ABILENE - Abilene Christian women's basketball will host Wildcat Family Day and offer free admission to fans for its game versus Nelson University at Moody Coliseum on Monday, Dec. 29. Tipoff for ACU's nonconference finale is set for 1 p.m.
The Wildcats will meet the Lions after sweeping the inaugural ACU Christmas Classic last weekend at Moody Coliseum. They delivered a pair of stifling defensive performances, taking down Montana, 60-48, before a 72-48 win over Buffalo. ACU improved to 11-1 in games in the month of December across the 2025-26 and 2024-25 seasons.
ACU, voted the preseason favorite in the Western Athletic Conference Coaches' Poll, is an undefeated 6-0 at Moody Coliseum this year, having also earned wins over the likes of Incarnate Word and UT Rio Grande Valley.
Preseason All-WAC Team selections
Meredith Mayes and
Payton Hull earned back-to-back Jersey Mike's A Sub Above WAC Player of the Week honors on Dec. 8 and 15. Mayes' .679 field goal percentage is the best in the conference, while Hull leads the WAC in scoring with 17.5 points per game.
Nelson, which classifies its matchup with ACU as an exhibition, is 10-1 this season and has won its last six games.
