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Wins bring Wildcats closer to top of standings

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By Jared Fields, Sports Editor Going into Thursday's road game against Texas A&M-Kingsville, the Wildcats sat at the bottom of the women's basketball Lone Star Conference standings with a 1-3 record. However, after picking up two close wins last weekend, the team moved its way to fourth in the LSC standings. The Wildcats beat Kingsville 71-67, ... [Read More…]

Lady Wildcats take first conference win a blowout

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By Jared Fields, Sports Editor Starting conference play with a 0-3 record, the Wildcats, the LSC South pre-season favorite, need wins to keep their post-season dreams alive. Those hopes are why senior Kierstan Barbee said the first conference win Saturday was "very big." Conference play is still in the early part of the season, but Barbee's 14 ... [Read More…]

Turnovers prove costly in early season losses

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By Jared Fields, Sports Editor After all of the preseason hype and expectations to win the Lone Star Conference South Division, the women's basketball team began the first three games of the year with a 1-2 record. The Wildcats got off to a good start by winning their first game, a 73-51 victory over Incarnate Word in Austin. The next day the ... [Read More…]

Moody Maniacs bring energy to basketball games

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By Denton Josey, Student Reporter This season when people enter Moody Coliseum to watch a men's basketball game, they will notice a group of students who look more like extras from a Braveheart battle scene than basketball fans but with more purple and basketball motifs. In an attempt to enhance the efforts of an already effective group, raucous ... [Read More…]

ACU opens season on the road against Incarnate Word and St. Edward’s

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By Jared Fields, Sports Editor A year after advancing to the NCAA II South Central Region Tournament when the women's basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the South Division, the Wildcats enter the 2005-06 season as the favorites to win the LSC South Division. The Wildcats didn't let last year's success lead to a settled mood in the ... [Read More…]

Preseason Honors: ACU women’s basketball team picked to win the LSC South

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By Jared Fields, Sports Editor After finishing third in the Lone Star Conference South Division last year, the women's basketball team is picked to win the division this year in the pre-season LSC coaches' poll. The Wildcats received 12 first-place votes and 145 total points in the voting from coaches, sports information directors and other media ... [Read More…]

Tough division teams ahead for ACU

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By Jared Fields, Sports Editor Senior outside hitter Michelle Bernhardt played another big game for the Wildcats on Friday, as the Wildcats easily handled another non-conference team Friday, beating St. Mary's 3-0. The Wildcats put away St. Mary's with scores of 30-20, 30-18, and 30-21 to extend their win streak to 14 matches for the year and 29 ... [Read More…]

Former LCU assistant named new men’s basketball coach

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By Jared Fields, Sports Editor Former Lubbock Christian University assistant basketball coach Jason Copeland has been named the new head coach of the Wildcats after the resignation of former coach Klint Pleasant last spring. Copeland spent the past seven years as the assistant at LCU under his father, John Copeland. Jason Copeland coached the ... [Read More…]

ACU adds six in productive signing day: Three Division I transfers top Pleasant’s recruits

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By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer Last week, men's basketball coach Klint Pleasant announced the addition of six players for the 2003-04 season, including three transfers from Division I programs: Adrian Scott of Southeastern Louisiana, David Baxter of the University of Detroit and Atiba Alexander of Lipscomb University. Pleasant also signed junior ... [Read More…]

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