CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Will Nelson and Johnathan Jordan scored 13 points each to lead Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to a 60-49 victory in its season opener against Texas Lutheran on Saturday night.
Nelson had nine rebounds for the Islanders.
Troy Griffith and Justin Lindsey scored 10 points each for Texas Lutheran, a Division III school in Seguin, Texas, that classified the game as an exhibition.
The Bulldogs trailed just 39-37 with 10:27 remaining, but Cole Martinez hit a 3-pointer to ignite a 13-1 run that gave the Islanders control. Jordan had six points during the surge.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas Lutheran (0-1) | 25 | 24 | 49 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-0) « | 22 | 38 | 60 |
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| Texas Lutheran Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Griffith, F | 33 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Lindsey, F | 22 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| B. Potts, C | 11 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| B. Holderread, G | 30 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| E. Reed, G | 26 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Douglas | 18 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Verm | 17 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| G. Davis | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Richardson | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Wilkins | 10 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| K. Kadlecek | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-51 | 10-19 | 34 | 9 | 19 | 49 | |
| 33.3% | 52.6% | ||||||
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Nelson, F | 34 | 4-14 | 4-7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| D. Francis, F | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| H. Ali, G | 24 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| K. Dvorak, G | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| B. Pye, G | 17 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jordan | 27 | 4-9 | 5-6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| J. Williamson | 22 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| N. Maxey | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Martinez | 10 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Currie | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Knowles | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. King | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-62 | 13-17 | 47 | 13 | 16 | 60 | |
| 35.5% | 76.5% | ||||||
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