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Jorden Kite jumper TAMU-CC
74
Winner A&M-Corpus Christi TA&MCC 12-17
72
Incarnate Word UIW 6-23
Winner
A&M-Corpus Christi TA&MCC
12-17
74
Final
72
Incarnate Word UIW
6-23
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
A&M-Corpus Christi TA&MCC 28 37 9 74
Incarnate Word UIW 34 31 7 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Cardinals lose spirited Senior Night

SAN ANTONIO – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Jashawn Talton almost single-handedly spoiled senior night for the University of the Incarnate Word men's basketball team on Saturday. He scored the tying points that sent the game into overtime and the winning bucket in the last 11 seconds of the extra period to give the Islanders a 74-72 win over the Cardinals.
 
In addition, Talton scored 32 points, more than doubling the production of any teammate.
 
The Cardinals mounted a spirited effort on behalf of graduating teammates Charles Brown III and Jorden Kite. UIW led by as many as 14 points early in the second half and possessed the ball in the last seconds of both regulation and overtime – having a legitimate chance to win with one elusive shot.
 
UIW, which will close its season with two road games next week, is 6-23 overall and 1-15 in Southland Conference play. TAMU-CC is now 12-17 and 7-9.
 
NOTABLES
  • Sophomore Christian Peevy led the Cardinals with 17 points. Antoine Smith had 12, Kite and Augustine Ene nine each, and Brown eight.
  • Of the 45 minutes of regulation and overtime play, UIW led for 37:42. The game was tied seven times and the lead changed hands on seven occasions.
  • UIW out-rebounded TAMU-CC, 28-27.
  • The Cardinals, national leaders in free throw shooting percentage, made 19 of 20 shots from the foul line. 
HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half:
  • UIW started Brown, Kite, Peevy, Ene and Dwight Murray Jr.
  • Peevy's short jumper scored the first points.
  • UIW took a 7-2 lead into the first media timeout at 15:56. A reverse layup and free throw by Peevy, and a layup by Ene, accounted for the points.
  • Kite's three pointer at 15:00 put UIW ahead by 10-4.
  • UIW then went on a 10-2 run, thanks to single baskets by Graham, Smith and Peevy -- and two by Ene – which resulted in a 20-6 lead at the 10:58 mark.
  • Over the next six minutes, the Islanders closed the margin to four, trailing 28-24 at the 4:06 mark.
  • UIW, thanks to scoring by Peevy and Murray, stopped the slide – holding a 34-28 lead at halftime.
  • The Cardinals shot 54 percent in the first half.
  • Peevy and Smith led the UIW scoring with nine points each.
Second Half:
  • Beginning at the 17:31 mark of the second period and running for the next minute and 37 seconds, UIW went on a 10-0 scoring run to take a 14-point lead, 44-30. Kite contributed six points during that run.
  • Three consecutive three pointers by A&M-CC, the last at 11:41, cut the UIW lead to five.
  • Cody Graham's three pointer at 10:11 halted the Islanders' streak and put UIW ahead by eight.
  • After the Islanders cut thee UIW lead to three, Smith hit a three pointer to extend the Cardinals' lead to six, 54-48, with 7:59 remaining.
  • For the next three minutes, the UIW lead reached as high as seven and sank as low as four.
  • The Islanders then scored as the result of two consecutive UIW turnovers, allowing TAMU-CC to eliminate the Cardinals' lead.
  • Two technical foul free throws at 2:23 gave the Islanders a 59-58 lead. UIW's Brown fouled out on that play.
  • The Islanders extended their lead to three on a short jumper at 1:57.
  • Caruso's driving layup and associated free throw at 1:35 tied the game at 61-61.
  • The Islanders took a two-point lead at 1:18, but a layup by and two subsequent free throws by Peevy -- the latter at the 38-second mark -- put UIW ahead, 65-63.
  • After Talton's two free throws tied the game with 20 seconds left, Peevy and Graham each missed shots in the final seconds of regulation – sending the game into overtime with the score deadlocked at 65-65.
Overtime
  • The Islanders took a four-point lead in the first two minutes of overtime.
  • Caruso's layup and free throw with 2:49 pulled UIW within one, 69-68.
  • Ene's two free throws at 2:02 gave UIW a 70-69 lead.
  • An Islander bucket at 1:33, followed by Ene's two free throws at 0:28, retained UIW's one-point lead, 72-71.
  • Peevy fouled out on Tarlton's winning bucket at the 11-second mark, allowing a free throw that established the 74-72 final margin.
  • After Smith's three-point attempt in the final seconds missed the mark, Caruso's got the offensive rebound but missed the desperation shot just before the buzzer. ` 
NEXT UP
UIW concludes its season with two road games, a Wednesday visit to HBU for a 7 p.m. tipoff and a Saturday game at Abilene Christian that begins at 3:30 p.m.
 
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