Box Score
ABILENE –
Kendall Durant's 23 points weren't enough for Abilene Christian as Cameron used a 22-9 second-half run to knock off the Wildcats, 64-58, in their Lone Star Conference season opener Saturday night at Moody Coliseum.
The win lifted Cameron's overall and conference records to 6-4 and 3-1, while ACU dropped to 5-3 and 0-1.
The Wildcats led by as many as 11 points early in the second half before the Aggies began to chip away. A pair of three-point plays by Desmond Henry and Thomas Razor cut the Wildcats' lead to five within a minute of action, and then Thomas dropped in another layup that got Cameron within a possession at the 12:29 mark.
Twice ACU would build its lead back to seven following baskets from
Eric Milam and Durant, but Cameron's Milton Garner countered with a three and then consecutive shots from Vinicius Telo and Henry gave the Aggies their first lead at 49-48 and 7:07 remaining.
A jumper from Durant at the 5:37 mark broke a five-minute ACU scoreless streak and momentarily gave the home team its lead back at two points, but then Telo scored the next four points, first on a slam dunk and later on a jumper from outside the paint.
Marc Little buried a 3-pointer after the final media timeout at 3:55 to put ACU up for the final time at 54-53, as Cameron would go on a game-ending 11-3 run led by Garner's five points.
Garner led all Aggies with 20 points, hitting 6-of-17 shots from the floor and 6-of-7 from the foul line. Telo finished the game with 13 points.
After being held to 29 percent shooing in the first half, Cameron made 57.7 percent of its second-half attempts in outscoring ACU 41-28 over the final 20 minutes.
ACU entered the half up by seven at 30-23 sparked by Durant's 15 points. Durant started by hitting on 6-of-8 shots from the floor, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range.
The Wildcats also forced 14 first-half turnovers, which they converted into 11 points. Cameron made just four more turnovers in the second half.
The Wildcats return to action Tuesday, Dec. 13 at home vs. West Texas A&M. The game tips off at 7:30 p.m.
