Women's hoops hosts Saturday and Monday after change to schedule

ABILENE – The Abilene Christian women's basketball team opens up the month of February with three-straight games at home, beginning with an altered scheduled this week. After a terrible week of weather in Texas, the Wildcats (10-10, 4-5 WAC) will host long-time rival Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. before a game against Utah Valley that was moved to Monday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. It will start a stretch of four games in four games in eight days for ACU, who will play three in a row at home before a road trip to UTRGV next Saturday. Feb. 4 against SFA will be Senior Day for the program as it honors its two veterans Madi Miller and Maleeah Langstaff. Both games will air on ESPN+ and the ACU Sports Network.

SERIES HISTORY VS. SFA

• ALL-TIME | 17th meeting (SFA leads, 13-3)
• LAST MEETING | SFA 83, ACU 78 (Dec. 31, 2022 - Nacogdoches)
• STREAK | SFA, w5
• IN ABILENE | SFA leads, 6-1
• IN NACOGDOCHES | SFA leads, 7-2
• NEUTRAL | n/a
• POSTSEASON | n/a

SERIES HISTORY VS. UTAH VALLEY

• ALL-TIME | 3rd meeting (ACU leads, 2-0)
• LAST MEETING | ACU 71, Utah Valley 50 (Jan. 14, 2023 - Orem)
• STREAK | ACU, w2
• IN ABILENE | ACU leads, 1-0
• IN ST. OREM | ACU leads, 1-0
• NEUTRAL | n/a
• POSTSEASON | n/a

ACU STORYLINES

• CHALLENGING ROAD WEEK
  • ACU went on the road last week and dropped a pair of games to NM State and Grand Canyon, all by a grand total of 17 points. The Wildcats were short-handed against the Aggies, playing without Aspen Thornton, and fell 69-61, before heading to Phoenix and falling to GCU, 68-59. Thornton returned for the GCU game, but ACU dropped back to .500 overall (10-10) and under .500 (4-5) in league play.
• MILLER TIME
  • Fifth-year senior Madi Miller eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau with a 20-point game against Utah Valley. The senior now has scored 1,035 points to go with 172 three-pointers made, 441 rebounds, 333 assists, and 145 steals. She has played in more games than anyone in ACU’s Division I history (137). Miller is leading ACU with 12.5 points per game this season and is shooting 43% from the floor.
• MAL’S PLACE
  • Fifth-year transfer Maleeah Langstaff has scored in double figures in three-straight games, and averaged 14.5 points per game last wek on the road. Langstaff is scoring 12.0 points per game and is averaging a team-high 6.6 rebounds each night. She has 16 double-digit scoring game on the season and 52 in her career. She currently has 15 career double-doubles as well.
• ADDI-BALL
  • Redshirt freshman Addison Martin put together her first career double-double at Grand Canyon, with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the game. Martin played all 40 minutes for the first time in her career as well at GCU, and in her first year playing, is averaging 11.2 points per game and 5.9 rebounds each night. She is playing her best basketball of the season.
• CAREER MILESTONE WATCH
  • 1,000-Point Club: Aspen Thornton - 818 points
    • 150-Steal Club: Madi Miller - 145 steals
      • 100-Steal Club: Aspen Thornton - 88 steals
• COACH GOODENOUGH’S MILESTONES
  • Head coach Julie Goodenough will coach her 828th career game on Thursday, and has earned 498 career victories, including 209 as the coach at ACU. Goodenough is in her 29th season overall and her 11th with the Wildcats.

SCOUTING SFA (17-4, 7-2 WAC)

• The Ladyjacks, a long-time Southland rival and now WAC rival, had their five-game winning streak snapped last Saturday against California Baptist at home, and also had their Thursday postponed against Tarleton. SFA will line up against the Texans in Stephenville on Monday, Feb. 6.
• SFA has an incredibly efficient offense, ranking in the top 10 in the country in most shooting categories. SFA scores it at 78.3 points per game and shoots 48% from the floor as a team.
• Super senior Aiyana Johnson, amongst the long line of Johnson sisters in Nacogdoches, leads the way with 13.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.

SCOUTING UTAH VALLEY (4-16, 1-8 WAC)

• The Wolverines take on Tarleton on Saturday before coming to Abilene, and look to snap an eight-game winning streak after upsetting Grand Canyon in the WAC opener.
• Utah Valley is scoring 53.5 points per game and have been hit by the injury bug this season. Jaeden Brown, the leading scorer, has only played in 13 of the 20 games this season.
• Shay Fano is scoring 10.9 points per game and is pulling in 6.8 rebounds per game as well.

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