By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor After a rough 3-6 beginning, the women's basketball team won all five of its games during Christmas break before dropping its Lone Star Conference South opener to Angelo State on Tuesday. Despite the 78-63 loss to the 14th-ranked Rambelles, the Wildcats beefed up their record to 8-7 before diving into the 13 ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Prior to Thursday's game at Central Oklahoma, the women's basketball team was 3-4 and not satisfied. "We know how good we are," freshman guard Ashley King said. "We want to go out and play to our ability and prove ourselves." The Cats will have the opportunity to do that as they wrap up their four-game road trip ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team moved to 3-4 on the season after splitting a pair of games in last weekend's West Texas A&M 7-Up Classic. The Wildcats, who are now in seventh place out of eight teams in the Lone Star Confer-ence South Division, fell to St. Mary's 75-62 in their opening round game Friday, but bounced ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team welcomes three teams to the ACU Classic in Moody Coliseum this weekend. Lone Star Conference South opponent Texas Woman's and non-conference teams Incar-nate Word and Missouri Wes-tern will join ACU in the four-team invitational that begins Friday and wraps up Saturday. Texas Woman's ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor ACU's 108-46 battering of the semi-professional Houston Flames on Saturday didn't have a bearing on the Cats' record, but it gave a glimpse of what offensive firepower they can boast in the regular season. Junior center Melanie Carter led six scorers with 20 points, adding nine rebounds in the exhibition game at ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Following a fourth-place finish in the Disney Division II Tipoff Classic last weekend, the women's basketball team looks to face stiff competition again Saturday in its first home game of the year. The Wildcats welcome the Houston Flames, a semi-professional team in the Women's Southwest Basketball League, to Moody ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team saw where it stacked up nationally this weekend, placing fourth in the Disney Division II Tipoff Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., with a 1-2 mark. ACU started off the weekend with an 81-58 first round victory over St. Leo (Fla.), but then fell to North Dakota State 77-63 on Saturday ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Wayne Williams' serious facial expression doesn't change much, which often makes it difficult to tell whether or not the women's basketball coach is being serious. But when he's talking about his team's chan-ces this season, he's not kidding around. "We have a very good chance to be successful on the national ... [Read More…]

By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor In preparation for the season which begins Nov. 8, the women's basketball team will have its first official practice on Tuesday. The Wildcats finished out the 2001-02 campaign at 11-15 overall and 6-8 in the Lone Star Conference South Divi-sion, a mark that head Coach Wayne Williams said he wants to improve ... [Read More…]