HOUSTON, Texas – Coming down the final stretch of 2024, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team will head to play HCU Thursday and Lamar Saturday for its last two road matches of the regular season.
The Islanders (17-7, 10-3) have already clinched a berth into the SLC Championships, but will now fight for seeding as this weekend should shake things up. A&M-Corpus Christi currently sits in third place in the standings, but will take on current top-ranked Lamar Saturday at 3 p.m.
The Islanders are riding a three-game winning streak into their final road trip of the regular season. Most recently, the Islanders are coming off an 86-69 toppling over A&M-Commerce that featured some of the program's best performances in recent years. Senior
Mireia Aguado finish with 12 assists, becoming the first Islander to record 10+ assists in a game since Alissa Campanero registered 12 against HCU (Houston Baptist at the time) on March 1, 2014. Senior
Paige Allen pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds to go along with her 10 points, one board shy of matching the program record for rebounds in a game.
Another career performance came from junior
Maya Ellis, who went deep six times for a whopping 25 points. The six made three-pointers is the most in a game since junior
Annukka Willstedt netted seven in a game in the 2021-22 season. Ellis is the third Islander to score at least 20 points in a game this year after Westbrook and Aguado, all of which have come in conference play.
Westbrook and Aguado lead the team in scoring, both averaging over 10 points per outing with Westbrook on top at 11.5 ppg. Aguado has significantly improved from her last year's scoring average of 4.1 ppg to now scoring 10.3 points per outing this season.
Junior
Nabaweeyah McGill continues to lead the league in blocks, averaging 1.5 per game. Westbrook seconds the conference in rebounding (7.7 rpg), third in def. rebounding (5.5 drpg), third in off. rebounding (2.3 orpg), fifth in steals (1.8 spg), and fifth in FG% (.488).
Westbrook is one of three Islanders in the top-five for steals, as Aguado ranks third (2.0 spg) and Allen ranks fourth (1.9 spg). Aguado also ranks fourth in FG% at a .489 clip while Allen ranks fourth in rebounding (6.9 rpg) and off. rebounding (2.3 orpg). Allen has grabbed at least six rebounds in every SLC game so far.
The Islanders lead the Southland Conference in scoring margin (+9.7), 3FG% defense (.254), rebounding (40.8 rpg), assists (14.71 apg), and steals (11.29 spg). The Islanders rank #9 overall in the NCAA in 3FG% defense (.254).
Both game will be available to watch live with a subscription to ESPN+. The games can also be heard live for free on 1440 AM K-E-Y-S with Doug Kesterson on the call.
NOTES
- A&M-Corpus Christi leads HCU 15-9 in the all-time series and 6-5 when playing the Huskies on the road. The Islanders will be going for the first season series over HCU since the 2021-22 season after they defeated the Huskies earlier this year 73-49 at home.
- The Islanders opened this year's conference slate against the Huskies, builing on a lead for the final +24 (73-49) advantage, the largest margin of victory for the Islanders in their conference opener since joining the Southland in 2006-07.
- A&M-Corpus Christi trails Lamar 21-13 in the all-time record. The Islanders will look to win in Beaumont for the second year in a row after they defeated the Cardinals 61- 59 last year on the road.
- The Islanders dished out 30 assists in their most recent game, which matched the single-game program record first set against Schreiner back on Feb. 19, 2001.
- A&M-Corpus Christi remains undefeated in conference play when holding Southland teams to under 60 points. The Islanders are 13-0 overall this year when holding the opposition to under 60 points.
- The Islanders are also 14-1 this year when they score 60 or more points. They have scored at least 50 points in every game this year, the first time since 2013-14 that the Islanders have scored at least that many in each of the first 24 games of the season.
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