Wildcats win fifth-straight in front of record Teague crowd

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Wildcats win fifth-straight in front of record Teague crowd

12/4/2021 7:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

ABILENE, Texas — Back-to-back steals leading to transition layups from Airion Simmons set the tone to start the game in front of a record crowd (842) at the Teague Center on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats nearly recorded consecutive 100-point outings with a dominant 98-65 win over UIW, their first DI opponent since November 16. Eleven different players scored on the afternoon and the team shot 54 percent from the field.

Key Plays

Simmons' two steals on the first two UIW possessions led to four points on the other end that set the tone defensively.
The team got back-to-back threes from Immanuel Allen and Ja'Sean Jackson that pushed the ACU lead to 14-4 early.
Tobias Cameron would then get back-to-back threes on his own that pushed the Wildcats lead to 16 points.
Simmons followed the Cameron threes with his third steal and score of the night with just over 10 minutes to play in the first half.
Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu was active on the offensive boards and got two putback layups within three possessions pushing the Wildcat lead to 25.
Cameron would drain two more threes in the last two minutes of the first half to give the Wildcats a 28-point advantage at the half.
Cameron Steele hit a three for ACU's first bucket in the second half and followed it up with a steal at the other end leading to a three from Simmons to give ACU their first 30-point lead.
Mahki Morris converted a four-point play just three minutes into the second half to keep the Wildcats' momentum rolling.
Less than two minutes later, Steele picked off a pass and took it the other way for a dunk that gave ACU their largest lead of the day at 37 points.
After raining threes for most of the game, the Wildcats had an eight-minute stretch where 14 of their 17 points in that stretch were scored in the paint.

Stat Pack

Tobias Cameron led the Wildcats with a career-high 17 points going 6-7 from the field and 5-5 from three. All five of his threes came in the first half. Cameron also came into the game 0-7 from distance on the season.
As a team, ACU shot 50 percent from three-point range, by far their best shooting night from distance.
The team forced 21 turnovers while only committing eight of their own for back-to-back games with single digit turnovers.
The Wildcats dominated points in the paint with a 40-18 advantage and also had a 37-4 advantage in points off of turnovers.
The team grabbed 10 offensive rebounds, led by Furaha Cadeaux de Dieu with four, while only allowing one offensive rebound to the Cardinals.
This was the team's fifth game of the season with double-digit steals. Cameron Steele had a career-high three to go along with a career-high 12 points.

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Up Next
The Wildcats will have a full week between games as they welcome Drexel to the Teague Center next Saturday for a 6 p.m. matchup between two NCAA Tournament teams from last season.

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