Former SLC Opponent Lamar Comes to Dugan Wellness Center Saturday

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – In a non-conference game, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball program will host Lamar at 12 p.m. Saturday in the Dugan Wellness Center.
 
After the game, there will be a post-game autograph session with all student-athletes.

A&M-Corpus Christi (9-2) will look to begin a new winning-streak after reeling off eight in a row prior to its last game at Minnesota. The 9-1 record was the best start in program history. A&M-Corpus Christi is 9-2 for the first time since 2004-05. With a win, the Islanders would be 10-2 for the first time in program history.
 
Against Minnesota, the Islanders outscored the Golden Gophers 44-33 in the second half, which included runs of 12-0 and 19-1. A&M-Corpus Christi forced 28 turnovers and grabbed a season-high 17 steals. Junior Terrion Murdix poured in a game-high 18 points and junior Jalen Jackson tallied 15 points and five steals.
 
Forcing turnovers has been a large key to A&M-Corpus Christi's success this year. The Islanders rank top-five in the nation in turnovers forced per game with 19.64. They are also 14th in steals per game (10.5), 17th in free throws made and 18th in free throw attempts.
 
Junior Isaac Mushila has won two Southland Conference Player of the Week awards this season and ranks eighth in the nation in field goal percentage (.655). He's also 10th in the country in free throws made and 13th in free throw attempts. He averages 14.8 points and 8.5 rebounds per outing and has four double-doubles on the year. Mushila, who did not start until the fifth game, has scored over 20 points three times.
 
Murdix leads the league in assist:turnover ratio (2.0) and is second in assists (3.8 apg). In his last two games, he scored a career-high 19 points at Omaha and 18 at Minnesota.
 
Along with Mushila, junior Trevian Tennyson averages in double-figures with 10.4 points per game. He posted an 18-point outing against Omaha which matched his season-high. Tennyson has hit a three-pointer in every game this year.
 
Senior Simeon Fryer averages 9.5 points per game and is shooting .486 (17-35) from three-point range. He has more-than doubled his three-point percentage from last year (.224).
 
Lamar (2-9) is in its first season as a member of the WAC. Last season, the Islanders and the Cardinals split a pair of meetings, each winning at home.
 
The Cardinals have been bit by injuries all season and are just now becoming healthy. C.J. Roberts averages a team-high 14.1 points per game but did not play in the team's last game at Texas State. Kasen Harrison scores 10.2 points per outing, missed five games due to injury but made his return against the Bobcats and scored a team-high 11 points.
 
The game can be watched live on ESPN+ with Steven King on the call.
 
NOTES
- With one more victory, A&M-Corpus Christi will have doubled its win total from last season.
 
- A&M-Corpus Christi is receiving 25 votes in the CollegeInsider Mid Major Top-25 Poll.
 
- The Islanders carry a net ranking of 145, with a peak of 132 on the year out of 358 Division I institutions. They are the second-highest ranked team in the Southland Conference behind Nicholls at 128, and are 134 spots ahead of the third-place squad New Orleans at 279.
 
- A&M-Corpus Christi, which leads the league in scoring with 81.2 points per game and field goal percentage (.475), has eight student-athletes who score at least 7.2 points per game. The Islanders also rank first in the SLC assists (16.36 apg), assist:turnover ratio (1.19), turnover margin (+5.91) and steals (10.45 spg)
 
- The Islanders have not been outscored in fast break points yet this season.
 
- A&M-Corpus Christi is 206-101 all-time at home and 4-0 this year.
 
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