ABILENE – Abilene Christian women's basketball begins its fifth season of Southland Conference competition – and first as a NCAA D1 postseason qualifier – Thursday at 2 p.m. when the Wildcats play host to New Orleans. The Wildcats are coming off a 1-1 showing at the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic, where they followed a 71-65 loss to Radford with a 74-60 win vs. Old Dominion, which served as the 400th of head coach
Julie Goodenough's career.
Matchup: Abilene Christian (6-4, 0-0 Southland) vs. New Orleans (4-7, 0-0 Southland)
Tipoff: 2 p.m. (CT), Thursday Dec. 28
Series: The Wildcats lead their all-time series vs. New Orleans, 3-1, and are 2-0 vs. the Privateers at Moody Coliseum
Streaming:
Stretch Internet
Live Stats:
Stat Broadcast
Radio:
98.1 FM – The Ticket in Abilene – Al Pickett has the call. The game is also available via
iHeart (search 98.1 FM Abilene).
Reading Material:
ACU WBB Game Notes |
UNOPrivateers.com
Tickets:
$8 adults / $5 children – FREE for kids under age 14
Social Media: Follow
@ACUWBB on Twitter and Instagram
Notables
The Wildcats have played host to UNO the past three seasons ... ACU last played at New Orleans near the end of the 2014-15 season, falling 70-51, as then-freshman Randi Brown scored 27 points ... Brown – an all-conference selection – has been held to 16 and 10 points vs. the Wildcats the past two years at Moody Coliseum ... ACU is opening conference play vs. UNO for the first time since 2013-14 – an 88-44 win for the Wildcats in The Big Easy.
The Wildcats came back from a 15-point deficit vs. Radford and took a 1-point lead with 2:18 to go, only to see the Highlands score on their next possession and end the game on a 7-0 run.
Against ODU, the Wildcats rallied from a 7-0 deficit to begin the game and put the contest away with a 28-point third quarter.
Breanna Wright was named to the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 14.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game ... Wright scored 14 of her points (on 17 attempts) from the free-throw line ... She also dished out six assists and was credited with five steals
Dominique Golightly recorded a 14-rebound / 20-point double-double vs. Radford.
ACU's 11 turnovers vs. ODU were its fewest since coughing up the ball 10 times in a March 4, 2017 games at Houston Baptist.
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 10-5 (.667) with championships won at West Texas A&M, UMKC and Air Force.
Julie Goodenough won her 400th game as a collegiate head coach Dec. 22, 2017 vs. Old Dominion ...This is her second milestone victory with the Wildcats as she also won her 300th vs. Incarnate Word during her first season at ACU (2012-13) ... Her overall record is 400-268 (.599) and with an ACU record of 111-48 (.698) she needs to win just six more games to tie Suzanne Fox for third place at the school.
