CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – In front of a sold out crowd at the Dugan Wellness Center, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball program flew to a wire-to-wire 111-46 win over Southwestern Adventist for the largest margin of victory in school history on Tuesday.
The 65-point win broke the program's previous margin of victory record of 58 set on Nov. 21, 2005 in a 116-58 win over Texas A&M-International. The Islanders also tied the school record for most field goals made in a game with 46 first set on Jan. 18, 2001 against Cal Poly.
The game tipped off the
Jim Shaw era as head coach and also began the 25th season of basketball at The Island University. Shaw was named head coach in late March after spending the previous two seasons on staff as an assistant coach.
Every student-athlete on the roster scored for A&M-Corpus Christi, which built a 33-point halftime lead and never looked back. Junior
Jordan Roberts led the way with a team-high 16 points and was 7-of-11 from the field.
Roberts was one of four Islanders in double-figures as sophomore
Owen Dease registered 13 points and eight rebounds. Junior
Shilo Jackson came off the bench to score 11 points and junior
Garry Clark neared a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds. Graduate
Marion Humphrey fueled the offense with seven assists.
A&M-Corpus Christi shot .561 from the floor and limited Southwestern Adventist to a .304 clip. The Islanders also held enormous advantages of 70-8 in points in the paint, 25-0 in second chance points and 35-3 in fast breaks. A&M-Corpus Christi outrebounded the Knights 52-21.
Southwestern Adventist was led by Orlando Gooden's 17 points and Marcel Phifer pitched in with 12.
The Islanders opened the game on a 9-0 run which included a three by Roberts to get the season started. Still up 20-11 midway through, A&M-Corpus Christi broke it open with another 9-0 spurt which was capped by a second chance bucket by sophomore
Stephen Giwa to make it 29-11 with 8:18 left.
A jumper by Dease increased it to 40-18 with 3:44 to go. A&M-Corpus Christi ended the half with a last-second three by sophomore
Kam Parker to go up 56-23.
The Islanders kept their foot on the pedal in the second half and made it a 67-27 game at the 17:35 mark after a fast-break lay-up by Roberts. A field goal by senior
Dayne Prim extended it to 86-35 with 11:38 left.
A free throw by junior Teddy Washington Jr. upped it to 99-39 with 5:20 left. Junior
Xavier Glenn closed the scoring with a fast-break lay-up to make it 111-46.
The Islanders will play their first road game of the season Saturday when they head to No. 7 Houston for a 12:30 p.m. tip.
NOTES
- A&M-Corpus Christi improved to 22-3 all-time in home openers and 21-4 all-time in season openers. The program is now 225-108 all-time at home.
- Tuesday was the first-ever meeting between A&M-Corpus Christi and Southwestern Adventist.
- The 46 points were the fewest allowed in a game for the Islanders since Nov. 7, 2018 when they beat Howard Payne 81-34.
- It was the first time the Islanders grabbed 20 steals in a game since Nov. 21, 2005 when they tallied a school record 22 steals.
- A&M-Corpus Christi is now 18-0 over the last two seasons when holding the opposition to 70 points or less.
- All 16 student-athletes scored and 15 grabbed a rebound, and none played over 17 minutes. It was the first appearance in an A&M-Corpus Christi uniform for 11 student-athletes.
- Roberts was one point shy of his career-high of 17 set last season against Schreiner. His seven field goals made were a career-high. Roberts tallied his fourth career double-figure scoring game.
- Dease notched his sixth career double-digit scoring performance and his third in the last four games dating back to last season. His eight rebounds were a career-high.
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