

For more information on Islanders Women's Basketball, keep up with the team via their Facebook page (Islanders Women's Basketball) and follow the program on Twitter (@IslandersWBB) and Instagram (@IslandersWBB). You can watch Islander home games and listen to road broadcasts on the Islander Digital Network, powered by AEP Texas.