CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—McNeese women's basketball dropped its Southland Conference game Wednesday night, 62-51 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
 
Freshman Divine tied her career high with 13 points to lead McNeese in scoring and nearly picked up her fourth double double by leading the Cowgirls with nine rebounds. Regan Bolton and Callie Maddox both ended the game with 10 points apiece.
 
The Cowgirls (7-21, 5-12 SLC) opened the game shooting 7.1 percent from the field on 1 of 14 in the first quarter and trailed 15-6 after the first quarter.
 
McNeese stayed within striking distance in the second quarter following a three-pointer by Bolton and a layup by Tanks to go into the locker room trailing 26-22 at the half.
 
A&M-CC (14-14, 8-9 SLC) opened the second half on a 5-0 run to extend the lead to 31-22 less than a minute into the third quarter.
 
The Cowgirls struggled through another rough shooting quarter but only trailed by 10 points (43-33) heading into the final period.
 
The Islanders continued to build on its lead in the final stanza and held its largest lead of the game (57-41) with 4:31 left to play.
 
A&M-CC also had three players score in double figures with Alexes Bryant leading the Islanders with 13 points. Dae Dae Evans ended the game with a double double (12 pts., 10 reb.), and Dalesia Booth pitched in with 11 points.
 
The Cowgirls will conclude their season with a 2 p.m. game at Lamar Saturday.