CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Hameed Ali and Joy Williamson scored 15 points apiece and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi won for just the third time this season, beating McNeese State 61-58 Saturday night.
Zane Knowles had 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds for the Islanders (3-18, 2-9 Southland), who had lost six in a row since a win at Lamar on Jan. 12. Their only other win came in the season opener against Texas Lutheran.
Keelan Garrett led the Cowboys (9-13, 3-9) with 12 points. Dontae Cannon added 11 points. Cannon's basket on Thursday was the game-winner in overtime against Sam Houston State.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi led 31-19 at halftime and though McNeese State got within two points, the Islanders held the lead throughout the second half.
McNeese's Kevin Hardy had seven assists, five rebounds and five blocked shots.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| McNeese State (9-13) | 19 | 39 | 58 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3-18) « | 31 | 30 | 61 |
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| McNeese State Cowboys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Guidry, F | 26 | 2-7 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| C. McFerrin, C | 28 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Hardy, G | 36 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Mitchell, G | 32 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Cannon, G | 31 | 3-11 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Fields | 14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Garrett | 14 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Wells | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| P. Kpan | 7 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| S. Johnson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Regis | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-50 | 10-12 | 32 | 14 | 19 | 58 | |
| 38% | 83.3% | ||||||
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Knowles, F | 27 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| D. Francis, F | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| J. Jordan, G | 39 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| H. Ali, G | 30 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| J. King, G | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Williamson | 34 | 4-7 | 5-10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| B. Pye | 19 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Martinez | 16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Maxey | 14 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 23-53 | 11-22 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 61 | |
| 43.4% | 50% | ||||||
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