Senior Night Victory Completes First Undefeated Home Season in Program History

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – With a dominant fourth quarter, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball program capped an undefeated 14-0 home season after downing Nicholls 68-53 on Wednesday on Senior Night at the American Bank Center.
 
Additionally, head coach Royce Chadwick tied the Southland Conference record for career wins with 210.

A&M-Corpus Christi (18-9, 10-3 SLC) outscored the opposition 960-703 at home this season. The Islanders topped their previous best home season of 13-1 in 2019-20 and currently have the seventh-longest active home winning-streak in the nation.
 
The Islanders were up 48-47 on Nicholls (4-20, 2-11 SLC) after three quarters and then scored the first 16 points of the fourth to pull away.
 
A&M-Corpus Christi outrebounded the Colonels 42-26, which led to an 18-0 advantage in second chance points. The Islanders also controlled the paint where they outscored Nicholls 48-24.
 
A big performance came from junior Alecia Westbrook with 22 points and 13 rebounds. She was 9-of-12 from the field and five of her rebounds were on the offensive end.
 
Senior Makinna Serrata registered 14 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore Nabaweeyah McGill tallied 10 points and eight rebounds.
 
The Colonels were led by Chyna Allen's 19 points.
 
Nicholls came out hitting shots in the first quarter and scored 20 points. The Colonels led by as many as 16-8 at the 3:19 mark.  The Islanders ended the quarter with buckets from senior Diamond Wraggs, sophomore Mireia Aguado and sophomore Paige Allen to trim it to 20-17.
 
The Islanders came back to take a 28-26 lead with 6:12 left in the second on a pair of free throws by McGill. After Nicholls evened it 30-30, A&M-Corpus Christi scored five points in the final minute after three points by Aguado and a lay-up by Allen to take a 35-30 edge into the locker room.
 
After the Colonels scored the first basket of the third, the Islanders went on a 10-0 run to leap ahead 45-32 after a jumper by Serrata with 6:33 remaining. Though, the Colonels didn't go away and ended the quarter on a 15-3 spurt to cut it to 48-47 heading to the fourth.
 
A&M-Corpus Christi controlled the fourth quarter from the start. It started with a lay-up by Westbrook, and a pair of buckets inside by Wraggs extended it to 7:56. The Islanders continued to make it a 16-0 run as another lay-in by Westbrook made it 64-47 to put it out of reach with 4:01 to go.
 

Serrata for 2!!!!! Islanders respond with a 14-0 run to lead the game by double digits again!! 5:26 remaining in the game#ShakasUp pic.twitter.com/iRmsbWVJuU

— Islanders Women's Basketball (@Islanders_WBB) March 3, 2022

The Islanders will conclude the regular season on Saturday at 2 p.m. at UIW. A&M-Corpus Christi has already beaten the Cardinals three times this year, which included a pair of non-conference games after the SLC Preseason Tournament was canceled on the women's side.

NOTES
- Prior to the game, A&M-Corpus Christi honored Alexandria Pollard and Wraggs on Senior Night. Pollard is a two-year letterwinner that transferred from Bossier Parish CC, while Wraggs is a grad transfer playing her final year after coming from Mississippi Valley State.
 
- Chadwick is tied with James Smith who coached Northwestern State to 210 SLC wins from 1987-04. Chadwick's SLC record is 210-100 which includes 13 wins at Sam Houston, 111 at Stephen F. Austin and 86 at A&M-Corpus Christi. Chadwick also reached the 700-win total in his career earlier this season and is up to 707.

Congrats to Coach Chadwick on 210 career SLC wins, tied for the most in league history.#ShakasUp pic.twitter.com/2zBYDTTWhT

— Islanders Women's Basketball (@Islanders_WBB) March 3, 2022

- A&M-Corpus Christi improved to 12-9 all-time against Nicholls and 7-2 at home. The Islanders have won the last three meetings overall including a 64-60 road victory earlier this year.
 
- A&M-Corpus Christi has tripled its win total from last season when it finished 6-13.
 
- The Islanders have been stout defensively all season and have held the opposition to 60 points or less in 11 of 13 conference games.
 
- Westbrook was one point shy of a career-high and it was the third time this year she scored over 20 points. Westbrook submitted her 17th career double-double and ninth this year. It was also her 37th career double-figure scoring game, 20th this year and fourth in a row.
 
- Serrata turned in a 6-for-10 shooting night and also grabbed three steals. She notched her 31st career double-figure scoring game, 20th this year and ninth in a row.
 
- McGill made four field goals and recorded her ninth career double-figure scoring game and seventh this year. Her eight rebounds were a season-high.
 


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