CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team will play its first game at the American Bank Center this year with a 1 p.m. matinee against Texas State on Sunday.
It will be the third game of the season's 17-game home slate, but first of 11 to be played downtown at the American Bank Center. It also begins a three-game home swing as the team won't hit the road again for over two weeks.
The Islanders (2-3) will look to shake off a pair of losses, including a 75-54 road drop to Santa Clara. Freshman
Torie Sevier led the team with 17 points off the team's season-high of seven field goals.
Sevier is off to a prominent start in her freshman campaign, scoring in double figures in three of the four games she has played in including in the season opener, her collegiate debut. She set her new career best with the 17 points and now leads the team in field goal percentage (.593). She joins graduate
Alecia Westbrook at the top of the team's scoring, averaging 10.5 pgg behind Westbrook's 10.8.
Westbrook is already leading the conference in rebounding for the third year in a row, averaging 7.0 per game. Junior
Nabaweeyah McGill also ranks atop the standings with 1.4 blocks per game, while Sevier comes in at second averaging 1.3. Sevier is also fourth in field goal percentage (.643) while senior
Violeta Verano is 4th in steals (2.2 spg).
The Islanders have held every opponent this year to under .280 from beyond-the-arc, leading the conference with their three-point defense (.243). They also lead the league in opponent FG percentage (.358), turnover margin (7.00), assist:turnover ratio (1.16), blocked shots (4.00 bpg), and steals (11.40 spg).
Texas State (3-1) has garnered three wins on the year including a 66-63 edge over UTRGV but will be coming off a four-point loss to Sam Houston (66-62). The Bobcats are led by a pair of transfers in Ja'Niah Henson and Timia Jefferson with 14.5 ppg and 11.0 ppg, respectively.
The Islanders will be going for their seventh all-time win over the Bobcats. They will also be looking to win back-to-back meetings against Texas State for the first time in the all-time series.
The game can be watched live with a subscription to ESPN+. Doug Kesterson will be on the call.
NOTES
- It will be the 24th meeting between A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas State. The Islanders won last year's meeting in San Marcos 56-47, their first win over the Bobcats in nine years. Texas State leads the all-time record 17-6.
- In last year's win, the Islanders were fueled by three players scoring in double figures including returners
Violeta Verano and
Bruna Anguera. Verano exploded in the second half to end the game with 18 points, six assists, and five steals. Anguera scored 12 points for her first career double figure scoring game.
- It will be the first home game to be played at the American Bank Center this year. The Islanders are 2-1 at home so far this season. They 227-149 all-time at home and 95-75 at the ABC. They have won at least 10 home games in both of the last two seasons.
- A&M-Corpus Christi has scored at least 50 points in every game so far this season. It is the first time since the 2021-22 season when the Islanders scored at least 50 points in the first five games of the season after they scored at least 50 in the first eight games.
- Westbrook has broken the program records for career free throws made, career free throws attempted, career defensive rebounds, and career double[1]doubles last year alone and is chasing the program's career record of total rebounds, total points, and minutes played
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