CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders men's basketball program made history Wednesday night after defeating Northwestern State for the third time in the 2022-23 season to secure the Southland Conference Tournament championship. The Islanders go back-to-back for the first time in program history.
Islanders second-year head coach Steve Lutz has not lost a conference tournament game in his tenure at TAMU-CC. It's no coincidence, and this is why the Islanders rally behind the motto Lutz Go!
TAMU-CC defeated Northwestern State 75-71, and Jalen Jackson was named the MVP. He led the Islanders with 17 points. Isaac Mushila scored 10 points and was a rebound short of a double-double.
It was a 1 point ballgame with less than a minute in the game, but Trey Tennyson made a second-chance layup and then Jackson made the final free throw.
Now TAMU-CC is back in the NCAA DI Tournament in consecutive seasons, and on Saturday they await their fate to find out where they sit on the bracket.
2️⃣ seasons, 2️⃣ tournament titles.
— Southland Conference (@SouthlandSports) March 9, 2023
Let’s give this a shot: #LutzGo pic.twitter.com/m37aBIGsj7
𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞-𝗧𝗢-𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞! 🏆🏆
— Southland Conference (@SouthlandSports) March 9, 2023
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has REPEATED as Southland Basketball Champions!#EarnedEveryDay pic.twitter.com/UuOA5JE7mj
The moment Terrion Murdix returned and rejoined his teammates after their championship win 🥺 pic.twitter.com/whkhOwS36s
— Southland Conference (@SouthlandSports) March 9, 2023
