ABILENE – Coming off of a last second overtime loss at Drexel, the Wildcats have a tough home test ahead of them Saturday night. On a day where ACU Athletics is hosting three different events, the nightcap is a major matchup, with men's basketball hosting Pepperdine. The two teams met last season in Malibu and the Waves were able to hand ACU it's first loss of the season. The Waves sit at 2-1 coming into tomorrow's game and the Wildcats hope they can continue the pattern of the home team winning in the series.
FOLLOW THE GAME
- ACU vs. Pepperdine: Saturday, Nov. 15 – 7:30 p.m.
- Watch: ESPN3 (
Zach Carlyle and Owen Simpson)
- Listen: 98.1 The Ticket (
Grant Boone)
- Live stats: StatBroadcast
SERIES HISTORY
- Pepperdine leads the all-time series 2-1.
- ACU's lone win came in Abilene in 1984. The Wildcats beat the Waves 93-89, while ACU was a Division II school and Pepperdine was Division I.
ACU STORYLINES
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Payten Ricks led all scorers at Drexel with 29 points on 10-of-20 shooting.
- Through their first two games, the Wildcats own a plus-18 turnover margin.
- Wildcats are shooting .471 from the field as a team on the season.
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Clay Gayman put up 21 points at Drexel off the bench. He has scored in double figures off the bench in both games.
- Drexel outrebounded the Wildcats 45-22.
SCOUTING PEPPERDINE
- Pepperdine will be playing their only non-conference game outside of California.
- Starting guard, Colbey Ross, has 445 career assists. He is averaging 9.0 assists on the season.
- Ross as well as Kessler Edwards have scored in double figures in each of the Waves first three contests.
- Kameron Edwards has scored 20-plus points in his last two outings, including a double-double against UC Irvine.
- Kessler Edwards is coming off a monster game against CSU Northridge where he scored 22 points and grabbed 15 boards.
