SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – On day one of the Puerto Rico Clasico, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team went down to the wire with Stony Brook but ultimately fell 63-58 on Thursday at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente.
A&M-Corpus Christi (2-3) jumped out first to a 5-2 lead over Stony Brook (3-2) before the onset of numerous tied scores and lead changes. The game was tied 55-all with under two minutes remaining in the game before the Seawolves went on an 8-3 run to end the game on top.
Redshirt senior
Makinna Serrata recorded her third double figure scoring game of the season with a game-high 16 points after matching her career-high of three three-pointers made. In addition, she pulled down seven rebounds and tallied a steal and an assist.
Sophomore
Jaeda Whitner also matched her career-high of three-pointers, sinking two from beyond-the-arc to add to her total eight points. Junior
Mireia Aguado also totaled eight points.
Stony brook had three student-athletes score in double digits but was led by Nairimar Vargas-Reyes who recorded 14 points and Sherese Pittman who turned in a double-double of 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The scoring got started with freshman
Bruna Anguera at the free throw line, who made her first. The offensive rebound by Serrata followed by Aguado's layup pushed it to 3-0 before the Seawolves got on the board with two at the 9:11 mark. Driving layups by Anguera and Aguado evened the game 9-all after the Islanders got behind, but Stony Brook went on a 7-2 run to pull back ahead. Serrata's long-range shot at the 0:21 mark cut the deficit to two with the Seawolves leading 16-14 at the end of the first.
Stony Brook struck first in the second quarter with a three-pointer to extend its lead to 19-14. Serrata and junior
Paige Allen both drove in layups to get within two points again 20-18 at the media timeout. Senior
Hayle Campbell got to the board to score to tie it 20-all. A 6-2 run pulled the Islanders back ahead for a 26-22 lead into the intermissions.
Serrata kept things going for the Islanders in the third, scoring six points herself by the 8:51 mark. The Seawolves regained a 34-31 lead at 6:05 and kept one through 4:27 before the bucket by Aguado tied the game once again at 36-all. The game headed to the fourth with Stony Brook up 40-37 after both teams saw the free throw line.
Junior
Sasha Shishkina came off the bench to hit a long-range goal at 7:53 in the fourth to push the Islanders back ahead 45-44. However, Stony Brook outscored the Islanders 23-21 in the fourth to edge the Islanders 63-58.
The Islanders will close out their non-conference tournament in Puerto Rico on Friday at 12:30 p.m. CT against Nebraska. It will be just the second-ever meeting between the programs, and Nebraska will be the third Power Five opponent the Islanders will have faced this season.
NOTES
- The Islander outrebounded the Seawolves 33-31.
- A&M-Corpus Christi scored more points off the bench than Stony Brook (22-20). The Islanders and the Seawolves tied points in the paint with 24.
- 14 Islanders saw time on the court. It was the third game where at least 14 players saw time on the court in the same game this season.
- Both Serrata and Whitner matched their career-high of three-point field goals made. Serrata set hers at New Orleans last season on Feb. 2. Whitner set hers the previous game against western Colorado on Nov. 20.
- Serrata pulled down her season-high seven rebounds. Her career-high is nine, set four different times.
- Aguado set her season-high four field goals made to match her season-high of eight points. Her career-high is six field goals set on Jan. 20, 2021 against New Orleans.
- The Islanders are receiving votes in the CollegeInsider Mid-Major Top-25 AP Poll. They are the only team from the Southland Conference to be represented.
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