Houston Christian Huskies at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
79 - 90
79 - 90
Texas A&M-CC beats Houston Baptist 90-79
Kareem South scored a career-best 22 points with four 3-pointers, Ehab Amin added 14 points with seven assists, and Jake Kocher had 13 with six assists for the Islanders (12-9, 5-5 Southland).
Trailing by 14 in the second half, the Huskies closed on a 20-6 run and tied it a 74 on Asa Cantwell's 3-pointer, trailed, then tied it again at 76 on Colter Lasher's layup with 2:36 left to play. That's when Thomas scored eight straight points amid a 14-3 run capped by Joseph Kilgore's dunk and the Islanders won going away.
South's 3-pointer at the buzzer put the Islanders up 40-39 at halftime.
Lasher scored 21 points with three 3s and five assists for Houston Baptist (8-12, 4-6).
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 79 - 90 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Atif Russell Offensive Rebound. | 79 - 90 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Braxton Bonds missed Layup. | 79 - 90 |
| 2nd 0:14 | Joseph Kilgore made Dunk. Assisted by Ehab Amin. | 79 - 90 |
| 2nd 0:16 | Rashawn Thomas Defensive Rebound. | 79 - 88 |
Statistics
 HCU |
 AMCC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 29-59 | FG | 31-60 |
| 49 | Field Goal % | 52 |
| 8-21 | 3PT | 6-17 |
| 38 | Three Point % | 35 |
| 13-17 | FT | 22-33 |
| 76 | Free Throw % | 67 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 8 | Points Off Turnovers | 22 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 24 | Fouls | 16 |
| 5 | Largest Lead | 14 |
Game Information
Venue: Hilliard Center
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
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Location: Corpus Christi, TX
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2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 20-2 | - | 28-6 |
| McNeese | 19-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 14-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| LSU New Orleans | 12-10 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Nicholls | 12-10 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Houston Christian | 8-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
| Northwestern State | 8-14 | 12 | 10-22 |
| Incarnate Word | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| Lamar | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| East Texas A&M | 6-16 | 14 | 11-21 |
| SE Louisiana | 6-16 | 14 | 9-22 |