Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi women's basketball team picked up its 20th win of the season with a gutsy 43-40 victory over New Orleans Wednesday night in a packed Dugan Wellness Center.
- With the win, the Islanders improve to 20-7 and 14-3 in Southland play, while the Privateers fall to 15-11 and 11-6 in conference action.
- The Blue and Green have now won 20 games for the first time since the 2009-10 season.
- A&M-Corpus Christi completes the regular season sweep over the Privateers and improves its all-time series record to 11-3.
- Tonight's win marks the final game to be played inside the Dugan this season. The last two home games of the year will be played downtown at the American Bank Center.
- The starting five for tonight's game featured;
Alexes Bryant,
Dalesia Booth,
Emma Young (Coleman-O'Bryan),
Dae Dae Evans, and
Alecia Westbrook. The four seniors and one freshman are now 8-1 when starting together this season.
- A&M-Corpus Christi has held nine opponents to under 50 points scoring, going 8-1 in that span.
- Tonight's game featured seven ties and seven lead changes.
Key Islander Statistics
- Trailing 18-13 entering the second half, the Islanders began to chip away at the Privateer lead in third frame, scoring six of the first eight points. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ultimately tied the game at 23-23 after a converted layup from Bryant at the 5:10 mark of the third quarter.
- Both squads exchanged leads and remained deadlocked at 28-28 heading into the fourth.
- Holding a 41-40 lead with 20 seconds left in regulation, Evans hit a clutch jumper just inside the top of the key to put Texas A&M-Corpus Christi up 43-40.
- After an exchange of possessions, UNO still had a change to send the game into overtime with a three point basket. The Privateers attempted a half court buzzer beater as time expired, but Bryant was right there for the block to lock up A&M-Corpus Christi's 20th win of the year.
- Bryant once again led the Islander offense with 13 points including a team leading eight rebounds, just shy of a double-double. Bryant also recorded a game high four blocks.
- Booth followed with 10, including six straight points in the third quarter. She also added seven rebounds and a steal.
- Coleman-O'Bryan collected seven points which included one three point basket. In addition, Coleman-O'Bryan dished out a season high six assists and grabbed five rebounds in 35 minutes played.
- Evans was also active down low on the boards, as the senior guard tied for the team lead with eight rebounds, also a new season high.
- Freshman
Olivia Dowden scored five points off of the bench including the Islanders' second three point field goal of the game
- The defense of the Blue and Green once again proved to be the difference maker, forcing 19 Privateer turnovers on six steals and just 36-percent shooting from the field.
- A&M-Corpus Christi edged New Orleans in the battle of the boards, grabbing 36 rebounds compared to the Privateers' 35.
Islander Notables
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is now 11-1 on their home floor this season.
- Booth now claims sole possession of No. 3 all-time in career field goals made with 474. With seven rebounds against the Privateers, Booth also propels three spots to No. 7 with 556 career rebounds.
- Bryant continues to chip away at her own single season shot block record with four more blocks tonight, moving her season total to 46, good to jump to No. 4.
- The Islanders are now 16-4 when they outrebound their opponent.
Stay Social
- 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 (
@Islanders_WBB) and Instagram (
@IslandersWBB).
Up Next
- The Islanders will head downtown to host UIW Saturday, Feb. 29 at 1:00 p.m. at the American Bank Center. Fans may purchase tickets to the game
here.
*Emma Young's name was officially changed to Emma Coleman-O'Bryan after the completion of an adoption process.
