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Pepperdine hands Wildcats first loss of season

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The men's basketball team made its second trip to California Saturday evening and suffered its first loss to Pepperdine by a score of 77-62. Pepperdine jumped out to a quick 10-point lead eight minutes into the game with the score being 21-10. The Waves kept a double-digit lead for most of the first half and went into halftime up 42-31. ACU ... [Read More…]

Newcomer presence: Damien Daniels provides successful high school experience as a freshman

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Students and fans around in the Abilene community may witness the talents of experienced players in senior forward Jaren Lewis or redshirt junior center Jalone Friday, however, one promising newcomer people should keep their eyes on is freshman guard Damien Daniels. Daniels is a Kansas City native and established his roots of playing basketball ... [Read More…]

Wildcats cruise past HPU, earn first 7-0 start since 1998

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The men's basketball team defeated Howard Payne 90-53 at home Tuesday evening and improved to its first 7-0 start since the 1998-99 season. ACU started out slow as Howard Payne kept up with a 12-10 score eight minutes through the game and 22-18 at the 7:43 mark of the first half. From that point on, however, the Wildcats went on a 23-7 run to ... [Read More…]

Wildcats fall short of UCA in final game

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The football team hosted Central Arkansas in its final regular season game and fell 16-7 taking away the hopes of a playoff spot. Both teams were silent in the first quarter as both defenses held the score to zero. Central Arkansas, however, got on the board first quickly in the second quarter  with a 20- yard field goal by senior kicker Matt ... [Read More…]

Football faces UCA for regular season finale, Collums’ return

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The Wildcats will cling to a slight chance of post-season play as they take on Central Arkansas and welcome former head coach Ken Collums, UCA offensive coordinator, for his first game in the stadium that was constructed while he was coach. ACU welcomes a 5-5, 4-4 Bears team that's coming off a 40-27 loss to Southland champion Incarnate Word. ... [Read More…]

Soccer ends season at Baylor with 2-0 loss

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The Wildcats played their first ever Div. I NCAA tournament game Saturday evening and lost to Baylor 2-0 in Waco. This concluded the 2018 season for the team. ACU's final record for the year was 15-6-1 and 7-3-1 in conference. Junior midfielder Shay Johnson said she was grateful to be apart of such a historic season. "I am so proud of this ... [Read More…]

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