DAYTON, Ohio — Bryson Etienne scored 21 factors and Texas Southern beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 76-67 on Tuesday night time within the First 4 of the NCAA Match.
The Tigers earned their third NCAA Match win in 5 seasons and can play top-seeded Kansas within the Midwest first spherical.
“I really feel like anyone can go to any large faculty,” Etienne mentioned. “We’re males identical to them. We put our sneakers on like them, pants, shirt. It’s March Insanity, so insanity can occur.”
PJ Henry hit a go-ahead free throw to spotlight a 7-0 run wherein Texas Southern (19-12) took the lead and by no means surrendered. He completed with 14 factors and shot 10 of 13 on the free throw line.
“One of many issues we talked about was taking part in extraordinarily onerous each second, each play,” Texas Southern coach Johnny Jones mentioned. “It took that in opposition to that crew to have the ability to end down the stretch.”
John Walker III added 16 factors. Brison Gresham grabbed 13 rebounds and scored six factors because the First 4 returned to the College of Dayton Enviornment for the primary time in three seasons.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (23-12) led by as many as eight factors within the opening interval and 4 within the second half. The Islanders’ season ended after they gained the Southland Convention event Saturday.
“We weren’t going to have the ability to end issues on the rim as a result of they’ve obtained actually good shot blockers,” Texas A&M-Corpus Christi coach Steve Lutz mentioned. “At instances we did that, however at instances we actually didn’t make good selections on the rim.”
Trevian Tennyson led the Islanders with 18 factors on 7-of-13 taking pictures whereas Simeon Fryer scored 12 and Terrion Murdix added 10.
The Tigers led 32-30 at halftime after trailing for over 10 minutes within the first half. Each groups shot beneath 40% from the sphere within the opening interval, combining for 15 turnovers and 7 steals.
Late protection
Texas Southern held the benefit on the glass 45-37, together with a commanding 25-13 edge within the second half.
The Islanders made simply one among their final 11 pictures because the Tigers held them to seven factors within the remaining 6:04. Starting the second half 5 of seven from 3-point vary, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi went 1 of 8 within the remaining 8:58.
Gresham, who transferred final offseason from Houston, grabbed his most rebounds in 14 video games.
“He got here in with zero ego and has proven a substantial amount of management with their basketball crew and he’s a really impactful participant defensively,” Jones mentioned. “He’s a kind of guys that provides you what is required.”
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