The Wildcat women pulled out a much-needed win at home Saturday to snap a two-game losing streak.
ACU did enough to secure a victory, 73-66, against a Midwestern State team that wouldn’t quit.
“We stepped up our game,” said Head Coach Shawna Lavender. “We played a lot better Saturday than we had our past couple of games.”
Although the Mustangs are 0-5 in conference play, they have proved to be a tough opponent for good teams. Midwestern took a 4-1 Texas A&M-Kingsville team to overtime, and the trend continued against the Wildcats.
The trio of Jamie and Jody Meyer and Kat Kundmueller stuffed the stat sheet for the Wildcats in their 16th-straight Lone Star Conference South win at Moody Coliseum. Jamie led the Wildcats with 20 points, while Jody posted her 12th double-double of the season with 19 points and 12 boards. Kat continued her dominant play at point guard with 7 points, six rebounds, nine assists, a block and a steal.
“Kat did a much better job attacking on Saturday, creating some things for some other people,” Lavender said. “Anytime she is putting up those kind of numbers, it means we are scoring a lot of points.”
The Wildcats made a few runs to keep a lead throughout the game, but the Mustangs managed to keep it close until the end.
“We made some adjustments at halftime, and we finally found our rhythm in the second half,” Lavender said.
Taking a 32-31 lead into halftime, the Wildcats widened the margin to seven after scoring the first 6 points of the second half. That lead grew to 11 (48-37) after a 3-pointer by Kundmueller, but the Mustangs came back to make it a 3-point game at 52-49 midway through the second half.
However, the Wildcats answered with a 10-0 run to put the game out of reach and take home the win.
The win is a big one for the Wildcats, improving their record to 13-7 overall and 3-2 in conference. Every home game in the conference is a must-win with so many good teams in the LSC South, and the Wildcats have taken advantage of every chance to play at Moody Coliseum.
“You have to try to steal a few games on the road,” Lavender said. “I’d love to finish the season with only two or three losses in the conference.”
