Let’s get right to this: The Islanders of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi are to be taken quite seriously. This team is nobody’s cupcake. The Isles are undefeated this season and they’ve knocked off one SEC team already (Alabama, in OT, a couple of weeks ago). If our Lady Bulldogs have their sights set on playing Saturday night in the Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic championship game, then they’d better be ready to take care of some risky business on Friday night with the Islanders. Coach Landers, during the Alabama State post-game show, downplayed Angel’s chances of playing this weekend…so the Lady Dawgs will be taking on an upset-minded opponent without one of their big guns down low. It will be crucial for Georgia’s bomb squad of three-point shooters to extend the Islander defense and take some heat off of the rookies down in the paint.

The Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic is hosted by Southern Mississippi and the tournament games will be played on campus at the Reed Green Coliseum (Hattiesburg, MS). No TV for Georgia/Texas A&M-CC, unfortunately. Strictly road trip or radio (your local Georgia Bulldog Radio Network affiliate). The tip-off is set for 8:00 PM Eastern this Friday night. If the Lady Bulldogs win, they’ll face either Southern Mississippi or Jackson State in the tournament championship game on Saturday. If that winning scenario plays out, we’ll have a championship game preview posted here sometime Saturday morning.

Click here for the official Georgia/Texas A&M-CC game notes.

Here’s a link to the Texas A&M-CC women’s basketball page.

Click here to see the entire Islander roster.