ABILENE – Abilene Christian hits the road this week for games Thursday at California Baptist and Saturday at Grand Canyon.
ACU contests CBU at 8 p.m. Central and Grand Canyon at 3 p.m. Central on Saturday.
The Wildcats are 1-112 on the season and 7-7 against the WAC.
California Baptist comes into the game at 20-3 overall and 12-2 in the WAC. Grand Canyon, which hosts Tarleton State on Thursday, enters the week at 21-5 overall and 13-2 in the WAC.
ACU Storylines
A LOOK AT US: Abilene Christian is led in scoring by
Payton Hull at 15.3 points per game, followed by
Bella Earle at 12.2 and
Addison Martin at 11. 2. Earle leads the team with 7.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
THE THREES: ACU is sixth in the NCAA in three-pointers attempted per game at 28.6 and 19th nationally with 8.7 made three-pointers per game. Freshman
Payton Hull leads the WAC with 2.57 made three-pointers per game and is third in the league with her percentage of 34.7.
BELLA TRI-DUBS: Bella Earle is third in the NCAA with her two triple-doubles this season. She had those in back-to-back games at Navy and then at home against Texas-Arlington last semester.
ON THE ROAD: ACU is 2-7 as the visiting team this season and 1-5 against the league in road games.
Payton Hull averages 18.2 points and
Bella Earle averages 11.8 points, 7.2 rebounds and four assists on the road. ACU has lost its last four road contests.
AGAINST THE LEAGUE: ACU is 7-7 against the WAC and has won three of its last four conference games.
Payton Hull averages 17.1 points and two steals per WAC game.
Bella Earle is averaging 12.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists against the league.
Addison Martin, shooting 50 percent from the field in league outings, averages 11.2 points in those games.
TRENDS: Addison Martin has taken on more of a scoring role in the last three games, averaging a team-best 18 points per game. She also has led the team with 6.7 rebounds per game.
Payton Hull is averaging 17.7 points and 2.67 steals in those three games and
Bella Earle checks in at 13.7 points per game.
LAST GAME: ACU allowed 34 points to Stephen F. Austin in the fourth quarter and fell 89-83.
Payton Hull led ACU with 29 points and four steals and
Addison Martin contributed 18 points. The Wildcats had 19 turnovers for the game.
HISTORY WITH CBU: The Wildcats scored a 96-93 overtime win over California Baptist in January.
Bella Earle had 24 points, 15 rebounds and six assists for the Cats.
Payton Hull and
Meredith Mayes added 13 apiece and
Clare Traeger scored 10. Mayes also had a dozen rebounds. Chloe Webb scored 37 points in the game to lead the Lancers
SCOUTING CBU: The Lancers are third nationally with 31.7 defensive rebounds per game and fourth in the NCAA with 29.4 three-pointers attempted per game. CBU's only conference losses were both in overtime – at ACU and at Utah Valley. Chloe Webb leads CBU and the WAC with 21.4 points per game. Nae Nae Calhoun leads the conference with 4.4 assists per game.
HISTORY WITH GCU: Grand Canyon defeated the Wildcats 64-55 in January behind a 16-point effort from Sydney Erikstrup.
Payton Hull led ACU with 19 points.
SCOUTING GCU: Naudia Evans leads the WAC with her 38.6 three-point shooting percentage. Trinity San Antonio leads the Lopes at 11.7 points per game. California Baptist ended GCU's five-game winning streak on Saturday, 71-65.
