Matchup: Abilene Christian (15-11, 9-7 Southland) vs. Stephen F. Austin (22-5, 14-2 Southland)
Tipoff: 7 p.m. (CT), Wednesday, Feb. 27
Series: ACU trails its all-time series vs. SFA, 2-7, and is 2-4 vs. the Ladyjacks since entering the Southland Conference in 2013-14 with both those wins coming at WRJ Coliseum (85-70 in 2015-16 and 80-73 in 2016-17).
Video:
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Reading Material:
ACU WBB Game Notes |
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Notables
The Wildcats saw its season-best, seven-game winning streak end the last time they played the Ladyjacks on Jan. 17 following a 66-55 loss at WRJ Coliseum ... The Ladyjacks held ACU to a season-low .333 shooting (.240 3-point range) ...
Sierra Allen led ACU with 17 points ...
Lexi Kirgan scored 11 bench points and made her first career 3-pointer at the fourth-quarter buzzer ... SFA's 24 free throws tied an opponent season high.
Central Arkansas – which defeated at ACU, 73-61 on Feb. 25 – has won the last three games of their series in grabbing a 5-2 lead ... ACU's conference home loss was its first since falling 70-61 to Stephen F. Austin on Jan. 12, 2017, snapping a nine-game Southland home winning streak.
Four of ACU's starters reached double figures in scoring vs. UCA led by
Breanna Wright's 17 points ... She also dished out five assists ...
Taudenciah Oluoch and
Dominique Golightly tied for the team lead with seven rebounds.
Sophomore
Breanna Wright continues to average well over 30 minutes per game for the second straight season (36.2) after averaging 31.8 as a freshman, a difference of 4.4 minutes per game .
The Wildcats (325-446, .729) are led at the free-throw line by Wright ... Her .881 percentage (89-101) is first in the league and 14th in the NCAA ... Wright only has missed seven of 73 free throws since the start of Southland Conference competition, which includes a 12-of-13 performance at McNeese ... Since then she is 44-for-50 at the line over the past 13 games.
ACU is 12-2 at home this season, extending their home winning streak to 16 consecutive seasons ... The Wildcats last finished under .500 at home in 2001-02 (4-8).
