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WBB set for top-10 opponent in Texas A&M
12/12/2020 5:42:00 PM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The Wildcats women's basketball team will have the toughest test of the young season when they make the trip southeast to face No. 10 Texas A&M on Sunday evening. It's a matchup of two 5-0 teams and it pits the ACU offense, which is averaging 92 points per game, against the Aggie defense that is allowing just 66 per contest. Two great coaches collide as Julie Goodenough and Gary Blair have a combined 1,280 career wins, and a combined 63 career seasons as a head coach.
5-0 will always feel good! Solid win over UMHB! pic.twitter.com/iehCfxQxfr
— ACU WBasketball (@ACUWBB) December 12, 2020
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SERIES HISTORY
It is the seventh-ever meeting, with the series tied 3-3. Texas A&M has won two straight in the series, and the schools meet for the first time since Nov. 26, 2016 when A&M won 71-45. ACU won the first two meetings back in 1980 and 1981, and then the teams split in the 1984 season. The last ACU win came on Dec. 7, 1984 in Abilene, 73-52.
ACU STORYLINES
- The Wildcats are off to a stellar start 5-0 start, with four home wins and a road win over Northern Colorado.
- Alyssa Adams is coming off her fourth career double-double against Mary Hardin-Baylor on Dec. 10, and recorded a career-high 12 rebounds to along with her 21 points.
- ACU continues to dominate offensively, as is their trademark, but did it with 52 points in the paint against UMHB. ACU hit seven three-pointers, ending their streak of four games to start the season with at least 10 three's.
- Anna McLeod was named the Southland Conference Player of the Week on Monday after a 50-point effort in two games. McLeod leads the Wildcats with 20.8 points per game, and is shooting 52% from the floor and 56% from the three-point line.
- ACU is 5-0 for just the second time since moving to NCAA Division I in the 2013-14 season.
JULIE GOODENOUGH AND ALYSSA ADAMS POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCE (Dec. 10, 2020)
SCOUTING #10 TEXAS A&M
- The No. 10 team in the country is 5-0 and after their 79-56 win over the Little Rock Trojans, the Aggies stake their claim as one of four teams in Division I women's basketball with a 3-0 record on the road, headlined by victories against then-No. 19 DePaul and No. 25 Texas.
- The Maroon & White's 23-point victory over Little Rock resulted from excellent team basketball, as Aaliyah Wilson led a group of four Aggies to double-digit scoring performances with 13 points, three assists and two rebounds, supplemented by a career-high six steals. Senior Destiny Pitts and junior Alexis Morris dropped 12 points apiece off the bench, while senior center Ciera Johnson finished with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting. Jordan Nixon once again commanded the A&M offensive attack, operating as the team's primary ball handler and finishing with seven points and three assists.
