CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Wildcats begin a prolonged road trip as they travel to Corpus Christi to face the Islanders of Texas A&M-CC. ACU put together back-to-back wins at home and now look to find success on the road in the first of three games away from Abilene. The team has struggled to put up strong numbers on the road and the next three games are key. The Islanders currently sit just outside the postseason picture a 6-8 in Southland play and ACU will be looking for their tenth conference win.
FOLLOW THE GAME
- ACU at AMCC: Saturday, Feb. 15 – 3:30 p.m. –
Islander Digital Network (Live Video),
Sidearm (Live Stats), 98.1 The Ticket with
Grant Boone (Radio Broadcast)
SERIES HISTORY
- After losing nine-straight games to the Islanders, ACU has won their last three meetings, including a 68-56 win in Moddy Coliseum on Jan. 11.
- In their January meeting,
Coryon Mason,
Kolton Kohl, and
Payten Ricks all scored in double figures for the Wildcats.
- ACU earned the season sweep over the Islanders last year for their first two wins and will once again look for a sweep in Corpus Christi.
- The Islanders' Tony Lewis led the team with 12 points in this season's earlier meeting, but the team got 28 points from their bench.
ACU STORYLINES
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Payten Ricks needs just four points to total 1,000 points for his career.
- Since moving into the starting lineup over the last two games,
Clay Gayman has averaged 16 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 13-16 from the floor.
- Similarly,
Kolton Kohl hs played well in his role coming off the bench, grabbing eight boards against Lamar and then putting up 15 points against HBU.
- The Wildcats are currently a half game out of second place in the conference but also hold just a half game lead over the fourth place SHSU Bearkats.
- ACU is by far the best defensive team in the league holding opponents to just 64.1 points per game. The Islanders are a distant second holding opponents to 67.2 points per game.
SCOUTING AMCC
- Junior guard, Myles Smith leads the Islanders with 13.3 points per game and is coming off four-straight double-digit scoring games.
- Hairston and Talton-Thomas are each averaging double figures for the Islanders as well. Talton-Thomas also leads AMCC with 5.9 rebounds per game.
- AMCC is 1-3 over their last four games. The team surprisingly dropped a game to Houston Baptist on the road but were able to hold off the high-scoring Cowboys from McNeese at home.
- The Islanders have played much better at home holding a 7-5 record in the American Bank Center, but are just 3-10 on the road.
