ABILENE – ACU women's basketball annual Alumni Day is set for this coming Saturday, Jan. 26 when the Wildcats take on the Sugar Bears of Central Arkansas on
ESPN+ at 1 p.m. The registration cost is set at $15 per player with no charge for guests.
The game also will air locally on
98.1 FM – The Ticket with
Zach Carlyle handling the play-by play.
The Alumni Day schedule of events starts with check in and the 9 a.m. Alumni Game in Gym C of the Money Student Wellness and Recreation Center followed by lunch at 11 a.m. The women's team then takes the court at 1 p.m. to battle the Sugar Bears, and each of the participating alumni will be introduced at halftime. There also will be a postgame reception in the Teague Center lobby at 2:30 p.m. followed by the men's game vs. UCA at 3:30 p.m.
Registration for the event can be found at
https://alumniassociation.acu.edu/wbb19.
Halftime festivities also includes the inaugural Diaper Derby, which is being presented by The Birthplace at Hendrick Medical Center. The derby will feature a dozen or so babies racing across a marked section of Dee Nutt Court at Moody Coliseum. A second race additionally will take place during halftime of the men's game vs. Central Arkansas.
The Wildcats are off to a 12-6 start and have won five of their first seven Southland Conference games, but were stymied defensively by Stephen F. Austin over the final 10 minutes of Wednesday's game after taking a one-point lead at the third-quarter buzzer. SFA remains undefeated vs. the league at 6-0; however, the Sugar Bears are off to a very uncharacteristic start at 7-10 (2-5 vs. the Southland).
UCA lost its first four league games, but in recent days have knocked off both UIW (74-43) and New Orleans (62-60).
The Sugar Bears won all three games vs. the Wildcats last season, including the second round of the Southland Conference Championship, and lead the all-time series, 6-2. ACU last defeated UCA at Moody, 83-76, during the start of the 2017 conference season en route to winning their second consecutive regular-season title.
