ABILENE – ACU will put their seven-game win streak on the line as they welcome the Lumberjacks of SFA to Abilene. SFA has their own win streak on the line, currently on a streak of 13-straight wins that dates back to early January when they suffered their only Southland loss of the season. Tuesday night's matchup will pit the top two teams in the conference against one another with final tournament seeding on the line for the Wildcats. ACU needs to win out in order to secure the two-seed and a double bye in the tournament.
The Wildcats will also celebrate Senior Day prior to the opening tip, honoring their three senior players and one senior manager.
FOLLOW THE GAME
- ACU vs SFA: Tuesday, Mar. 3 – 7:30 p.m.
ESPN+ (Live Video),
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Grant Boone (Radio Broadcast)
SERIES HISTORY
- After a win in Nacogdoches earlier this season, the Lumberjacks hold the series lead 7-2.
- The Wildcats are 2-2 in Abilene but have yet to earn an elusive win at SFA, their last win over the Lumberjacks came last season in Moody, 72-58.
- In the most recent meeting, the Wildcats fell 71-61 but also had a season-high 27 turnovers.
- In the meeting earlier this season in Nacogdoches, three different Wildcats scored in double figures but
Payten Ricks was held to just six points.
ACU STORYLINES
- The Wildcats have won seven-straight games since a road loss at Northwestern State in early February.
- ACU continues to be the best scoring defense in the conference by better than two and a half points.
- Since being held to just six points at SFA,
Payten Ricks has scored in double figures in every game since, including scoring over 20 points in three different games.
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Kolton Kohl and
Damien Daniels continue to flourish in their roles off the bench and have developed a solid connection. Kohl has scored in double figures in four-straight games and Damien is averaging three assists per game over his last four, most of those going to Kohl.
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Coryon Mason put up 17 points in the teams' last meeting but is coming off two slower offensive games. He has been one of ACU's best defenders over the past two weeks.
SCOUTING SFA
- SFA is coming into the game on a 13-game winning streak. Their last loss came at home against A&M-Corpus Christi, 73-72. It is their only conference loss of the season.
- The Lumberjacks clinched the outright regular season championship with a win over Lamar this past Saturday.
- Kevon Harris leads the team in scoring at 17.6 points per game and is second in the conference in total scoring.
- SFA hold the best scoring margin in the conference, winning by an average of 14 points against opponents this season.
