CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Entering its third year under head coach
Jim Shaw, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's basketball team will get the 2025-26 season underway Monday night when it hosts Trinity at 7:30 p.m. in the Dugan Wellness Center for a White Out presented by Jersey Mike's.
The Islanders begin a new season with a new look, with this year's roster featuring 12 newcomers after the program reloaded in the offseason. They join five returners including common starter
Kam Parker who was top three on last year's squad in assists and steals.
They enter 2025-26 having come off the program's fourth consecutive 20-win season and ninth ever. It is the first time the program has ever posted four straight 20-win seasons with Shaw becoming just the second head coach to reach the milestone in his first two years at the helm. The first was his predecessor, Steve Lutz, when Shaw was on staff to also help guide those 20-win seasons.
This year will a campaign towards the program's first time posting five consecutive 20-win seasons.
The first game comes against Trinity, their fourth-ever meeting and first since 2022-23 when the Islanders won 91-73. Before then, the two hadn't met since Dec. 6, 2005 in an 86-62 Islanders win. The only other meeting came on Nov. 27, 2002 when A&M-Corpus Christi won 73-49.
The Islanders are 21-5 all-time in season openers and 23-3 in home openers. They haven't lost a home opener since the 2019-20 season against Louisiana Tech.
The game can be watched live on ESPN+ with
Steven King on the call.
Game 1 // Trinity at A&M-Corpus Christi
Date: Monday, November 3
Time: 7:30 p.m. CT
Location: Dugan Wellness Center // Corpus Christi, TX
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