ABILENE – Tatum Barber scored a team-high 16 points, 16 three-pointers were made, and the ACU women's basketball team got win number three on the young season with an 88-53 victory over the Angelo State Rambelles at the Teague Center. Four players scored in double figures and after trailing by five points early on, ACU got going and never trailed again on their way to a fifth-straight 3-0 start. The 'Cats led by as many as 39 and moved hit at least three triples in every quarter. In the annual Kids' Game, over 650 elementary kids from different schools around Abilene packed the Teague Center and made a lot of noise all game long. It was the first Kids' Game in two seasons after last year's was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Turning Point: The 7-0 run to grab the lead in the first quarter.
ACU trailed 5-0 right out of the gate Wednesday, but a 7-0 run ended any thoughts of upset for Angelo State. Barber scored the first points for ACU on a mid-range jumper, and freshman
Bella Earle backed it up with a layup to cut it to one, 5-4. The lead came on a Barber three-pointer, and ACU grabbed its first and only lead, and would never trail again.
Key Plays
- 1Q |
Taylor Morgan and
Jamie Bonnarens hit back-to-back triples late in the period to go up 15-9.
- 1Q |
Madi Miller buried a three to double up Angelo, 18-9.
- 2Q | ACU's best quarter was the second, scoring 27 total points.
Kamryn Mraz scored eight straight points early on in the quarter, hitting two three's and converting a layup off an offensive rebound.
- 2Q |
Alice Stevenson hit a pair of free throws to push the lead to the largest of the quarter (24), 37-13.
- 2Q | Earle converted an and-one with 20 seconds left in the quarter to put an exclamation point on the first half.
- 3Q | ACU set the tone in the third with a steal and a score in transition from Barber on the opening possession.
- 3Q |
Paige Emborsky joined the fun from the three-point line with a fast-break triple to go up 54-24.
- 3Q | Morgan and
Emma Middleton each hit three-pointers late in the third to push the lead to 39 points, 71-32.
- 4Q | Angelo State got within 28 points, and then Morgan buried another three to go back up 31, 77-46.
- 4Q |
Katie Horyna hit a pair of three-pointers late in the fourth quarter as well.
Stat Pack
- Barber hit double-digits in scoring for the third-straight game to start the season, tallying 16 points, a season-high. Barber hit seven shots, a season-high, and added four rebounds.
- Morgan added 13 off the bench, and matched a career-high with three triples.
- Earle finished with 12, one shy of her career-high, and added seven rebound and three assists, both career-bests through three games.
- Mraz tallied 11 points and four assists.
- Miller hit a pair of three's and six assists, with the latter tying a career-high.
- ACU hit 16 three's, and already have 38 makes from distance for the season.
- The last time ACU was not 3-0 was the 2016-17. Each of the last five years have begun with a 3-0 record.
Up Next
ACU will hit the road for the first time this season, when they head to Manhattan, Kan. for a date with the Kansas State Wildcats from the Big 12 Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The game tips at 6:30 p.m.
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