CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Taylor Smith had 25 points and 14 rebounds to lead Stephen F. Austin over Texas A&M-CC 67-56 on Saturday in the Southland Conference opener for both teams.
Smith was 10 of 14 from the field in his double-double performance for the Lumberjacks (10-1).
Antonio Bostic had 12 points, and Hal Bateman had 11 points and nine assists.
The Lumberjacks never trailed in the game and led 28-23 at halftime. The Lumberjacks shot 50 percent from the field for the game, while the Islanders shot 35.6 percent. They also beat the Islanders on rebounds 41-30.
Will Nelson led the Islanders with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Johnathan Jordan added 17 points.
The Islanders (1-9) have lost nine consecutive games.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Stephen F. Austin (10-1) « | 28 | 39 | 67 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1-9) | 23 | 33 | 56 |
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| Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Smith, F | 40 | 10-14 | 5-10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 25 |
| J. Parker, F | 25 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| H. Bateman, G | 36 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
| D. Haymon, G | 33 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| A. Bostic, G | 32 | 4-9 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Walkup | 22 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Walker | 6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Pinkney | 4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| I. Asortse | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-48 | 18-28 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 67 | |
| 50% | 64.3% | ||||||
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Nelson, F | 37 | 9-17 | 4-5 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 24 |
| J. Jordan, G | 38 | 8-21 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| H. Ali, G | 27 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Williamson, G | 27 | 0-7 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| B. Pye, G | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Francis | 22 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| N. Maxey | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. King | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Martinez | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-59 | 10-14 | 30 | 8 | 19 | 56 | |
| 35.6% | 71.4% | ||||||
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