Texas A&M-CC beats Houston Baptist, gets tourney berth | |
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) Tony Lewis scored 12 points and a go-ahead jumper with 1:17 to play and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi clinched a Southland Conference Tournament berth with an 84-78 win over Houston Baptist in Saturday's regular-season finale for both teams. Houston Baptist led 78-77 on Qon Murphy's layup with 1:54 left before Lewis hit his jumper. Elijah Schmidt's 3-pointer on the next possession put the Islanders up 81-78 and Jordan Hairston and Irshaad Hunte combined for three free throws from there. Hairston made 4 of 6 3-pointers and scored 20 points and Myles Smith had 18 with five assists for the Islanders (14-17, 10-10), whose tournament seeding remains to be determined. Schmidt scored 12 points. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| Points: | I. DuBose | 19.0 | |||
| Rebounds: | I. DuBose | 7.3 | |||
| Assists: | I. DuBose | 3.8 | |||
| FG%: | I. DuBose | 43.9% | |||
| FT%: | I. DuBose | 77.5% | |||
| 3P%: | J. Gates | 38.3% | |||
| Steals: | I. DuBose | 1.4 | |||
| Blocks: | R. Gomes | 0.6 | |||
| AP Rankings | |||
| Rank | School | Rec | |
| 1 | Kansas | 28-3 | |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 31-2 | |
| 3 | Dayton | 29-2 | |
| 4 | Florida State | 26-5 | |
| 5 | Baylor | 26-4 | |
| 6 | San Diego State | 30-2 | |
| 7 | Creighton | 24-7 | |
| 8 | Kentucky | 25-6 | |
| 9 | Michigan State | 22-9 | |
| 10 | Villanova | 24-7 | |
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| Coaches Rankings | |||
| Rank | School | Rec | |
| 1 | Kansas | 28-3 | |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 31-2 | |
| 3 | Dayton | 29-2 | |
| 4 | Baylor | 26-4 | |
| 5 | Florida State | 26-5 | |
| 6 | San Diego State | 30-2 | |
| 7 | Kentucky | 25-6 | |
| 8 | Duke | 25-6 | |
| 9 | Creighton | 24-7 | |
| 9 | Villanova | 24-7 | |
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| Southland Standings | ||
| Conference | Overall | |
| W-L | W-L | |
| Stephen F. Austin | 19-1 | 28-3 |
| Nicholls | 15-5 | 21-10 |
| Abilene Christian | 15-5 | 20-11 |
| Sam Houston State | 11-9 | 18-13 |
| Northwestern State | 11-9 | 15-15 |
| Lamar | 10-10 | 17-15 |
| McNeese State | 10-10 | 15-17 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 10-10 | 14-18 |
| Central Arkansas | 9-11 | 10-21 |
| UIW | 6-14 | 9-22 |
| New Orleans | 5-15 | 9-21 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 5-15 | 8-23 |
| Houston Baptist | 4-16 | 4-25 |
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| Offense (Rank) | |||||
| Points: | 80.1 (11) | ||||
| Rebounds: | 12.2 (27) | ||||
| Assists: | 12.8 (204) | ||||
| FG%: | 44.3% (143) | ||||
| FT%: | 74.7% (61) | ||||
| 3P%: | 36.4% (40) | ||||
| Defense (Rank) | |||||
| Points: | 93.9 (355) | ||||
| Rebounds: | 23.9 (296) | ||||
| Assists: | 19.2 (354) | ||||
| FG%: | 51.7% (355) | ||||
| FT%: | 74.0% (328) | ||||
| 3P%: | 38.4% (351) | ||||
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