Feb. 13, 2005
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EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern men's basketball team fell to Iowa Saturday night, but the Wildcats do not have much time to dwell on the loss.
Instead, the Wildcats will take advantage of the bye in the Big Ten schedule -- their second and final bye of the conference slate -- by hosting NCAA Division I independent Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Monday night. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The Islanders (17-6) arrive in Evanston having won six in a row, including a 62-43 decision over Longwood Saturday night. Among those six wins are a pair against Texas-Pan American, who Northwestern defeated 56-48 on Dec. 31.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi also boasts wins over major-conference teams Florida State and Baylor among its resume this season.
Northwestern had won two in a row before Saturday's loss to the Hawkeyes. Following Monday's game, the 'Cats are at home Saturday against Penn State.
The Series with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
*This is the first meeting between the Wildcats and the Islanders in men's basketball.
*This is NU's second game against an NCAA Division I independent this season; the other was Texas-Pan American.
Did You Know?
NU is 2-0 in the Carmody era when playing a nonconference opponent during the Big Ten portion of the season--Jan. 31, 2001 vs. Buffalo (79-63) and Jan. 26, 2002 at Buffalo (63-57).