MBB set to host Islanders on Saturday at 4 PM

ABILENE, Texas – ACU is coming off a dominant win over Houston Baptist on Wednesday night and hope to carry that momentum over to their Saturday afternoon matchup with A&M-Corpus Christi. The two teams just played on Monday with the Wildcats coming away with a 13-point victory. The Islanders will now have to face ACU in the Teague Center, where the team is a perfect 10-0 on the year, with an average scoring margin of 26.4 points per game. 

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SERIES HISTORY

The Islanders hold the series lead 9-5, but it's the Wildcats who have dominated the series of late. ACU has won five straight in the series and hasn't given up 70 or more points to AMCC since January 2019.  

ACU STORYLINES

• The Wildcats have been beyond dominate at home, they will need to keep that trend alive if they want to sweep the season series over the Islanders.
• ACU forced 25 turnovers with a season-high 18 steals on Wednesday against HBU. The 18 steals is tied for 14th in the NCAA in any DI game this season.
• The team remains atop the NCAA for turnovers forced per game (21.6) and turnover margin (+8.0)
• Kolton Kohl continued his double-digit scoring streak with 10 points against HBU, his streak is now at eight games.
• Once again, the Wildcats played all 14 available players in their win over HBU and totaled 47 bench points on the night.

SCOUTING AMCC (3-14, 0-8 SLC)

• The Islanders are continuing a tough road trip after playing at SFA on Wednesday night where they lost 80-68. 
• AMCC has struggled with consistency on the season as they have either had cancellations due to COVID or have been playing without their full team because of it.
• Junior Kerry Richardson is coming off a season-high 20 points against SFA where he went 8-8 from the field. Prior to that game, Richardson had not had a double figure game on the season.
• Jordan Hairston didn't play against ACU on Monday, but played 16 minutes at SFA and scored two points.