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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beats New Orleans 76-61 in Southland Conference Tournament quarterfinal

By The Associated Press

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Daniel Michelini-Jackson had 28 points to lead Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to a 74-61 victory victory over New Orleans on Monday night in the quarterfinals of the Southland Conference Tournament.

The fourth-seeded Islanders (18-14) will play top seed Stephen F. Austin in a Tuesday semifinal.

Michelini-Jackson added eight rebounds for the Islanders. Sheldon Williams totaled 15 points and six rebounds. D’Avian Houston pitched in with 11 points and six assists.

MJ Thomas led the way for the Privateers (15-17, 12-10) with 17 points and 14 rebounds. Coleton Benson also scored 17 and TJ Cope added 14 points.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi led 37-30 at halftime and then rode Michelini-Jackson’s 20-point second half to the victory.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Columbia’s Riley Weiss named Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year

By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia's Riley Weiss was chosen as the Met Basketball Writers Association Player of the Year on Tuesday. Weiss set a school record scoring 662 points this past season to lead the Lions to a 25-8 record and the WBIT championship. The junior averaged 21.0 points in the postseason tournament to earn Most Outstanding Player honors. Fairleigh Dickinson coach Stephanie Gaitley was picked as the Maggie Dixon Met Coach of the Year — the fourth time she's won the award. Gaitley led the Knights to a 30-5 mark. That's the most wins in a season for the program. FDU was second in the nation in scoring defense and reached the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. Gaitley also won the award in 2013, 2018 and 2019 while coaching Fordham.
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