ABILENE – After playing four of their five DI opponents on the road to open the season, the Wildcats are looking forward to their return to Moody Coliseum on Thursday night. Last week, ACU finished their play in the Southwestern Showdown with games at Texas State and SMU. Both short road trips went in favor of the home teams leaving the Wildcats still looking for their first DI win of the season. This week they welcome Southeast Missouri to Abilene in a rematch of last year's game in Cape Girardeau, Mo. The Wildcats earned the road victory in 2018 and look to defend home court Thursday night.
FOLLOW THE GAME
- ACU vs Southeast Missouri: Thursday, Dec. 5 – 7:30 p.m. – StatBroadcast (Live Stats), ESPN+ (Live video), 98.1 The Ticket with
Grant Boone (Radio Broadcast)
SERIES HISTORY
- The Wildcats and Redhawks have met four times with SEMO holding the 3-1 advantage.
- Before last season, the previous three meetings had been in the postseason.
- Three of the four meeting have been decided by three or fewer points with SEMO holding a 2-1 advantage in those games.
- Abilene Christian has the most recent win with the Wildcats earning the 70-68 win at SEMO last December.
ACU STORYLINES
- The Wildcats are coming off of a 70-51 loss at SMU.
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Joe Pleasant had a career night at SMU putting up 20 points and grabbing six rebounds.
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Payten Ricks moved in to second in ACU's DI history for made threes, making three at SMU.
- Ricks is the only returning player to log significant stats in the teams' last meeting. He scored 15 at SEMO.
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Trey Lenox is the only other Wildcat who scored at SEMO last season with three points in that game.
- ACU once again put a new starting lineup on the floor against SMU with Ricks, Pleasant, Kohl, Mason, and Miller.
SCOUTING SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
- The Redhawks return just two starters from last season's game.
- Starter Quatarrius Wilson is in his first eligible season with the Redhawks after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. Wilson transferred from Southland Conference member McNeese.
- Alex Caldwell leads the Redbirds with five double-digit games on the season thus far, he is averaging 11.3 ppg.
- Freshman starter, DQ Nicholas, is the only Redhawk to score 20+ points on the season for SEMO.
- The Redhawks have had the same starting lineup in six of their seven outings.
