COMMERCE, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team starts the second half of their Southland Conference slate this week, hitting the road for a pair of games against East Texas A&M on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. and UTRGV on Saturday at 2 p.m.
The Islanders (10-10, 2-7 SLC) will be looking to turn things around after falling to both Nicholls and McNeese at home over the last week. In the former, the team was held to just 43 points in what was tied for their third-lowest output of the season, and in the latter, they were downed in the final minute after playing to four different tied scores in the final quarter alone.
In the first game of their road trip, the Islanders will try to continue their dominance over East Texas A&M, as they currently hold a perfect 6-0 record over the Lions in the all-time series between the two. The last time they met came last season on February 17, when A&M-Corpus Christi rolled to a comfortable 86-69 victory at the American Bank Center. Current graduate
Paige Allen came very close to making history during this game, grabbing a whopping 18 rebounds to finish just one off of the program record for boards in a game set nearly 15 years ago.
After this, the Islanders will then look to enact some revenge against UTRGV in the second South Texas Showdown, presented by Rally Credit Union of the season. The two squads met for the first time this season back on January 11 in Corpus Christi, with the Vaqueros picking up the win by a final of 61-53 to bring the score of the season-long standings up to 16-7 in favor of A&M-Corpus Christi. This game marks the first repeat matchup of conference play for the team, with the nine games before all coming against unique opponents.
Both games will be available to watch live on ESPN+. They can also be listened to live for free on 1440 AM K-E-Y-S with Doug Kesterson on the call.
Game 21 // A&M-Corpus Christi at East Texas A&M
Date: Thursday, January 30
Time: 6:30 p.m. CT
Location: The Field House (3,055) // Commerce, TX
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Game 22 // A&M-Corpus Christi at UTRGV
Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 2 p.m. CT
Location: UTRGV Fieldhouse (2,700) // Edinburg, TX
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