EDINBURG, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team will hit the road for the first time in nearly a month this week, heading south to Edinburg to participate in the UTRGV Holiday Classic on Thursday and Friday.
The Islanders (5-4) will first take on Kansas City (3-9) on Thursday at 4 p.m. before turning around the next day to take on Eastern Michigan (1-6) at the same time to close out their slate. The hosting UTRGV (4-6) will also play the same opponents, taking on the latter at 6:30 on Wednesday and the former at the same time on Friday in the final game of the event.
A&M-Corpus Christi will look to use this week's action as a way to bounce back after dropping its conference opener against Stephen F. Austin in its last game on Saturday. The Islanders hung close with the Ladyjacks, but due in large part to 22 turnovers on the offensive end, they were unable to climb out of the hole they found themselves in for the majority of the afternoon.
This week's invitational will be the first for the Islanders in a while, as they did not participate in one during the entirety of 2023-24 campaign. Their last came back on November 24 and 25, 2022, when they dropped a pair of games to Stony Brook and Nebraska at the Puerto Rico Clasico in San Juan. The first game of the week will see A&M-Corpus Christi take on UMKC for the third time, with the all-time series currently tied at one win apiece, and it will be the team's first time ever squaring off against EMU.
Both games will be available to watch live on ESPN+, and they can also be heard live for free on 1440 AM K-E-Y-S with Doug Kesterson on the call.
Game 10 // A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Kansas City
Date: Thursday, December 19
Time: 4 p.m. CT
Location: UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,700) // Edinburg, TX
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Game 11 // A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Eastern Michigan
Date: Friday, December 20
Time: 4 p.m. CT
Location: UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,700) // Edinburg, TX
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