By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU basketball team's troubles on the road continued last weekend as the Wildcats lost Lone Star Conference South Division away games to Eastern New Mexico on Thursday and West Texas A&M on Saturday. ACU (10-9 overall, 1-3 LSC South) saw its away record sink to 1-6 after the 87-61 loss to the Greyhounds and the ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The men's basketball team will continue its short Lone Star Conference South Division road trip 8 p.m. Saturday at third-place West Texas A&M. After playing second-place Eastern New Mexico in Portales, N.M., Thursday night, the Wildcats-10-7 overall and 1-1 in the LSC South as of Thursday-take on the Buffaloes in ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Coming off an emotional overtime loss to Lone Star Conference South opponent Midwestern State Thursday, the ACU men's basketball team travels to Portales, N.M., Thursday to face an Eastern New Mexico team ranked No. 5 in the South Central Region poll. The Greyhounds (11-6, 1-1 LSC South), who clinched the South ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Several school departments will suffer budget cuts next fall due to the $5.5 million savings plan announced by ACU president Dr. Royce Money Tuesday, but none as drastic as the athletic department. The $351,000 cut proposed by the Athletics Strategic Solutions Team (SST) outweighs any other department or program ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The men's basketball team opened Lone Star Conference South division play at home this week with an 85-71 win over Angelo State Tuesday and a nail-biting 82-78 overtime loss to Midwestern State Thursday. The Wildcats (9-6, 1-1 LSC South) trailed by 10 with more than five minutes left in regulation, but clutch ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The only thing worse than losing five games is losing them by an average of 6.8 points, and the men's basketball team knows this well. Since jumping out to a 4-0 start through the end of November, the Wildcats had gone 4-5 through Wednesday, two of the losses coming with a margin of two and four points. "It's ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Head coach Klint Pleasant cut the men's basketball team's practice time down from two hours to one Monday, a good indication for a team so soon into its regular season. "They were going so hard in practice that we had to cut it short," Pleasant said. "We're playing extremely well right now." Judging by the ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The men's basketball team kept its undefeated record intact with a 102-90 overtime win over host St. Edward's Nov. 25. With the non-conference win, ACU is 4-0 heading into this week's Lone Star Conference crossover schedule. St. Edward's (0-3) kept it closer than it should have been against a superior ACU team, ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The 1-0 men's basketball team hopes to extend its home winning streak to three games this weekend when it plays host to the Quality Inn-ACU Tipoff Classic in Moody Coliseum. ACU welcomes cross-town university McMurry, Paul Quinn College and Southwestern Assemblies of God to the invitational, which kicks off 4 p.m. ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor When Klint Pleasant was hired as the head men's basketball coach in the summer of 2002, he told the media, "I don't want to be a basketball coach who happens to be a Christian; I want to be a Christian who happens to be a basketball coach." A little more than a year later, the second-year front man for the Wildcats ... [Read More…]