Colonel Nichols (5-4, 1-1 Southland) vs. Texas A&M-CC Islanders (1-8, 0-2 Southland)
Corpus Christi, Texas; Monday, 6 p.m. ET
Bottom line: Nicholls will play Texas A&M-CC after Marie Kenembeni scored 21 points to help Nicholls beat the Houston Christian Huskies 70-47.
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The Islanders are 1-2 at home. Texas A&M-CC is 1-5 against opponents with winning records.
The Colonels defeated their Southland rivals 1-1. Nicholls is 2-3 against opponents above .500.
Texas A&M-CC is averaging 6.7 three-pointers per game, 1.4 fewer than Nichols’ average of 8.1 three-pointers per game. Nichols is shooting 43.5 percent from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points better than Texas A&M-CC opponents’ average field goal percentage of 41.7 percent.
Monday’s game is the first conference meeting between the two teams this season.
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Top performer: Chelsea Wooten averaged 2.2 three-pointers per game for the Islanders, shot 24.1% from three-point range, and averaged 9.1 points, 4.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game. Samora Watson shot 35.0% from the field and averaged 12.4 points per game.
Jesslynn Jalomo averaged 2.0 three-pointers per game for the Colonels, scored 12.1 points, and shot 34.0% from beyond the arc. Jasmine Matthews averages 10.6 points per game.
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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
