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Women's Basketball

Wildcats welcome UTSA Saturday night

ABILENE – The ACU women's basketball team continues it stretch of home games to open the season, and will welcome in the UTSA Roadrunners to campus on Saturday night. The Wildcats (1-0) look to start 2-0 for the fifth consecutive season, and will battle UTSA for the first time since 2016. Tip-off is slated for 6 p.m. and will air on both ESPN+ and 102.7 The Bear.

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SERIES HISTORY

  • ALL-TIME | 5th meeting (UTSA leads, 3-1)
  • LAST MEETING | Nov. 29, 2016 (UTSA 71, ACU 68) - in San Antonio
  • STREAK | UTSA, w1
  • IN ABILENE | ACU leads, 1-0
  • IN SAN ANTONIO | UTSA leads, 3-0
  • NOTES | The teams have not met in six years

ACU STORYLINES

  • DRUBBING IN SEASON OPENER: ACU took apart Southwest (N.M.), 99-43 in the season-opener Tuesday night. Five players tallied in double digits in the win.
  • THREE-POINTERS: ACU hit 17 three-pointers in the win, tying for the third-most amount of makes from outside the arc in a single game in the Division I era of the program.
  • NEW FACES: ACU has 15 players on the roster, the most in the Julie Goodenough era (2012). Included on that roster are eight new players, including three graduate transfers and five freshmen. The team brings in Emma Middleton, Jamie Bonnarens, and Tatum Barber as grad transfers, and freshmen include Bella Earle, Alexis Babineaux, Addison Martin (who will redshirt), Niyah Johnson, and Nykale Cramer.
  • RETURNERS: Seniors Madi Miller and Paige Emborsky are joined by juniors Kamryn Mraz and Sarah Griswold. Katie Horyna and Taylor Morgan return as sophomores the guard position, while Alice Stevenson returns as a sophomore inside.
  • FIRST THREE AT HOME: ACU opens with Southwest, UTSA, and Angelo State at home to start the season, all at the Teague. Saturday, Nov. 13 against UTSA is a part of a doubleheader with football, and the tip-off is slated for 6 p.m. ACU hosts Angelo State on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m. for Kids' Day.

SCOUTING UTSA (0-1, 0-0 C-USA)

  • The Roadrunners fell to fellow WAC member SFA on Tuesday in the season opener, 77-50.
  • LaPraisiah Johnson led the way with 13 points, and was the lone player in double-digits.
  • Karen Aston is in her first season as the head coach at UTSA, after stops at Texas, North Texas, and Charlotte.

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