2018–19 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team

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2018–19 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record17–16 (8–10 Southland)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Roxanne White
  • Darren Brunson
  • Sherrie Tucker
Home arenaAmerican Bank Center
Dugan Wellness Center
Seasons
2018–19 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Lamar 17 – 1   .944 24 – 7   .774
Stephen F. Austin 16 – 2   .889 25 – 7   .781
Nicholls 14 – 4   .778 20 – 12   .625
Abilene Christian † 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Sam Houston State 11 – 7   .611 16 – 13   .552
Texas A&M-CC 8 – 10   .444 17 – 16   .515
New Orleans 8 – 10   .444 12 – 16   .429
Central Arkansas 6 – 12   .333 12 – 18   .400
Northwestern State 6 – 12   .333 11 – 18   .379
McNeese State 5 – 13   .278 7 – 22   .241
Incarnate Word 5 – 13   .278 5 – 24   .172
Houston Baptist 4 – 14   .222 9 – 19   .321
Southeastern Louisiana 4 – 14   .222 9 – 20   .310
† 2019 Southland tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team represented Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Islanders were led by seventh-year head coach Royce Chadwick, and played their home games at the American Bank Center and the Dugan Wellness Center, in Corpus Christi, Texas, as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 17–16 overall, 8–10 in Southland play, to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Southland women's tournament, they defeated New Orleans in the first round,[1] Nicholls in the quarterfinals,[2] Stephen F. Austin in the semifinals,[3] before losing a close game to No. 4 seed Abilene Christian, 68–69, in the championship game.[4]

Previous season

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The Islanders finished the 2017–18 season 19–12, 11–7 in Southland play, to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Southland women's tournament where they lost to Nicholls State.[5]

Media

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Video streaming of all non-televised home games and audio for all road games was made available at GoIslanders.com.

Roster

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2018–19 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 1 Giana Wright 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Castro Valley HS Castro Valley, CA
F 2 Alexes Bryant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr New Mexico Junior College Cibolo, TX
G 3 Torrionna Nesbitt 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Steele HS Cibolo, TX
G 4 Heaven Thompson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Bolton HS Memphis, TN
F 5 Uri Jolivette 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr New Iberia Central HS New Iberia, LA
G 10 Brianna Jackson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Northside HS
Independence College 		Fort Smith, AR
G 11 Lajaneira Robinson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Odessa JC Houston, TX
G 12 Dae Dae Evans 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Bellaire HS Bellaire, TX
G 15 Brittany Mbamalu 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Sr Dulles HS Houston, TX
G 20 Makinna Serrata 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Fr McMullen Counts ISD Tilden, TX
G 21 Emma Young 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr East Jessamine HS Nicholasville, KY
G 22 Dalesia Booth 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Cole HS San Antonio, TX
G 23 Laderica Paul 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Skyline HS
UMKC 		Dallas, TX
G 24 Tasia Foman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Duncanville HS
Texas 		Duncanville, TX
F 25 Melissa Lockridge 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr   San Antonio, TX
G 30 Sydney-Anne Cotrell 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS Jr William B. Travis HS Sugar Land, TX
F 33 Arhianna Sims-Jackson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Jr Hill College Arlington, TX
F 34 Tiara Matthews 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Fort Bend Kemper HS Sugar Land, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 9, 2024

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2018*
7:00 p.m. 		St. Thomas W 78–40  1–0
 American Bank Center (587)
Corpus Christi, TX
November 12, 2018*
7:00 p.m. 		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley
South Texas Showdown 		W 59–49  2–0
 UTRGV Fieldhouse (418)
Edinburg, TX
November 20, 2018*
7:00 p.m. 		at Texas Tech L 61–78  2–1
 United Supermarkets Arena (2,349)
Lubbock, TX
November 26, 2018*
7:00 p.m. 		Texas State L 53–60  2–2
 Dugan Wellness Center (609)
Corpus Christi, TX
November 30, 2018*
4:30 p.m. 		vs. Louisiana
UTRGV Fall Classic 		W 64–63  3–2
 UTRGV Fieldhouse (113)
Edinburg, TX
December 1, 2019*
4:30 p.m. 		vs. Prairie View A&M
UTRGV Fall Classic 		L 59–67  3–3
 UTRGV Fieldhouse (111)
Edinburg, TX
December 4, 2018*
7:00 p.m. 		Texas–Rio Grande Valley
South Texas Showdown 		L 57–70  3–4
 American Bank Center (589)
Corpus Christi, TX
December 8, 2018*
2:00 p.m. 		Texas A&M International W 84–36  4–4
 Dugan Wellness Center (611)
Corpus Christi, TX
December 14, 2018*
7:00 p.m. 		Schreiner University W 64–34  5–4
 Dugan Wellness Center (521)
Corpus Christi, TX
December 18, 2018*
5:30 p.m., KDF 		New Mexico State L 65–67  5–5
 American Bank Center (530)
Corpus Christi, TX
December 20, 2018*
5:30 p.m., KDF 		Texas Lutheran W 73–49  6–5
 American Bank Center (589)
Corpus Christi, TX
Southland regular season
December 31, 2018
1:00 p.m. 		at Central Arkansas W 73–65  7–5
(1–0) 		Farris Center (295)
Conway, AR
January 5, 2019
2:00 p.m., ESPN3 		at Lamar L 58–76  7–6
(1–1) 		Montagne Center (2,628)
Beaumont, TX
January 9, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Northwestern State W 79–55  8–6
(2–1) 		Dugan Wellness Center (513)
Corpus Christi, TX
January 16, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Sam Houston State W 76–61  9–6
(3–1) 		Dugan Wellness Center (641)
Corpus Christi, TX
January 19, 2019
2:30 p.m., ESPN3 		New Orleans W 57–51  10–6
(4–1) 		American Bank Center (1,215)
Corpus Christi, TX
January 23, 2019
6:00 p.m. 		at Nicholls L 55–85  10–7
(4–2) 		Stopher Gym (405)
Thibodaux, LA
January 30, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Abilene Christian L 68–72  10–8
(4–3) 		Dugan Wellness Center (658)
Corpus Christi, TX
February 2, 2019
2:00 p.m. 		at Houston Baptist W 70–56  11–8
(5–3) 		Sharp Gymnasium (490)
Houston, TX
February 6, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		at Southeastern Louisiana L 45–56  11–9
(5–4) 		University Center (529)
Hammond, LA
February 9, 2019
3:00 p.m., KRIS-TV 		Incarnate Word W 57–49  12–9
(6–4) 		American Bank Center (811)
Corpus Christi, TX
February 13, 2019
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Sam Houston State L 59–61  12–10
(6–5) 		Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum (735)
Huntsville, TX
February 16, 2019
2:00 p.m. 		at New Orleans L 55–58  12–11
(6–6) 		Lakefront Arena (363)
New Orleans, LA
February 20, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		Stephen F. Austin W 46–44  13–11
(7–6) 		Dugan Wellness Center (501)
Corpus Christi, TX
February 23, 2019
1:00 p.m. 		Lamar L 47–72  13–12
(7–7) 		Dugan Wellness Center (1,079)
Corpus Christi, TX
February 27, 2019
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Abilene Christian L 55–72  13–13
(7–8) 		Moody Coliseum (1,192)
Abilene, TX
March 2, 2019
1:00 p.m. 		at Incarnate Word L 72–77  13–14
(7–9) 		McDermott Convocation Center (488)
San Antonio, TX
March 6, 2019
7:00 p.m. 		McNeese W 62–51  14–14
(8–9) 		Dugan Wellness Center (633)
Corpus Christi, TX
March 9, 2019
2:30 p.m., KDF 		Houston Baptist L 56–74  14–15
(8–10) 		Dugan Wellness Center (603)
Corpus Christi, TX
Southland women's tournament
March 14, 2019
1:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(6) vs. (7) New Orleans
First round 		W 69–47  15–15
 Merrell Center (946)
Katy, TX
March 15, 2019
1:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(6) vs. (3) Nicholls
Second round 		W 69–56  16–15
 Merrell Center (1,425)
Katy, TX
March 16, 2019
3:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(6) vs. (2) Stephen F. Austin
Semifinals 		W 58–56  17–15
 Merrell Center (1,725)
Katy, TX
March 17, 2019
1:00 p.m., CBSSN 		(6) vs. (4) Abilene Christian
Finals 		L 68–69  17–16
 Merrell Center 
Katy, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Sources:[6][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Islanders surge past New Orleans in SLC First Round, 69-47". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics. March 14, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "Islanders upset Nicholls in SLC Tournament, 69-56". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics. March 15, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "Islanders knock off SFA, clinch SLC Championship berth". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics. March 16, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "Islanders surge in second half, fall to Wildcats in title game". GoIslanders.com. March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Blue and Green Conclude SLC Run". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics. March 9, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "2018-19 Women's Basketball Schedule". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders Athletics. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders Schedule 2018-19". ESPN. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
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