ABILENE – Abilene Christian makes its first appearance at Western Kentucky on Monday when the Wildcats take on the Lady Toppers at 6:30 p.m.
ACU enters the contest after a week off, having beaten McMurry 91-55 to improve to 5-4.
Western Kentucky lost to Ball State 67-59 to fall to 6-5 on the season.
ACU Storylines
Bombers: The Wildcats are sixth in the nation with 10.1 three-pointers made and 29.2 three-pointers attempted per game.
Payton Hull leads the attack from long range, going 29 of 66 so far for 42.6 percent. That percentage for Hull leads the Western Athletic Conference.
Ball Hawks: ACU leads the WAC with a 6.4 rebounding margin and they average 14.6 offensive rebounds per game, which is 55th in the NCAA.
Bella Earle leads the Wildcats with 7.6 rebounds per game while
Addison Martin's 5.8 rebounds per game includes 2.5 offensive rebounds per game.
Still the Leader: It's been more than two weeks since
Bella Earle put together back-to-back triple doubles but she still shares the NCAA lead with those two triple-doubles this season. She is the only player in Division I to get them back-to-back.
Four Score: ACU has four players averaging double digits in the scoring column this season.
Payton Hull leads the way with 16.9 points per game, followed by
Bella Earle with 13.6,
Addison Martin with 11.3 and
Aspen Thornton with 11.1.
Scouting Western Kentucky
- Caitlin Staley is 39th in the NCAA with 17 blocked shots this season.
- WKU gets 11.1 steals per game, which is 39th nationally. Alexis Mead leads the Lady Toppers with 2.5 steals per game.
- Western Kentucky is 60th in the NCAA with a 75.3 free-throw percentage. Acacia Hayes leads the team at 86.3 percent.
- Acacia Hayes leads three Toppers in double-figure scoring this season at 16.2. Alexis Mead averages 11.6 and Teresa Faustino gets 10.
