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Strong third quarter propels ACU over Houston Baptist

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The women's basketball team left Sharp Gymnasium in Houston on Wednesday night with a hard-fought 72-62 win against Houston Baptist. That victory moves the Wildcats to 11-5 on the season and tied for first in the Southland Conference. ACU shot 42 percent from the court, draining six threes in its rout of the Huskies and led for over 35 minutes ... [Read More…]

Ducat scores 19 as Wildcats can’t hang on against Razorbacks

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The Wildcats welcomed the SEC's Arkansas Razorbacks to Moody Saturday afternoon and fell 80-68. Junior forward Lexie Ducat led the way for the Wildcats in their loss scoring 19 points and eight rebounds, while also shooting 9-14 from the field and showing her range by dropping a three pointer in the second half. In the first quarter, both ... [Read More…]

Transferring success: Ducat, Taylor bring experience from Rice as new Wildcat transfers

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The women’s basketball team is off to one of its best starts in recent history, and can be largely attributed to two transfers – junior guard Jazz Taylor and junior forward Lexie Ducat. Taylor grew up with basketball as a massive part of her childhood. Not only did she have a passion for the game, but her family did as well. “It was huge,” Taylor ... [Read More…]

Golightly scores 24 points as Wildcats suffer first loss

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The Wildcats' first loss of the season came against the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes 75-63 Wednesday night in Reynolds Center following a 6-0 start. Tulsa improved to 4-3 on the season. Junior guard Dominique Golightly led the way for the Wildcats in their loss with a double-double racking up 24 points on 8-15 shooting and 10 rebounds. ACU ... [Read More…]

Wildcats upset New Mexico State to stay undefeated

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The women's basketball team traveled to Las Cruces, New Mexico Tuesday night and upset the New Mexico State Aggies in a convincing fashion 58-46. Junior guard Gia Pack led the way for the Aggies in the loss scoring 22 points on 7-16 shooting from the court. She finished with a double-double racking up 11 rebounds, but the former First-Team ... [Read More…]

Williamson and Wright lead Wildcats to 3-0 start

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The Wildcats clinched their third consecutive win to start the season against the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds 78-46 Saturday evening. ACU started the game on a 21-4 run putting the Greyhounds in a hole where they ultimately remained the rest of the game. In the first quarter, ACU shot 62% from the court and out rebounded Eastern New Mexico ... [Read More…]

Wildcats dominate Yellow Jackets in Moody, start season 2-0

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The women's basketball team took on the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets Thursday morning and defeated them soundly 98-43. ACU struggled the first few minutes of the game racking up five turnovers early in the first quarter, but finished it with a 19-2 run. Once the Wildcats had the lead, they never looked back increasing their margin of separation ... [Read More…]

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