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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Looking to hand Sam Houston it first conference loss of the season, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball program will tip-off a five-game home stand Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the American Bank Center.
Two of the games over the home stand are rescheduled games for A&M-Corpus Christi (3-9, 0-3 SLC), which postponed its first three conference matches. The Islanders, who just completed a three-game road trip, will look to knock-off a red-hot Sam Houston (12-5, 6-0 SLC) squad that sits in first-place in the SLC standings and has won nine games in a row.
Sophomore
Jalen White is the team's leading scorer with 10.7 points per outing and is second in rebounds with 5.6 per game. He's coming off a game-high 17 points against Incarnate Word on Saturday. White has a pair of double-doubles on the year.
Senior
Perry Francois averages in double-figures with 10.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. He ranks second in the SLC in field goal percentage (.602) and third in blocks (1.4 bpg). Francois is the only Islander to start in every game this year and has made 19 consecutive starts dating back to last season.
In conference games only, senior
Nolan Bertain has started to heat up and is averaging a team-high 13.0 points per game. On the season, he's shooting .410 from three-point range and .885 from the free throw line.
Bertain has made a least a trio of three-pointers in six of the last seven games. In the conference opener against Southeastern Louisiana, he poured in a career-high 20 points and was 5-of-11 from beyond-the-arc.
Sam Houston ranks top-15 in the country in five different categories. The Bearkats are seventh in steals, seventh in assists, eighth in turnovers forced, 11th in free throw attempts and 15th in three-point attempts.
The Bearkats feature a pair of significant scoring threats as Zach Nutall averages 20.0 points per game and Demarkus Lampley puts in 15.6 points per outing. Both of them shoot over 42 percent from beyond-the-arc with over 100 attempts apiece.
The game can be watched live for free on the Islanders Digital Network with
Steven King on the call.
NOTES
- The Islanders and the Bearkats split the season series last year. A&M-Corpus Christi won the last meeting 74-60 at home. The Islanders are 3-3 against SHSU at home under head coach
Willis Wilson.
- A&M-Corpus Christi is 201-95 all-time at home and 133-68 in the American Bank Center. The team is 3-2 at home this year.
- The Islanders have excelled defensively this year and rank No. 30 in the country in three-point percentage defense (.288). Additionally, they rank second in the conference in both scoring defense (68.3 ppg) and field goal percentage defense (.414) and are third in blocks (3.58 bpg).
- Prior to conference play beginning, the Islanders went 22 days between games due to postponements. They had their final two non-conference games canceled and first three SLC matches rescheduled.
- Head coach
Willis Wilson carries a 90-73 record against Southland Conference opponents. He's won 141 games overall since arriving at The Island University and is the program's career leader in coaching victories.
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