ABILENE — The Wildcats men's basketball team ran their win streak to three games on Saturday afternoon with an 88-42 win over Arlington Baptist. Abilene Christian set the tone early forcing two turnovers in the first four Patriot possessions and jumped out to the 5-0 lead. ACU held the 42-19 lead going into halftime and pushed that lead to 54-19 through five minutes of action in the second half. The win moved ACU to 5-4 on the year with a big road matchup against Kansas State on deck.
Key Plays
- Back-to-back threes from Damien Daniels and Airion Simmons gave ACU an early 11-2 lead.
- Daniels got a steal and ran out for the layup in transition to give the Wildcats a 15-point lead with eight minutes to play in the first half.
- Yuot Gai grabbed an offensive board and fed a driving Ali Dibba for a layup to put ACU up 39-14 with just over three minutes to play before halftime.
- The Wildcats opened the second half on a 12-0 run highlighted by two threes from Immanuel Allen and a steal from Daniels leading to a Tobias Cameron dunk in transition.
- An offensive rebound from Daniels led to an open corner three from Cameron Steele to put the team up 76-37.
- A three from JV Seat capped the game for the Wildcats with just under a minute to play.
Stat Pack
- Six Wildcats scored in double figures on the night, led by Steele and Dibba who each scored 12.
- ACU forced 22 turnovers for their third game with 20-plus forced turnovers on the year.
- Ja'Sean Jackson and Daniels each dished out five assists on the night to help the Wildcats get to 22 assists on the night, matching a season high.
- The team shot 53 percent from the field while holding the Patriots to 27 percent shooting, including 22 percent from three.
- ACU held the 54-18 advantage on points in the paint.
- The team totaled eight blocked shots, their most on the season and most in a game since 2018. It also ties for the fifth-most in a game in the DI era.
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Up Next
ACU hits the road early next week for their second Power Five matchup of the year. It will be another all-Wildcat matchup as they face Kansas State on Tuesday night on ESPN+.
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