Wildcats shoot 55 percent en route to eighth-straight win

Sunday, December 19

Abilene

3 P.M.

Abilene Christian

8-2,0-0WAC

112

Howard Payne

3-9,2-5ASC

Howard Payne

Abilene Christian

112

Cameron Steele drives the lane for a bucket against HPU

Photo by: Myra McCaskill

Wildcats shoot 55 percent en route to eighth-straight win

12/19/2021 6:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

ABILENE, Texas — The Wildcats reached the century mark for the second time on the season and took care of business against Howard Payne on Sunday afternoon. The team started with a 10-0 run and cemented their defense early as they ran away with the 112-41 victory to move to 8-2 on the season.

Key Plays

A steal from Reggie Miller and a feed on the break to Cameron Steele set the tone for the game as ACU took the 4-0 lead.
Immanuel Allen hit a corner three to give ACU a 13-3 lead four minutes in.
A jumper in the paint from Mahki Morris gave the Wildcats a 19-9 lead and the Yellow Jackets would not get within 10 again in the game.
With 8:36 left in the first half the Wildcats got two free throws from Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu that started a 18-0 run over the next five minutes.
A steal from Logan McLaughlin and the feed to Ja'Sean Jackson for the layup closed out the first half with the Wildcats up 57-23.
Miller hit a wide-open three on the wing on an assist from Morris just two minutes into the second half that gave ACU a 39-point lead.
Yuot Gai cleaned up an ACU miss and got the putback to give the Wildcats a 42-point lead.
Jackson added to his career night with a three from the win on the feed from McLaughlin.
Gai hit the open three from the top of the key that pushed the Wildcats into triple digits on the night.

Stat Pack

The 71-point margin of victory was the largest for the Wildcats in the DI-era.
It was the first time the Wildcats had hit 112 points in a game since doing it against Howard Payne in the 2017-18 season.
Cameron Steele led the Wildcats with a career-high 18 points while also grabbing seven boards, he is the seventh different player to lead the team in scoring this season.
Ja'Sean Jackson scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds, had three steals, and two assists, all either new or tying career-highs.
Six different Wildcats had five or more rebounds with the team holding a 47-22 advantage on the boards.
The team also held a 70-6 advantage in points in the paint.
The Wildcats played 12 guys on the night with everyone scoring at least five points.
The team forced 31 turnovers and totaled 18 steals on the night. The 18 steals matches a season-high and is tied for the fourth-most in a game.