ABILENE, Texas — Abilene Christian was able to grind out a tough win over CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday night, 69-59. The Wildcats forced the Roadrunners into a season-high 25 turnovers and had a 22-7 advantage in fast break points on the way to their seventh-straight win.
Key Plays
- CSUB got on the board first when Edler-Davis got the bucket and drew a foul for a three-point play.
- The Wildcats got to the charity strip early and went 4-4 in the first two minutes to keep them in the game.
- Coryon Mason hit the first field goal for ACU, making a tough jumper just outside of the paint to tie the game at six.
- Immanuel Allen gave ACU their first lead of the night with a wing three.
- Cameron Steele got the steal with 10 minutes to play in the first half and drew the foul to head to the free throw line and gave the Wildcats a 17-14 lead.
- A three from Logan McLaughlin hit a corner three on an assist from Airion Simmons that put the Wildcats up 18-22 with just over four minutes to play in the first half.
- ACU got back-to-back layups from Steele and Simmons to start the second half to open up a 10-point lead.
- The Roadrunners answered with a 7-0 run of their own to make it a one possession game.
- With the game tied at 37, Simmons hit a three from the wing to give the Wildcats a lead they would hold for the rest of the game.
- After drawing an offensive foul, the Wildcats were up by seven and Mahki Morris hit a clutch baseline jumper to make it a three-possession game.
- Reggie Miller hit a corner three with four and a half minutes left while drawing the foul that gave ACU a 10-point lead.
- The Wildcats went 5-6 from the free throw line down the stretch to keep CSU Bakersfield at bay.
Stat Pack
- Immanuel Allen scored a career-high 16 points, going 4-5 from the field and 7-9 from the line.
- Damien Daniels led the Wildcats with 6 rebounds and three steals.
- ACU held the 25-20 advantage in forced turnovers and a 14-9 advantage in steals.
- The Wildcats have moved to 6-0 at home and 19-0 in the Teague Center going back to last season. This was ACU's lowest margin of victory in the temporary facility at 10 points.
- ACU had a big advantage at the free throw line going 30-40 to the Roadrunners 11-20.
- Logan McLaughlin put together a solid 10 minutes of action with three points, three rebounds, and three steals on the night.
- The team had a 27-14 advantage in bench scoring.
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Up Next
The Wildcats will be back at the Teague Center on Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader with the women. ACU will host Howard Payne with tip scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
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