Men's basketball looks to rebound at HBU on Saturday

WHAT: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Men's Basketball at Houston Baptist
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 1  |  7 p.m.
WHERE: Sharp Gymnasium  |  Houston, Texas
WEBCAST: HBUHuskies.com
RADIO: 1440 KEYS
NOTES: Game 23 - Houston Baptist
LIVE STATS: HERE
TAILGATE: Islander Alumni Association Tailgate at 5 pm

ABOUT TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI
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ABOUT HOUSTON BAPTIST
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LAST SEASON VS HOUSTON BAPTIST
- The Islanders and the Huskies split last year's two meetings with each team winning at home.
- In the first meeting, HBU escaped with a 73-32 victory in Houston, despite a 50-point second half from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
- Kareem South scored 24 points for the Islanders and Tre Gray had 12 points.
- In the second meeting, A&M-Corpus Christi knocked off HBU, 76-69, to earn a spot in the Southland Tournament on the final day of the regular season.
- South had 21 points in that contest and Emmanuel Toney scored a career-high 20 points. Jake Babic added 10 points with eight rebounds.
- Jashawn Talton-Thomas nailed a pair of three pointers and finished with 19 points.
- The Huskies held a two-point lead at the break but the Islanders shot 62.5 percent in the second half to pull away for the victory.

REBOUNDS WITH ELI
- Senior Elijah Schmidt enters this Saturday's game with 495 career rebounds.
- Should he pull down five or more boards, he would become just the seventh Islander to ever reach the 500 plateau.
- Schmidt also ranks seventh in career defensive rebounds with 331 and he is ninth in offensive rebounds with 164.
- With 55 career swats, Schmidt is just two blocked shots away from breaking into the career top-10.

THE WIN LIST
- Head coach Willis Wilson has won 133 games since arriving on the Island and is on pace to become the program's all-time win leader this season.
- Wilson needs just one more win to tie Ronnie Arrow at 134 victories.
- Arrow was the first head coach in program history, coaching from 1999-07.

SOUTHLAND ONLY LEADERS
- In conference only games, Myles Smith enters Saturday's contest ranked No. 3 in free throw percentage (86.0), No. 7 in assists (3.64), No. 14 in assist to turnover ration (1.14) and No. 20 in scoring (12.36).
- Tony Lewis ranks No. 14 in Southland only rebounding at 6.27 per game.
- In conference, the Islanders are allowing just 67.18 points per contest, the second lowest mark behind SFA at 67.00.
- A&M-Corpus Christi's defense has also been solid in conference play, allowing opponents to shoot a league-low 29.6 percent from beyond the arc and 40.1 percent from the field, the second lowest mark in the league.

STAY SOCIAL
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UP NEXT
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi return to the Island on Wednesday, Feb. 5, to take on McNeese State University at 7 p.m. in the Dugan Wellness Center. The game will be broadcasted live on KDF in Corpus Christi and can also be found on the Islanders Digital Network, powered by AEP Texas. Tickets for the game can be purchased HERE.