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Wildcats start season-ending home stand with Privateers

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At 7-8 in conference and 12-16 overall, the ACU men's basketball team gets a late season gift. The Wildcats final three games of the 2015-2016 season will be played at home in Moody Coliseum where ACU is 5-0 during conference play and 9-1 on the year. Officially, the Wildcats stand at 9-2 in home games, but one of those losses came away from ... [Read More…]

Men’s and Women’s double-header featured on ESPN3

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The men's and women's basketball teams earned critical conference wins against Southeastern Louisiana, as the men took care of the Lions 91-80 while the women escaped with a 72-70 victory. The win gives the men an even 7-7 conference record, while the women remain atop the Southland Conference at 13-1. Video/Editing by: Jonathan Raitz Video ... [Read More…]

Second half run propels Islanders past Wildcats in tight game

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BOX SCORE In one of their best games of the season, the Wildcats not only kept up with, but led for a majority of the game against the second-placed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders. An 18-6 second half run by the Islanders pushed them ahead of the Wildcats and secured a close 65-59 win over ACU. The Wildcats now stand at 7-8 in the ... [Read More…]

Wildcats continue home dominance, move to 7-7 in conference

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BOX SCORE The Wildcats got contributions from all over their roster to earn a 91-80 win over Southeastern Louisiana University on a rare Sunday afternoon game. The win pushes ACU back to even in conference at 7-7 and 12-15 on the year. "This was a big win for us, it keeps us undefeated at Moody during conference play and gets us to 7-7 which ... [Read More…]

Wildcats push Huskies to the brink before running out of time

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BOX SCORE Head coach Joe Golding will be the first to say that there is no such thing as a moral win. But the way ACU battled Thursday night makes it hard to put its game against Houston Baptist in the loss column. The Wildcats traveled to Sharp Gym in Houston to face the Huskies, who are 12-1 at home, and kept up with one of the best teams ... [Read More…]

Wildcats return to full strength with trip to Houston

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LIVE STATS | WATCH | LISTEN Men's basketball has lost back-to-back games one time during conference play this year. They will look to keep it that way as the team travels to Houston for a Thursday night game. The Wildcats hit the road for one of their bigger games of the season against Houston Baptist University. ACU sits at 6-6 in conference ... [Read More…]

Flu and perfect shooting sink Wildcats at home

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BOX SCORE | PHOTOS Men's basketball suffered their first "home" loss of the season at the hands of Sam Houston State on Monday night. The 84-71 loss moves ACU to 11-14 overall and 6-6 in conference after just their second home loss of the year. The Wildcats had to overcome several obstacles in order to defeat Sam Houston. ACU not only was ... [Read More…]

Freshman Phenom: Franklin dominates Southland in first year

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JAYLEN FRANKLIN PHOTOS At 6-foot-8, 250 lbs, LeBron James dominated on both the football field and the basketball court in high school. His athletic build and skill set made him almost a shoe-in for a top draft pick for either the NFL or the NBA. As most know, King James ended up running out coast-to-coast dunks, rather than touchdown ... [Read More…]

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