Matchup: Abilene Christian (15-12, 9-8 Southland) at Incarnate Word (4-24, 3-14 Southland)
Tipoff: 1 p.m. (CT), Saturday, March 3
Series: ACU leads its all-time series vs. the Cardinals, 21-8, which includes nine consecutive victories since both teams entered the Southland Conference prior to the 2013-14 season.
Radio:
98.1 FM – The Ticket with
Grant Boone handling the play by play.
Video:
Stretch Internet
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Sidearm Stats
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Notables
The Wildcats beat Incarnate Word, 58-56, on
Sara Williamson's layup with 0.5 seconds left on Feb. 10 at Moody Coliseum ... Williamson finished the game with 13 points and was 7-9 from the free-throw line ...
Dominique Golightly reached three career statistical milestones vs. the Cardinals ... She played her first 40-minute complete game ... Her nine rebounds put her past 200 boards for her career, and her 18 points lifted her over the 400-career point threshold ...
Breanna Wright surpassed 500 career points.
ACU last loss to Incarnate Word during the 2012-13 season, 68-53, on the road at the McDermott Center ... UIW hasn't won at Moody Coliseum since Jan. 3, 2011.
The Wildcats qualified for the Southland Conference Championship tournament on the strength of its nine league victories ... ACU started the season 6-0, averaging above 80 points per game, and during the seasons second half it posted a 13-point fourth-quarter comeback at Sam Houston State, held off a talented Texas A&M-Corpus Christi team at home, 61-59, and used a buzzer-beater shot to beat UIW in regulation, 58-56.
ACU will be the sixth, seventh or eighth seed at next week's Southland Conference Championship Tournament depending on results on Saturday's games ... This will be the Wildcats' first conference tournament since 2013, when they were part of the Lone Star Conference ... The Wildcats were upset by Texas A&M-Commerce, 89-70, in the first round, and the following week lost a 70-68 NCAA Regional game to Texas-Permian Basin.
The Wildcats didn't qualify for any postseason tournaments in 2014 or 2015 despite winning 18 and 17 games, respectively ... In 2016-17 and 2017-18, however, ACU won back-to-back Southland Conference regular-season championships and represented the league at the WNIT ... The Wildcats reached the second round of last year's WNIT after upsetting Oklahoma State in Stillwater, 66-56.
Senior
Sierra Allen led all ACU scorers Wednesday vs. Stephen F. Austin with 13 points, which gives her 506 for her career ... Allen is averaging 7.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game this season through 27 starts.
Junior
Sara Williamson also surpassed 500 career points against the Ladyjacks with nine points off the bench on 4-5 shooting ... Williamson goes into Saturday's game at UIW with 503 career points, 205 assists and 192 rebounds.
The Wildcats (329-450, .730) are led at the free-throw line by sophomore
Breanna Wright ... Her .881 percentage (89-101) is first in the league and 13th 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 14 games.
