Abilene Christian
Chicago State
Wildcats prep for two games back at home
2/1/2022 3:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
ABILENE, Texas - After winning two nail-biters on the road, the Wildcats return home to host Chicago State on Wednesday evening and UTRGV on Saturday afternoon. ACU is riding a three-game winning streak and will be just 10 days removed from their comeback win over the Vaqueros when they see them for the rematch on Saturday. It took last-second heroics on the road to grab their last two wins and the team will look to get back to their usual success on their home court.
Schedule note: Due to impending inclement weather the Chicago State game on Wednesday night has been moved up to a 5 p.m. tip. The game will still be broadcast on ESPN+ and 102.7 The Bear.
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SERIES HISTORY
VS Chicago State
- ALL-TIME | First meeting
- LAST MEETING | N/A
- STREAK | N/A
- IN ABILENE | 0-0
- IN CHICAGO | 0-0
- NEUTRAL | 0-0
VS UTRGV
- ALL-TIME | 1-0
- LAST MEETING | Jan. 29, 2021, ACU W 87-85
- STREAK | ACU W1
- IN ABILENE | 0-0
- IN EDINBURG | 1-0
- NEUTRAL | 0-0
ACU Storylines (14-7, 5-5 WAC)
- The Wildcats are riding a three-game winning streak that began with their win over California Baptist two weeks ago.
- The team is coming off of consecutive close wins on the road. The team mounted a 12-point comeback win over UTRGV on January 26 before holding off a double-digit comeback from Lamar on January 29.
- ACU will be wearing shooting shirts with the phrase ‘This Game is No Secret’ for the Chicago State game to honor the late Hall of Fame coach John McLendon.
- The Wildcats will be playing their 22nd game of the season on Wednesday night, which happens to fall on 2/2/22.
- Coryon Mason, Mahki Morris, and Airion Simmons are all averaging 10 points per game or better. Morris has scored in double figures in six-straight games, both Mason and Simmons have in their last three games.
Scouting the Cougars (6-15, 2-6 WAC)
- Chicago State is in one of their best seasons in recent history under first-year head coach, Gerald Gillion. The team has two WAC wins after sitting out the conference season last year and no wins in the 2019-20 season.
- The Cougars have four players averaging double-digit scoring with two being freshman. The team is led by junior Brandon Betson who is averaging 13.0 points per game.
- The team earned a win at the buzzer over California Baptist at home this season and also grabbed their first road conference win in three years with a win at Lamar, 67-56.
- IN two of their last three games, the Cougars have shot at least 50 percent from the floor as well as 45 percent or better from three.
Scouting the Vaqueros (6-16, 1-8 WAC)
- UTRGV dropped to 1-8 in WAC play with a 15-point loss to Tarleton last Saturday. They will face Lamar at home on Wednesday before traveling to Abilene for the Saturday afternoon matchup.
- Justin Johnson is averaging 17 points per game for UTRGV. No one else on the team is averaging in double figures.
- The Vaqueros played a shortened six-man lineup when the two teams faced off last week before the majority of their starters fouled out.
- In addition to Justin Johnson, Xavier Johnson and Mike Adewunmi are averaging double figure scoring in conference action.
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