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Pleasant’s career-high 24 performance lifts Wildcats over Bearkats, 86-72

February 25, 2021 by Owen Simpson

Junior forward Joe Pleasant led the Wildcats to their eighth-consecutive win Wednesday night in the Teague Center with an 86-72 victory over Sam Houston State. Pleasant scored a career-high 24 points and drained a game-sealing 3-pointer with just 49 seconds remaining. "We just tried to work the ball inside, and if there was nothing there, ... [Read More…]

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Gallery: Fire destroys house near campus

February 16, 2021 by Owen Simpson and Riley Fisher

A space heater set fire to a house on Cedar Crest Drive near campus Monday night. Firefighters struggled to extinguish the flames because of the city's lack of a dependable water supply. Paramedics onsite confirmed that residents and their neighbors evacuated safely. ... [Read More…]

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Students flock to shelter during power outages, water shortages

February 16, 2021 by Owen Simpson

The university opened an emergency warming station Tuesday night for off-campus students, faculty and staff who are currently without power due to the winter storm. The move came as freezing weather, inches of snow, power outages and water shortages pummeled the Abilene community and left students faculty and staff scrambling to find ... [Read More…]

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Campus braces for possible blizzard conditions

February 12, 2021 by Owen Simpson

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect from midnight Saturday night until noon Monday in anticipation of heavy snow accumulations and "dangerous wind chills." Some of the possible impacts are near whiteout conditions, power outages and blowing snow that could drop visibility to near zero. Chase Benton, a certified storm spotter and a senior ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats surge past Huskies to extend winning streak

February 11, 2021 by Owen Simpson

Junior forward Clay Gayman scored 16 points off the bench to lift ACU to it's sixth-consecutive victory Wednesday night. "We all felt good and we're rallying behind each other," Gayman said. "Our shoot-around was really good this morning, and we just carried that into the game." The Wildcats led by as many as 41 points in the 88-59 victory ... [Read More…]

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Hazing investigations conclude with minimal sanctions, suspensions lifted

February 11, 2021 by Owen Simpson

The investigation of alleged hazing incidents involving Gamma Sigma Phi and Galaxy concluded Wednesday with no major sanctions. Both fraternities' suspensions were lifted effective immediately. All members received an email that served as a written warning to the fraternities from Dr. Tamara Long, vice president of enrollment and student ... [Read More…]

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Pleasant leads ACU to fifth-straight victory

February 8, 2021 by Owen Simpson

Junior forward Joe Pleasant scored a career-high 22 points, and the Wildcats shot 52% from the field for its fifth-consecutive victory Monday against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 82-69. "It's a typical night in the Southland Conference on the road," said head coach Joe Golding. "I thought Corpus did a great job planning. They're playing ... [Read More…]

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Montaño continues recovery from seizures, brain hemorrhage

February 8, 2021 by Owen Simpson

Kayla Montaño, a member of ACU's soccer team, is continuing rehab and recovering from a brain hemorrhage that she suffered in October. Montaño had additionally battled Lupus in the fall semester before suffering a brain hemorrhage. "I started feeling sick, getting headaches and throwing up," Montaño said. "One week it was really bad and I had ... [Read More…]

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Gayman, Daniels lead ACU to fourth-consecutive victory

February 6, 2021 by Owen Simpson

The Wildcats led by as many as 19 points against Lamar and improved to 7-1 in conference play for it's fourth-consecutive victory Saturday. ACU (15-3, 7-1 SLC) led for all but five minutes of the game and shot 50% from 3-point line in its 77-62 win, its highest percentage since Nov. 28. "We've been kind of surviving on the road," said head ... [Read More…]

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Empowering the informed: The importance of journalism will not be curtailed

February 5, 2021 by Owen Simpson

The university was buzzing on social media following the indefinite suspension of GSP and Galaxy for alleged hazing incidents. While some professional journalists in the workforce reached out to their alma mater and applauded the efforts of the breaking news, some students dissented in the light of negative press. Negative press does dominate ... [Read More…]

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