WACO, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's basketball team was handed its first defeat of the 2026-27 season on Sunday afternoon, starting off its three-game road trip with a loss to Baylor by a final score of 112-40.
The Islanders (1-1) struggled to get much going offensively against the powerhouse Bears (3-0), knocking down just 26.7 percent of their 60 tries from the field overall and just four of their 20 attempts from distance. On the other end, the hosts shot a blistering 35-56 from the field, 12-20 from long range and 30-37 from the free throw line.
Out of the gates, A&M-Corpus Christi showed some promise on the defensive end, holding Baylor to just nine points over the first half of the opening quarter. The team also had
Chelsy Singleton and
Rayna Williams get on the board with buckets in the paint during this stretch, which had them down just five after five minutes. Unfortunately, however, the Bears would start to feel it at this point, closing the first out on an 18-5 run and then outscoring the blue and green 24-7 in the next period to send them into the half with a large deficit.
The third quarter would be the best of the afternoon offensively for the Islanders, as they managed to score 17 points while shooting a nice 6-11 from the field. More than half of these were scored by the duo of
Laura Frances Willis and
Caitlin Lord, with the former scoring five on a pair of buckets and the latter reaching the same tally on a hit from distance and a perfect trip to the line. This improvement on offense was negated by a 34-point quarter from Baylor on the other side, though, who followed with its best quarter of the day in the fourth to put a wrap on things.
In the final box score, A&M-Corpus Christi was led in scoring by Willis, who tallied nine points in what was just her second collegiate game. Singleton paced the team in rebounds with six, doing so while also sharing the team lead in assists with Williams at three.
The Islanders will now continue their road swing during the upcoming week, stopping next in San Marcos to take on Texas State on Friday at 11:30 a.m.
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