Matchup: Abilene Christian (13-6, 7-2 Southland) at Lamar (13-6, 8-1 Southland)
Tipoff: 7 p.m. (CT), Wednesday, Jan. 31
Series: The Wildcats trail their all-time series vs. the Cardinals, 2-4, which includes an 0-2 mark in Beaumont.
Video:
ESPN3
Audio:
Stretch Internet with
Seth Wilson handling the play-by-play
Stats:
SidearmStats
Reading Material:
ACU WBB Game Notes |
LamarCardinals.com
Social Media: Follow
@ACUWBB on Twitter and Instagram
Notables
ACU visits Lamar for a Jan. 31 game at the Montagne Center ... The Wildcats are 0-2 all time in Beaumont with their last defeat there taking place on Feb. 4, 2016, which snapped ACU's 14-game winning streak ... It was the Wildcats' lone loss of the 2015-16 Southland Conference season as they won their first of back-to-back regular-season titles.
ACU won last year's meeting at home, 77-59, and is 2-2 all-time vs. Lamar at Moody Coliseum.
The Wildcats and Cardinals met once during the 2013-14 and 2016-17 regular seasons and played on back-to-back dates at the midpoint of the 2014-15 and 2015-16 campaigns.
With an ACU record of 118-50 (.702) head coach Julie Goodenough surpassed Suzanne Fox for third place on the school's all-time victories list following the Wildcats' 61-59 triumph Jan. 24 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ... Fox won 117 games in five seasons with the Wildcats between 1992-97 and still holds the program record for best winning percentage (.780)... Burl McCoy remains the program leader with 299 wins accumulated during a 16-year career that lasted between 1976-92 ... Shawna Lavender (2003-12) is second with 149 victories.
The Wildcats improved to 6-2 all-time vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi following their 61-59 win ... Sierra Allen recorded her second double-double of the season and third of her career with 11 rebounds and 12 points ... Lexi Kirgan recorded a career high 10 rebounds in a career high 32 minutes as ACU outrebounded the Islanders, 43-35 ... Freshman Kayla Galindo tied her season high with six assists ... ACU and Corpus meet for a second time this season on Feb. 21.
