ACU hosts UIW for Senior Day

ABILENE – The ACU women's basketball team closes out the regular season on Saturday afternoon at the Teague Center when they welcome in the UIW Cardinals. The Wildcats (12-9, 5-7 SLC) have clinched a spot in the Southland Conference Tournament, but can try to lock up a higher seed with a win and depending on other outcomes around the league. ACU will honor their four seniors, Alyssa Adams, Josie Larson, Makayla Mabry, and Anna McLeod prior to tipoff at 1 p.m. The game can be seen on ESPN+ and heard on 102.7 The Bear.

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SERIES HISTORY

This will be the 35th meeting between the schools, both in the Division I and Division II ranks. The teams were long-time rivals in the Lone Star Conference before moving up to the Southland Conference in 2013. ACU leads the series 24-10, and the teams split their meetings a season ago. This is the first meeting this season, as the first one was canceled due to COVID-19.

ACU STORYLINES

• SOUTHLAND IMPLICATIONS: ACU has clinched a spot in next week's conference tournament. The team is currently in ninth place in the conference standings, with the top 10 going to Katy. The Wildcats sit with 18 points (three points for every win, one point for each game that will not get made up), and have a chance to move up to as high as seventh place with a win.
• RAGER PAIGER: Paige Emborsky set new season-highs Wednesday night against SFA, hitting six three-pointers, including four in the first quarter. Her six field goals made (all three's) and 18 points were all season-bests. Emborsky is ACU's top three-point shooter at 44%.

SENIORS

• ALYSSA ADAMS: Senior Alyssa Adams has played in 107 games in her career, scored 726 points, and hauled in 534 rebounds. She ranks second in ACU’s Division I history with a career 52% shooting  clip from the floor, and ranks third with 78 career blocks.
• JOSIE LARSON: Senior Josie Larson has played in 69 games, scored 284 points, and ranks number two in ACU’s Division I history in career three-point shooting at 37 percent.
• MAKAYLA MABRY: Senior Makayla Mabry has appeared in 100 games, has scored 656 points, and collected 493 rebounds. She ranks number one in ACU’s Division I history in career three-point shooting at 38%, and hit 142 three-pointers in her career.
• ANNA McLEOD: Redshirt senior Anna McLeod has played in 49 games in two years on the court, scored 618 points, including a career-high 28 points twice this season. She has scored 890 total points in her collegiate career (ACU and La Tech) and has made 148 career three-pointers.

SCOUTING UIW (6-7, 4-4 SLC)

• The Cardinals recently qualified for the tournament themselves, just making the minimum requirement of eight games played to qualify for Katy. UIW is coming off a win Wednesday against HBU to qualify.
• UIW is led by Jaaucklyn Moore's 11.9 points per game, and Starr Omozee is the leading rebounder at 5.8 per contest.

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