CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team kicks off their Southland Conference slate this weekend, playing host to Stephen F. Austin on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Dugan Wellness Center.
The Islanders (5-3) will be looking to keep up their recent form in the conference opener, as they are coming off back-to-back convincing wins against Our Lady of the Lake and Dallas Christian. In their most recent game against the latter, they took home their biggest win of the season, cruising to an 81-28 win over the Crusaders in what was their biggest margin of victory of the season to date. A&M-Corpus Christi held its opponents to just seven made field goals in 51 attempts in that contest, a performance that helped it take over the top spot among all 353 Division I teams in field goal percentage defense at a mark of 28.3 percent. In addition to this, the team also ranks 13
th in points allowed per game with 52.9 and 24
th in three-point percentage allowed at a mark of 24.5 percent.
The matchup against SFA has not historically been a kind one to the Islanders, with the all-time series currently sitting at 23-4 in favor of the Ladyjacks. This includes a stretch of 20 straight losses for A&M-Corpus Christi from 2007-2018 and each of the last three meetings dating back to 2020. In their most recent showdown, SFA handed the Islanders their most lopsided loss in program history, defeating them in Nacogdoches on January 6, 2021, by a staggering final score of 100-41.
The game will be available to watch live on ESPN+ with Doug Kesterson on the call.
Game 9 // A&M-Corpus Christi vs Stephen F. Austin
Date: Saturday, December 7
Time: 1:00 p.m. CT
Location: Dugan Wellness Center (1,400) // Corpus Christi, TX
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