NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team will take its 2-0 SLC start back on the road to face New Orleans Saturday at 5 p.m. and Southeastern Monday at 7 p.m.
The Islanders (9-6, 2-0 SLC) have now started 2-0 in conference play for the third year in a row. They opened the slate at UIW and notched the 75-65 win before most recently toppling HCU 81-59 at home. Against the Huskies, A&M-Corpus Christi recorded 35 made field goals, 49 rebounds, 21 assists, and 14 steals as every category was a game-high among the league over opening weekend.
Junior
Garry Clark is on a three-game streak of recording a double-double. He was the only player in the league to record a double-double in both of the opening conference games.
Clark's 8.2 rpg ranks fourth in the SLC, though, he leads the league in off. rebounds with 3.53 per game to rank 23rd in the NCAA. He is nationally ranked 30th in season double-doubles (6). Graduate
Marion Humphrey leads the SLC in assist/turnover ratio (3.3) to rank 17th in the NCAA. He also averages 1.8 steals per game to rank third in the league.
A&M-Corpus Christi has used a balance scoring attack this season as a pair of Islanders average over 10 points per game. Clark leads it with 11.2 while Wright-Forde trails with 10.8 points per game. The Islanders score 77.1 points per game and have nine student-athletes scoring over 5.0 per outing. They also average 40.27 bench points per game, which ranks #1 overall in the NCAA.
A rebound-heavy team, A&M-Corpus Christi tops the conference in rebound (42.1 rpg), off. rebounding (14.4 orpg), def. rebounding (27.7 drpg), and rebounding margin (+8.6). They also lead the league in 3FG% defense (.284).
A&M-Corpus Christi also ranks 10th in off. rebounds per game, steals per game (10.3), turnover margin (+4.7), and turnovers forced per game (17.13).
Both UNO (6-9, 1-1 SLC) and SLU (6-9, 1-1 SLC) split opening weekend, with the Lions winning the head-to-head over the Privateers while New Orleans got a win over Texas A&M-Commerce.
Both games can be watched live with a subscription to ESPN+. They can also both be heard live for free on 1440 AM K-E-Y-S with Steven King on the call.
NOTES
- A&M-Corpus Christi trails New Orleans 10-13 in the all-time record. Though, the Islanders swept last year's series after beating the Privateers by at least 17 points in both. The Islanders will be looking to beat New Orleans at their place for the second straight year, the first time they would've ever done so.
- The Islanders lead the Lions 14-10 in the all-time record. The teams have split the series for the last two straight seasons with each team winning on the road in both.
- Last year, the Islanders were 7-2 on the road against Southland opponents en route to winning the regular season championship.
- At least seven different Islanders have grabbed a rebound in every game this year.
- A&M-Corpus Christi is 22-0 over the last three seasons when shooting over .500 FG%. The Islanders are 24-0 over the last two seasons when holding the opposition to 70 points or less.
- The Islanders are on a campaign towards another title after Shaw helped the Islanders win three conference championships in the last two seasons. It included back-to-back SLC Tournament titles and the 2022-23 SLC regular season crown. The Islanders earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in consecutive seasons.
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