ABILENE – Abilene Christian returns home this weekend to take on California Baptist at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Grand Canyon at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
ACU comes into the game on a two-game winning streak and 10-15 overall with a 5-9 WAC record.
CBU is 14-11 overall and 7-7 in the WAC after dropping its third consecutive game on Saturday, a 79-76 loss at Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon is 24-2 this season and enters the week on a seven-game win streak. The Lopes are 14-1 in the league.
ACU Storylines
LAST GAME: ACU overcame a 17-point second-half deficit for a 63-62 win at Stephen F. Austin on Saturday. The Wildcats went into last week with no WAC road wins and came out with two.
Ali Abdou Dibba had 21 points and
Hunter Jack Madden added 20 in the win.
WINNING NUMBERS: In ACU's 10 wins this season, the Wildcats average 80.9 points and allow 68.3, shoot 49 percent from the field and hold opponents under 26 percent from three-point range. The defense forces 16.3 turnovers and the Cats out-rebound their opponents 36.0 to 34.7.
Ali Abdou Dibba averages 17.7 points,
Hunter Jack Madden gets 16.2 points per game and
Airion Simmons contributes 12.7 points per game in ACU wins this season.
HOME CATS: ACU is 5-5 at home and 4-3 in WAC home games this season. The Cats average four players in double figures in Moody, led by
Ali Abdou Dibba at 15.6 and
Airion Simmons at 15.1
Hunter Jack Madden averages 11.5 points and
Leonardo Bettiol gets 10.0 points per home game.
AGAINST THE WAC: ACU is 5-9 against the WAC after a two-win road trip last week to UTRGV and SFA.
Ali Abdou Dibba averages 16.1 points and 2.1 steals in WAC games.
Airion Simmons gets 13.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and
Hunter Jack Madden averages 13.4 points against the league.
TRENDS: ACU is 2-1 in the last three games and led by
Hunter Jack Madden's 19.3 points per game. Madden had a career-best 27 points in the game at UTRGV.
Ali Abdou Dibba is averaging 18 points and 2.3 steals per game in the last three games.
Over the last three games, ACU has found its rhythm at the free throw line, shooting 75.9 percent on its 19.3 attempts per game.
LOOK AT US: Abilene Christian leads the WAC and is 42nd in the NCAA in turnover margin at 2.6. The Cats are 15th nationally, forcing 15.6 turnovers per game. The Wildcats are 57th in the nation with 8.0 steals per game.
Ali Abdou Dibba leads ACU with 1.5 steals per contest.
Ali Abdou Dibba leads the Wildcats with 15.4 points per game, followed by
Airion Simmons at 13.2 and
Hunter Jack Madden at 12.8. Simmons leads ACU with 6.2 rebounds per game and
Kavion McClain averages 3.7 assists per game.
HISTORY WITH CBU: ACU is 2-2 all-time against CBU. The Lancers won the meeting in Riverside this season, 68-53.
Airion Simmons had 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Leonardo Bettiol scored 15 points and
Hunter Jack Madden came up with 13. Dominique Daniels had 19 points and Blondeau Tchoukuiegno added 18 for CBU. Hunter Goodrick had eight rebounds.
SCOUTING THE LANCERS: Dominique Daniels leads the WAC with 25.3 points per game and Hunter Goodrick leads the league with 9.74 rebounds per game.
HISTORY WITH GCU: Grand Canyon has won all six meetings with ACU, including a 74-64 victory in Phoenix in January.
Ali Abdou Dibba had 20 points in this year's first meeting. Leonardo Betitol had 15 and
Airion Simmons added 10. Tyon Grant-Foster scored 24 points and Gabe McGlothan added 13 for the Lancers in the first meeting this season.
SCOUTING THE LOPES: GCU plays at Tarleton State on Thursday. Tyon Grant-Foster leads the Lopes with 18.9 points per game with Gabe McGlothan at 14.9 and Ray Harrison at 13.8. McGlothan averages 7.9 rebounds
