2019–20 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team

2019–20 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record23–7 (17–3 Southland)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Roxanne White
  • Darren Brunson
  • Sherrie Tucker
Home arenaAmerican Bank Center
Dugan Wellness Center
Seasons
2019–20 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas A&M-CC 17 – 3   .850 23 – 7   .767
Abilene Christian 16 – 4   .800 24 – 5   .828
Stephen F. Austin 16 – 4   .800 23 – 6   .793
Sam Houston State 14 – 6   .700 19 – 10   .655
New Orleans 13 – 7   .650 17 – 12   .586
Incarnate Word 10 – 10   .500 14 – 15   .483
Nicholls 10 – 10   .500 13 – 16   .448
Central Arkansas 9 – 11   .450 13 – 16   .448
Southeastern Louisiana 9 – 11   .450 12 – 17   .414
Lamar 6 – 14   .300 10 – 19   .345
Houston Baptist 4 – 16   .200 8 – 21   .276
Northwestern State 4 – 16   .200 7 – 22   .241
McNeese State 2 – 18   .100 5 – 24   .172
† 2020 Southland tournament winner
As of March 7, 2020
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders women's basketball team represented Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi in the 2019–20 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, as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 23–7, 17–3 in Southland play to finish in first place. Before they could play in the Southland women's tournament however, the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Previous season

The Islanders finished the 2018–19 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, Nicholls in the quarterfinals, Stephen F. Austin in the semifinals, before losing a close game to No. 4 seed Abilene Christian, 68–69 in the championship game.[1]

Media

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

Roster

Sources:[2]

2019–20 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) Jr Castro Valley HS Castro Valley, CA
F 2 Alexes Bryant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr New Mexico Junior College Cibolo, Texas
G 3 Torrionna Nesbitt 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Steele HS Cibolo, Texas
G 120 Hayle Campbell 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Flour Bluff HS Corpus Christi, TX
G 11 La'Janeira Robinson 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Odessa JC Houston, TX
G 12 Dae Dae Evans 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Bellaire HS Bellaire, TX
F/C 13 Alecia Westbrook 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Park Hill South HS Kansas City, MO
G 14 Olivia Dowden 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr McCutcheon HS West Lafayette, IN
G 20 Makinna Serrata 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS So McMullen Counts ISD Tilden, TX
G 21 Emma Young 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr East Jessamine HS Nicholasville, KY
G 22 Dalesia Booth 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Cole HS San Antonio, TX
C 23 Lynn Tamis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Indiana State Amsterdam Netherlands
F 25 Arhianna Sims-Jackson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Hill College Arlington, TX
G 30 Sydney-Anne Cotrell 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) RS Sr William B. Travis HS Sugar Land, TX
F 34 Tiara Matthews 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr 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: December 22, 2019

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference exhibition season
Nov 1, 2019*
5:00 pm 		St. Edwards W 61–45   
 American Bank Center (499)
Corpus Christi, TX
Non-conference regular season
Nov 5, 2019*
7:00 pm 		St. Thomas (Texas) W 75–55  1–0
 Dugan Wellness Center (715)
Corpus Christi, TX
Nov 8, 2019*
7:00 pm 		at Missouri State
Preseason WNIT First Round 		L 51–79  1–1
 JQH Arena (1,523)
Springfield, MO
Nov 14, 2019*
7:00 pm 		at South Alabama
Preseason WNIT Second Round 		L 82–83 OT 1–2
 Mitchell Center (318)
Mobile, AL
Nov 15, 2019*
4:30 pm 		vs. Prairie View A&M
Preseason WNIT Third Round 		W 64–52  2–2
 Mitchell Center (335)
Mobile, AL
Nov 23, 2019*
1:00 pm 		Texas–Rio Grande Valley
South Texas Showdown 		W 61–50  3–2
 Dugan Wellness Center (1,002)
Corpus Christi, TX
Nov 26, 2019*
7:00 pm 		Huston–Tillotson W 63–49  4–2
 Dugan Wellness Center (1,128)
Corpus Christi, TX
Nov 30, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Texas State L 48–57  4–3
 Strahan Coliseum 
San Marcos, TX
Dec 7, 2019*
1:00 pm 		Texas Wesleyan W 90–52  5–3
 Dugan Wellness Center (977)
Corpus Christi, TX
Dec 12, 2019*
7:00 pm 		at Texas–Rio Grande Valley W 59–54  6–3
 UTRGV Fieldhouse (872)
Edinburg, TX
Southland regular season
Dec 18, 2019
7:00 pm 		Nicholls W 55–49  7–3
(1–0) 		Dugan Wellness Center (868)
Corpus Christi, TX
Dec 21, 2019
1:00 pm 		Central Arkansas W 67–47  8–3
(2–0) 		Dugan Wellness Center (700)
Corpus Christi, TX
Non-conference regular season
Dec 29, 2019
3:00 pm, SECN+ 		at No. 11 Texas A&M L 48–85  8–4
(2–0) 		Reed Arena (3,804)
College Station, TX
Southland regular season
Jan 2, 2020
3:00 pm, DemonTV 		at Northwestern State W 72–59  9–4
(3–0) 		Prather Coliseum (545)
Natchitoches, LA
Jan 4, 2020
1:00 pm 		at Southeastern Louisiana L 44–48  9–5
(3–1) 		University Center (433)
Hammond, LA
Jan 8, 2020
7:00 pm 		Stephen F. Austin L 44–66  9–6
(3–2) 		Dugan Wellness Center (706)
Corpus Christi, TX
Jan 11, 2020
1:00 pm 		at Abilene Christian W 70–58  10–4
(4–2) 		Moody Coliseum (545)
Abilene, TX
Jan 18, 2020
1:00 pm 		Lamar W 49–39  11–4
(5–2) 		American Bank Center (1,517)
Corpus Christi, TX
Jan 22, 2020
7:00 pm 		at New Orleans W 83–53  12–6
(6–2) 		Lakefront Arena (228)
New Orleans, LA
Jan 25, 2020
2:00 pm 		at Incarnate Word W 64–38  13–6
(7–2) 		McDermott Center (181)
San Antonio, TX
Jan 29, 2020
7:00 pm 		Sam Houston State W 57–54  14–6
(8–2) 		American Bank Center (1,574)
Corpus Christi, TX
Feb 1, 2020
2:00 pm 		at Houston Baptist W 75–65  15–6
(9–2) 		Sharp Gymnasium (205)
Houston,TX
Feb 5, 2020
6:30 pm 		at McNeese W 73–59  16–6
(10–2) 		H&HP Complex (2,269)
Lake Charles, LA
Feb 12, 2020
6:30 pm 		at Stephen F. Austin L 49–72  16–7
(10–3) 		William R. Johnson Coliseum (932)
Nacogdoches, TX
Feb 15, 2020
1:00 pm 		Abilene Christian W 68–59  17–7
(11–3) 		American Bank Center (1,103)
Corpus Christi, TX
Feb 19, 2020
7:00 pm 		Southeastern Louisiana W 49–48  18–7
(12–3) 		American Bank Center (1,328)
Corpus Christi, TX
Feb 22, 2020
2:00 pm 		at Lamar W 64–56  19–7
(13–3) 		Montagne Center 
Beaumont, TX
Feb 26, 2020
7:00 pm 		New Orleans W 43–40  20–7
(14–3) 		American Bank Center (1,835)
Corpus Christi, TX
Feb 29, 2020
1:00 pm 		Incarnate Word W 56–50  21–7
(15–3) 		American Bank Center (1,483)
Corpus Christi, TX
Mar 4, 2020
6:30 pm 		at Sam Houston State W 60–45  22–7
(16–3) 		Bernard Johnson Coliseum (874)
Huntsville, TX
Mar 7, 2020
6:30 pm 		Houston Baptist W 58–47  23–7
(17–3) 		American Bank Center (1,040)
Corpus Christi, TX
2020 Hercules Tires Southland Basketball Tournament
March 14, 2020
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Winner of Game 3
Semifinals 		Canceled due to COVID-19 issues Merrell Center 
Katy, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.
[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Islanders surge in second half, fall to Wildcats in title game". GoIslanders.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Roster". The Official Site of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Ilsanders Athletics. Islanders Athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019-20 Women's Basketball Schedule". The Official Site of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders Athletics. Islanders Athletics. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "Texas A&M-CC Islanders Schedule - 2019-20". ESPN. Retrieved December 14, 2019.