Back-To-Back Southland Conference Champion Abilene Christian Wildcats (23-9, 16-2 Southland) 2016-17 Final Notebook
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Back-to-Back Southland Conference Champion Abilene Christian Wildcats (23-9, 16-2 Southland) 2016-17 Final Notebook Scores ... Stats ... News ... Notes ... Bios ... Records updated through 2016-17 2016-17 Schedule EXCELLENCE FOR CHRIST: The mission 2016-17 Team Statistic Comparison Date Opponent Time/Result of ACU Athletics is to honor Christ through Category ACU Opp. Nov. 7 # McMurry W, 97-46 excellence in academics and athletics, and Record ............................................. 23-9 ............... 9-23 Points ..............................................2299 ..............2017 its vision is to win at the highest level by Preseason WNIT First Round Points Per Game .............................71.8 ............... 63.0 Nov. 11 $ + at No. 24 Missouri L, 46-52 providing the most Christ-centered student- Points Allowed .............................. 63.0 .................71.8 athlete experience in collegiate athletics Nov. 15 Howard Payne W, 87-52 Scoring Margin ...............................+8.8 .................-8.8 ... ACU Athletics created this motto in the FG% .....................................................415 .............. .404 Preseason WNIT Consolation Bracket Winter of 2015 (#ACUE4C). 3FG% ............................................... .324 ............... .293 Nov. 18 $ Omaha W, 73-66 FT%.................................................... .721 ................ .701 Nov. 19 $ UT Rio Grande Valley W, 70-54 IN THE YEAR 2016-17: The Wildcats went Opp. FG% ...................................... .404 ............... .415 Opp. 3FG% ................................... .293 ............... .324 Nov. 26 + at No. 25 Texas A&M L, 45-71 23-9 and won their second-consecutive Opp. FT% ......................................... .701 ................ .721 Nov. 29 at UTSA L, 68-71 Southland Conference regular-season title Rebounds ........................................ 1317 ................1051 Dec. 1 ^ at No. 4 Baylor L, 34-79 behind a record of 16-2 ... Accepted a berth Dec. 3 UMKC L, 68-71 Rebound Avg. ..................................41.2 ................32.8 Dec. 10 Harding W, 74-62 into the WNIT for the second-straight year Off. Rebound Avg. ......................... 16.0 ..................11.5 and won their first DI postseason game Def. Rebound Avg. .........................25.1 .................21.3 Shocker Winter Classic (at Wichita, Kan.) at Oklahoma State, 66-56 ... Won both of Rebound Margin ............................+8.3 .................-8.3 Dec. 16 % at Wichita State L, 62-81 Fouls Per Game ............................. 16.5 ................19.5 Dec. 17 vs. Murray State W, 81-57 its Preseason WNIT games at home vs. Omaha and UTRGV ... Ranked among the Assists Per Game ...........................15.4 ................ 13.0 Dec. 28 Sul Ross W, 106-58 nation’s top-15 teams with 16.0 offensive Turnovers Per Game ..................... 16.9 .................16.3 Assist/Turnover Ratio......................0.9 ..................0.8 Dec. 31 * at Southeastern La. W, 82-57 rebounds (10th), +8.3 rebounding margin Jan. 3 * New Orleans W, 68-55 Steals Per Game ..............................8.2 .................. 9.4 Jan. 7 % * Central Arkansas W, 83-76 (13th), 8.6 3-pointers per game (12th), Blocks Per Game .............................3.6 .................3.8 Jan. 12 * Stephen F. Austin L, 61-70 274 treys made (17th) and 846 attempts Home Attendance ..................... 15,772 .......... 23,306 Jan. 14 * Lamar W, 77-59 (13th) ... Placed three players – Lizzy and Jan. 18 * at Nicholls W, 89-73 Jan. 26 * at Incarnate Word W, 75-66 Suzzy Dimba, Alexis Mason – on the Jan. 28 * McNeese W, 77-65 all-conference team ... Collected three Feb. 1 * at A&M-Corpus Christi W, 72-59 Southland Players of the Week and nine Feb. 4 * Sam Houston St. W, 78-56 Feb. 8 * at Central Arkansas L, 70-80 honorable mentions ... Finished 108th Feb. 11 * Northwestern St. W, 79-57 in the RPI and receiving votes (4 pts.) in Feb. 16 % * at Stephen F. Austin W, 80-73 the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll ... Feb. 18 * at Northwestern St. W, 75-74 Placed nine players on the Southland’s Feb. 22 * A&M-Corpus Christi W, 72-64 Feb. 25 % * at Sam Houston St. W, 72-39 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and two – March 1 * Incarnate Word W, 68-45 Suzzy Dimba and Sydney Shelstead – on March 4 * at Houston Baptist W, 89-60 First Team All-Academic. Postseason WNIT March 17 $ at Oklahoma State W, 66-56 SONG OF THE SOUTHLAND: The March 20 $ at SMU L, 52-59 Wildcats are 68-35 (.660) all-time vs. Southland Conference schools ... 2-3 Schedule Key vs. Central Arkansas, 6-0 vs. HBU, 20-8 # Exhibition $ Preseason / Postseason WNIT vs. UIW, 2-4 vs. Lamar, 3-1 vs. McNeese, ^ Fox College Sports + SEC Network Plus 3-1 vs. New Orleans, 3-1 vs. Nicholls, 3-2 % ESPN3 @ CBS Sports Network * Southland Conference match vs. Northwestern St., 1-0 vs. ORU, 6-1 vs. Home matches in bold Southeastern La., 12-6 vs. Sam Houston, 2-6 vs. SFA and 5-2 vs. A&M-Corpus Christi. Abilene Christian Wildcats (Head Coach: Julie Goodenough | Assistant Coaches: Erika Lambert, Kyle Felan, Erik DeRoo) Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown / Previous School fg% 3fg% ft% rpg apg stl blk ppg F 3 Dominique Golightly 5-11 Fr. Chickasha, Okla. / Chickasha HS .382 .375 .600 1.5 0.4 10 4 3.2 G 10 Breanna Wright 5-8 Fr. Jarrell, Texas / Jarrell HS .389 .304 .692 3.4 3.7 29 6 5.5 G 11 Sara Williamson 5-10 So. Rockwall, Texas / Rockwall HS .426 .200 .706 1.8 2.3 26 10 3.8 C 13 Taudenciah Oluoch 6-3 Jr. Nairobi, Kenya / Shimba Hills HS .500 .000 .500 1.3 0.0 0 1 2.0 G 14 Pamela Herrera 5-6 Fr. El Paso, Texas / Bel Air HS .410 .316 .833 1.2 0.9 7 0 1.8 G 15 Alexis Mason 5-9 Sr. McKinney, Texas / McKinney North HS .372 .359 .824 3.5 2.7 40 6 16.3 C 22 Sierra Allen 6-1 Jr. Roscoe, Texas / Highland HS .457 .365 .625 2.6 0.3 9 4 5.2 F 23 Suzzy Dimba 5-11 Sr. Lubbock, Texas / Coronado HS .433 .289 .756 6.7 2.9 66 47 13.1 C 25 Lexi Kirgan 6-4 Fr. Bullard, Texas / Bullard HS .333 .000 1.000 0.9 0.2 1 5 1.0 F 32 Lizzy Dimba 5-11 Sr. Lubbock, Texas / Coronado HS .435 .304 .710 6.8 1.6 44 14 12.1 F 33 Sydney Shelstead 6-1 Sr. Mineral Wells, Texas / Mineral Wells HS .423 .208 .689 9.2 1.1 29 18 11.6 G *42 Hannah Snyder 5-5 Fr. Albany, Texas / Albany Junior HS – – – – – – – – *Honorary Wildcat through Team IMPACT 2016-17 Women’s Basketball Notebook | #GoWildcats | #ACUE4C 1 2016-17 Quick Facts FOUR FOR FOUR: ACU bid a fond farewell to its four-woman Class of 2017 at the Location ................................................Abilene, Texas conclusion of the 2016-17 season ... Together, Lizzy and Suzzy Dimba, Alexis Mason Founded ................................................................. 1906 and Sydney Shelstead won 84 games for ACU with 5,740 points, 537 3-pointers, 3,054 Enrollment ............................................................. 4,910 rebounds, 899 assists, 335 blocks, 728 steals ... This quartet additionally collected eight Nickname ........................................................ Wildcats all-conference certificates and 11 Southland Conference Player of the Week awards ... Colors ...............................................Purple and White Arena (capacity) ...............Moody Coliseum (4,500) They’ve also made the Commissioner’s Honor Roll all four years with three earning spots Affiliation ............................................ NCAA Division I on the All-Academic team ... Shelstead additionally made two CoSIDA Academic All- Conference .................................................. Southland District teams and was ACU’s nominee for the WBCA Good Works Team ... All four were President .........................................Dr. Phil Schubert together honored with the school’s Horizon Award at the athletics year-end banquet, and Athletics Director ................................... Lee De León Suzzy Dimba was presented with the Paul Goad Award as the Wildcats’ female MVP. Associate AD for Compliance & Academics / Senior Women’s Administrator............Lisa Gilmore WITH HONORS: Seniors Suzzy Dimba, Alexis Mason and Lizzy Dimba all made an All- Southland Conference team at the end of the regular season ... Suzzy received her first Team Facts Head Coach ................................. Julie Goodenough First Team citation ... Mason, the defending Southland Conference Player of the Year, was School Record ........................105-44 (.705), 5 years tabbed to the second team ... Lizzy earned her first postseason honor with a spot on the Overall Record .................394-264 (.599), 23 years third team ... Suzzy additionally was voted to the Southland Conference All-Defensive Associate Head Coach ...................... Erika Lambert Team for the fourth consecutive year – becoming the first league player to accomplish this Assistant Coaches...............Kyle Felan, Erik DeRoo feat ... Below is a list of the honorees’ regular-season accomplishments: Letter winners Returning/Lost ...............................7/4 Starters Returning/Lost ........................................... 4/1 Suzzy Dimba Newcomers ...................................................................5 l Scored 61 points in two games vs. Central Arkansas, including a career single-game 2016-17 Returning/Lost Statistics high 33 points on 12-15 (.800) shooting in Conway, Ark., on Feb. 8, 2017. Points ...................................... 1814 (80%) / 440 (20%) Rebounds ............................... 902 (73%) / 328 (27%) l Ranks fifth at ACU with 965 career rebounds. Assists .....................................