MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) - Hameed Ali's 3-pointer gave Texas A&M-Corpus Christi the lead for good and the Islanders hung on with free throws to beat Central Michigan 49-47 Saturday night.
Terence Jones led the Islanders (5-21) with nine points, making two free throws with 2 seconds left to make it 49-44. Ali, whose go-ahead shot came with just over 7 minutes to play, scored eight points. Johnathan Jordan also made a pair of free throws in the final seconds for Corpus Christi.
Trey Zeigler led Central Michigan (8-18) with 22 points. Derek Jackson scored 15 for the Chippewas in a game that was part of the BracketBusters series.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5-21) « | 23 | 26 | 49 |
| Central Michigan (8-18) | 19 | 28 | 47 |
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| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Dempsey, F | 26 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| C. Hawkins-Mast, F | 24 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| N. Maxey, C | 19 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Jones, G | 38 | 2-12 | 3-4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| J. Jordan, G | 30 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Pope-Didier | 22 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| J. Kocher | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| H. Ali | 14 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| J. Smith | 11 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 17-42 | 10-17 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 49 | |
| 40.5% | 58.8% | ||||||
| Central Michigan Chippewas | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Coimbra, F | 31 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| O. Mbaigoto, F | 21 | 0-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Jackson, G | 36 | 5-12 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Morris, G | 34 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| T. Zeigler, G | 34 | 8-16 | 6-8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Barnes | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Keel | 12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| N. Jordan | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Harden | 5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Z. Saylor | 4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-48 | 12-20 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 47 | |
| 33.3% | 60% | ||||||
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