Texas A&M women’s basketball kicked off the 2025-26 campaign with a win over A&M-Corpus Christi in the season opener on Wednesday. The Aggies were able to handle the Islanders for an 81-43 win, to start the season off 1-0.
Fatmata Janneh and Lemyah Hylton started off strong for the Aggies as they were able to score the first 11 points of the ball game, as well as their first points wearing Maroon and White. Janneh had a phenomenal first half as he posted 13 points in her Aggie debut.
After holding the Islanders to just four points after six minutes of play, the Islanders were able to go on an 11-4 scoring run to end the first quarter, putting the score at 17-13. Yet that ended up not mattering as much as the Aggies were able to outscore the Islanders 25-7 in the second quarter.
To start the second quarter, Janae Kent was able to get in on the action as she scored the first five points of the quarter, including her first three-pointer of the season. With the Aggies scoring a total of 25 points in the second quarter, most of them came during the last four minutes. The Aggies headed into halftime up 42-20.
Aggies’ Second-Half Surge