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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – HBU dropped its regular season finale, 76-69, to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday evening at the American Bank Center but clinched a spot in the Southland Conference tournament after other results around the league and will be the no. 8 seed.
 
Sophomore Ian DuBose scored the first four points of the game to give the Huskies (12-17, 8-10 SLC) an early lead before Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (14-17, 9-9 SLC) answered with the next four to even it up. The game remained close until a little run capped by a long three-pointer from Jalon Gates put HBU ahead 21-13 with 10:31 to go in the half.
 
Less than two minutes later, Benjamin Uloko made a layup and Oliver Lynch-Daniels drained a three to give the Huskies a 26-16 advantage. From there, the Islanders began slowly working their way back and using a 6-0 run late to tie the score at 36-36 before Jackson Stent hit a turnaround jumper with 1:00 on the clock which turned out to be the last points of the half and gave HBU a 38-36 lead at halftime.
 
In the second half, a Ty Dalton free throw and Edward Hardt layup gave the Huskies a 41-37 lead before an 11-3 Islanders run gave TAMUCC a four-point lead. TAMUCC pushed that lead to seven, 57-50, after a Jake Babic three with 8:10 remaining. The Huskies fought their way back to within one, 61-60, with just 4:58 left on the clock but went cold from the floor while the Islanders scored the next eight points with DuBose knocking down a pair of threes in the final minute but the closest HBU got was four.
 
DuBose led all players with 28 points, connecting on 5-of-10 from beyond the arc and 9-of-21 from the floor, while adding seven rebounds, three steals and three assists. Dalton added nine for the Huskies while Hardt had eight.
 
The Huskies will face the Lamar Cardinals on Wednesday, Mar. 13, inside the Merrell Center at 5:00 p.m. Husky fans can purchase tickets at HBUHuskies.com beginning Sunday, Mar. 10, morning at 9:00 a.m.