Men's Basketball | 1/30/2015 2:19:00 PM
Live Stats l Live Audio l Live Video (from Lamar)BEAUMONT, Texas – Saddled with their longest losing streak of the season, the ACU Wildcats head to southeast Texas this weekend to take on Lamar and Houston Baptist in a key two-game stretch of the season.
The Wildcats and Lamar Cardinals will play Saturday in the 6 p.m. game as part of a Southland Conference doubleheader; the women's game starts at 4 p.m. The Wildcats will then take on the HBU Huskies at 7 p.m. Monday.
Saturday night's game can be heard locally on 98.1 FM The Ticket and online at www.the98x.com. The can be viewed on Lamar's Web site.
After starting the Southland Conference with three straight wins, the Wildcats have lost four straight to three of the four best teams in the league: Stephen F. Austin, Incarnate Word and Sam Houston State, as well as at McNeese State.
The Wildcats are led in scoring by senior guard
Harrison Hawkins, who is averaging 13.6 ppg, while junior guard
Parker Wentz is averaging 12.5 ppg. Senior guard
LaDarrien Williams is third on the squad in scoring at 10.8 ppg, while junior forward
Austin Cooke is fourth on the team in scoring ( 9.9) and first in rebounding per game (5.7 rpg).
Lamar senior Anthony Holliday s currently second in the league in scoring (21.0) in conference only games, and has scored at least 20 points five times, raised his career high three time and scored 30 once during those eight games.
