ABILENE — ACU's all-time leading 3-point shooter was on her game Saturday afternoon, and that meant the Northwestern State Demons had virtually no chance in a Southland Conference women's game in Moody Coliseum.
Senior guard
Alexis Mason had six of ACU's 13 3-pointers in the game and the Wildcats were never threatened in rolling to a 79-57 win over the Demons, pushing their record to 16-8 overall and keeping them in no worse than third in the league 10-2, depending on the outcome of Saturday night's late games in league play.
Mason buried four of those 3-pointers in a dominant first-half performance by the Wildcats, who went to the half leading 45-26. The Wildcats didn't need her to do much more in the second half as they cruised to their seventh win in their last eight games and their 11th win in 13 home games this season.
Mason hit 3 of 7 3-pointers in the first quarter ACU jumped out to a 25-11 at the end of the first 10 minutes. ACU was 9 of 19 from the field in the quarter, including 6 of 13 from 3-point range as they ran out to a big early lead.
Suzzy and
Lizzy Dimba dominated the second quarter as
Suzzy Dimba had six points in just three minutes while
Lizzy Dimba had three points and three rebounds in a full 10 minutes of action. The Wildcats enjoyed a 19-point halftime lead and it never dropped below 16 points the rest of the game and reached as much as 28 points twice in the fourth quarter.
Lizzy Dimba finished with 17 points and six rebounds, while
Suzzy Dimba had 12 points, two rebounds, three assists and one steal in just 20 minutes.
Sydney Shelstead scored just two points, but had 12 rebounds and two steals.
The women are back on the road this weekend for two huge road games, first at Stephen F. Austin (Thursday night) and at Northwestern State (Saturday afternoon).
