Men's Basketball | 3/2/2015 5:56:00 PM
Live Stats l Live Audio / Video l Live AudioABILENE – The ACU Wildcats will begin their final week of the season Tuesday night when they host Houston Baptist in the season's final home game.
The Wildcats and Huskies are scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. in a Southland Conference men's basketball game at Moody Coliseum. The Huskies enter the game at 11-14 overall and 5-9 in the Southland, while the Wildcats are 9-12 and 3-12 and riding a 12-game losing streak.
The game can be heard on 98.1 FM and online at
www.acusports.com.
The Wildcats have three players averaging in double figures, led by
Harrison Hawkins at 13.1 points per game.
Parker Wentz averages 11.9 points per game and
LaDarrien Williams adds 10.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.
Austin Cooke chips in with 9.9 points per game and leads ACU with 6.1 rebounds per game.
ACU leads the all-time series against HBU, 3-1, but the Huskies won this season's early meeting, 77-61, on Feb. 2 in Houston. Odunsi led HBU with 20 points, while Ibarra posted his first career double-double with a career-high 19 points to go along with 10 rebounds. ACU had four players in double figures, led by 16 off the bench from Williams and 15 by Cooke.
The Huskies (11-14, 6-9 SLC) are led by junior guard Anthony Odunsi, who averages 12.4 points and 2.7 assists per game, and sophomore forward Colter Lasher, who averges 11.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Freshman center Josh Ibarra adds 6.3 points per game and leads the team with 6.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots per contest.
After playing their final home game Tuesday night, the Wildcats will close out the season later this week at Incarnate Word (Thursday night) and at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Saturday).
