ABILENE – Abilene Christian women's basketball completes the non-conference portion of its 2017-18 schedule this week with a trip to the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic. The South Point Arena will play host to a tripleheader both Thursday and Friday, and will feature the Wildcats in addition to teams from Arkansas Pine Bluff, Oakland, Old Dominion, Radford and Towson.
ACU has won its last two games following a three-game losing streak to teams from SMU, Arkansas and FGCU.
Matchups: Abilene Christian (5-3, 0-0 Southland) vs. Radford (4-4) and Old Dominion (1-9, 0-0 C-USA)
Tipoffs: 2 p.m. (CT), Thursday Dec. 21 and 4:15 p.m. (CT), Friday, Dec. 22
Series: The Wildcats are meeting Radford and Old Dominion for the first time in program history.
Streaming:
LiveStream.com
Live Stats:
SportTours.net
Radio:
98.1 FM – The Ticket in Abilene –
Seth Wilson has the call. The game is also available via
iHeart (search 98.1 FM Abilene).
Reading Material:
ACU WBB Game Notes |
Radford |
Old Dominion
Tickets:
$20 per day (tripleheader)
Social Media: Follow
@ACUWBB on Twitter and Instagram
Notables
Julie Goodenough's next victory will be the 400th of her distinguished career. She enters this week with a record of 399-267 (.599) with 110 of these wins coming with the Wildcats.
The Wildcats have played on back-to-back dates at least once per year since
Julie Goodenough took over the team in 2012-13. The team's record in these tournaments is 9-4 with championships won at West Texas A&M, UMKC and Air Force.
Sophomore guard Breanna Wright enjoyed a career afternoon vs. Midwestern State on Dec. 16, hitting 11-of-21 field goals (7-14) 3-pointers to finish with 30 points. She also established a career high with seven steals and tied her career best with seven assists. Wright's seven treys were two shy of the program record set late last season by
Alexis Mason (9) at Houston Baptist, and ACU's 16 3-pointers were two short of the program record of 18 set against Arlington Baptist in Feb. 2014.
ACU is the Southland's No. 1 ranked team in several statistical categories, including 3-pointers made (81), attempted (239) and per game (10.1). The Wildcats' 10.1 triples per game ranks them ninth among 345 D1 schools.
ACU also leads the league with 18.1 assists per game (23rd nationally), +12.0 rebound margin (13th) and 45.3 rebounds (16th).
Of 30 ranked NCAA schools, ACU is fifth with 18.0 offensive rebounds per game.
