Thursday, March 14, 2019

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi dominates New Orleans 69-47

Story and photo by Robert H Kelly
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KATY, TEXAS (March 14, 2019) No. 7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi jumped out to a 38-17 lead at the half in route to a 69-47 win over No. 6 New Orleans in the first round of the 2019 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament in Katy, Texas. The Islanders showed no mercy to the Privateers after falling to them by the score of 56-54 on February 16 in conference action. The Islanders had three players in double digits; forward Alexes Bryant (18 points), and guards Dae Dae Evans (12) and Emma Young (10). Forward Tiana Matthews tallied nine rebounds for TAMU-CC. Shania Woods carried the banner for the Privateers with 15 point and 13 rebounds.

The Islanders next opponent will be No. 3 Nicholls State on Friday, March 15 with a 1:30 p.m. CDT start. The Colonels finished the season with a 20-10 mark, along with a 14-4 conference record. They downed the Islanders 85-55 earlier in the season, in their only other match up of the season.

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