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Wildcats welcome New Hampshire for Christmas Slam

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WATCH | LISTEN | LIVE STATS Men's basketball (3-3) returns to Moody Coliseum Thursday night after a four-game road trip. ACU finished 1-3 on the trip that took them through Oregon, Colorado and Corpus Christi. "It's a tough part of the year, a lot of times when you go play these tournaments you're kind of set up to go 1-3, but it's certainly ... [Read More…]

Men split games in Corpus Christi

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BOX SCORE vs. RATTLERS | BOX SCORE vs. GRIZZLIES Men's basketball went 1-1 in their two games of the Corpus Christi Coastal Classic on Friday and Saturday. The Wildcats took their first game against Florida A&M, 72-62, but dropped Saturday afternoon's match up against Oakland University, 85-57. The results put ACU at 3-3 through six games ... [Read More…]

Wildcats fall in double-overtime thriller

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BOX SCORE  Junior Jovan Crnic hit a 25-foot three-pointer to tie the game at 76 with two seconds left in regulation to force overtime against Colorado State Tuesday night. Senior Austin Cooke hit a three of his own with nine seconds left in overtime to force double overtime and keep the Wildcats alive in Fort Collins. The Wildcats would be ... [Read More…]

Wildcats take second half in loss to Portland

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BOX SCORE The men's basketball team outscored the Portland Pilots, 42-39, in the second half, but it wasn't enough after a tough first half. The 87-57 loss moves the Wildcats to 2-1 on the season in their first road game of the year. Senior forward Duran Porter was the only Wildcat in double digits, finishing with 14 points and four rebounds, ... [Read More…]

Turn Things Around: Serbian Native Looks to Shine for Wildcats

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Not many people are given a chance to play Div. I sports. Out of all the high school athletes in the nation, only five percent go on to play college sports, according to the NCAA. Junior guard Jovan Crnic was given several offers, however, after his second year at Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma. Crnic, originally from Nis, ... [Read More…]

Men’s basketball adds three to 2016-2017 roster

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Men's basketball added three players to their roster for next season. Head coach Joe Golding announced Tuesday that the Wildcats signed two guards and a center on national signing day. ACU adds onto their impressive signing class from last year, that just two games into the season, has several freshmen playing high minutes and producing at a high ... [Read More…]

Wildcats use second half surge in second win of the year

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BOX SCORE The Wildcats' 110th career matchup with the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets was closer than what the final score indicated. Both teams were able to keep within single points of the other before the Wildcats pulled away. ACU used a 20-2 run in the second half to take a firm lead in the game and would never give it up, moving to 2-0 on the ... [Read More…]

Make it Rain: Wentz proves height isn’t everything

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Standing at 5-foot-9, Parker Wentz can count on one hand the times he's guarded an opponent who was shorter than him. At the Div. I level of college basketball, where guards typically exceed six-feet, it puts the sharpshooter from Lubbock at a normal disadvantage. But you don't become one of ACU's premiere men's basketball players by counting ... [Read More…]

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