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Men’s basketball losing streak extends to six after falling at home

January 21, 2025 by Hayden DeLand

The Wildcats lost their sixth straight game, falling to California Baptist University 60-54 on Saturday. They now have a record of 0-4 in Western Athletic Conference games and 8-11 on the season. After failing to win a game in the last month, ACU hosted CBU, hoping to break the streak and get its first conference win. After leading for 29 ... [Read More…]

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Men’s offensive struggles lead to three straight conference losses

January 16, 2025 by Hayden DeLand

The ACU men’s basketball team has entered Western Athletic Conference play, having already lost to Grand Canyon University, Utah Valley University and Seattle University. The three losses put the Wildcats’ season record at 8-10 and eighth in the WAC standings. Last season, ACU started 2-10 in conference play but finished the season 7-1 in the ... [Read More…]

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Men’s basketball looks to defeat Baylor Bears on the road

December 5, 2024 by Hayden DeLand

After a strong start to the season, ACU will travel to Waco on Monday to face Baylor University. It is the team's first matchup against a Power Four opponent since last season when the Wildcats faced the University of Arkansas. The Wildcats went 1-2 against Power Four opponents last season, winning against Oklahoma State 64-59 and losing to ... [Read More…]

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ACU defeats Tarleton to clinch conference championship, FCS playoff spot

November 19, 2024 by Hayden DeLand

The Wildcats made history Saturday night in Stephenville, where No. 14 ACU defeated the No. 13 Tarleton State Texans 35-31 in the I-20 rivalry game. The eighth win of the season secured a spot in the NCAA FCS playoffs, ACU’s first conference championship and the most wins in a season since moving to the Div. I level in 2013. ACU was not expected ... [Read More…]

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Men’s basketball suffers first loss of season against Middle Tennessee

November 12, 2024 by Hayden DeLand

The Wildcats fell to the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders 79-56 Saturday night after a poor offensive performance, shooting 19-for-49 on field goals. ACU came out strong, starting the game off with 6-0 run that forced MTSU to call a timeout. Out of the timeout, the Blue Raiders went on a 20-4 run to take the lead they never gave ... [Read More…]

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Men’s basketball dominates in season opener against Howard Payne

November 7, 2024 by Hayden DeLand

In the opening game of the season, the Wildcats defeated Howard Payne 107-74 in Moody Coliseum on Monday.  The leading scorer for ACU was Leonardo Bettiol, junior forward from Roncade, Italy, with 22 points, one point short of his career high. ACU dominated the entire game, leading from beginning to end. However, the Wildcats turned the ball ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats defeat Southern Utah Thunderbirds in final home game

November 6, 2024 by Hayden DeLand

In the final home game of the season, ACU defeated the Southern Utah Thunderbirds 28-25. The Wildcats had a dominant offensive performance putting up 445 total yards on offense. Maverick McIvor, graduate quarterback from San Angelo, finished the game with 22 completions for 306 yards and two touchdowns. It was his fourth game of the season that ... [Read More…]

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Tennis teams fall short in WAC tournament

November 1, 2024 by Hayden DeLand

ACU hosted the Western Athletic Conference men’s and women’s tennis tournament for the first time in program history. “It’s great. Even just the way other teams react to the facility that we have, the school is an opportunity to come to Abilene, to come to ACU,” Men’s Head Coach Juan Nunez said. “Just being able to bring everybody else here and ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats take down Eastern Kentucky Colonels 34-20 on Homecoming

October 22, 2024 by Hayden DeLand

The Wildcats defeated the Eastern Kentucky Colonels 34-20 on Saturday to improve their record to 5-3 on the season and 4-1 in conference play. The win comes after falling to Northern Alabama last week 47-34. After a slow start in the first quarter when neither team scored, ACU got on the board in the first five seconds on an eight-yard rushing ... [Read More…]

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Men’s golf finishes 11th in third tournament of the season

October 10, 2024 by Hayden DeLand

In its third tournament of the season, the Trinity Forest Invitational, the men’s golf team finished 11th out of 15th, going two over par. This marks the second time the team has finished outside of the top 10 this season. The starting five for ACU were Jaime Lewis, senior from Johannesburg, South Africa, Preston Cooper, sophomore from Dallas, ... [Read More…]

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