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WILDCAT BASKETBALL Lance Fleming, Associate Director of Athletics for Media Relations ACU Box 27916 • Abilene, Texas 79699-7916 325-674-2693 (office) • 325-665-3543 (cell) [email protected]• 2016-17 ACU SCHEDULE ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS (6-5, 0-0 Southland) NOVEMBER at NEW ORLEANS PRVIATEERS (5-6, 0-0 Mountain West) 11 vs. Schreiner W 73-59 Game 12 • Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 • 7:30 p.m. • Lakefront Arena • New Orleans, La. 17 at New Hampshire W 65-57 All-Time Series ................. UNO leads, 2-1 22 Charleston Southern L 66-65 Series Record in Abilene .......... ACU leads 1-0 25 at Oklahoma (FS-Okla.) L 72-64 Series Record in New Orleans . ....UNO leads 2-0 27 vs. Howard Payne W 71-55 Last Meeting ...... ACU 87, UNO 84 (Feb. 27, 20-16) 30 at New Mexico (ROOT) L Current Series Streak ................. ACU, w1 Radio ....................... 98.1 FM The Ticket DECEMBER Watch: .. http://www.unoprivateers.com/watch/?Live=850 3 at Charles. Southerm W 85-82 (ot) 10 vs. Northern N.M. W 90-69 Head coach: Joe Golding Head coach: Mark Slessinger UNO record: 61-92 (6th season) 14 vs. Randall W 78-74 ACU record: 64-94 (6th season) Career record: Same Career record: 98-118 (8th season) 17 at Sacramento State L 88-86 (2 ot) 19 at San Francisco L 86-51 29 * at New Orleans 7 p.m. ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS (6-5, 0-0 Southland) 31 * at SE Louisiana 2 p.m. at SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA LIONS (6-6, 0-0 Big South) JANUARY Game 13 • Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 • 2 p.m. • University Center • Hammond, La. 5 * vs. Central Ark. 7 p.m. All-Time Series .................... SLU leds 4-1 7 * vs. SFA (ESPN3) 4:30 p.m. Series Record in Abilene ................ Tied 1-1 12 * vs. SE Louisiana 7:30 p.m. Series Record in Hammond, La. ... SLU leads 3-0 14 * vs. Lamar 4 p.m. Last Meeting ....... ACU 91, SLU 80 (Feb. 21, 2016) 19 * at Nicholls (ASN) 8 p.m. Current Series Streak ................. ACU, w1 26 * at Incarnate Word 8 p.m. Radio ....................... 98.1 FM The Ticket 28 * at TAMCC (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Watch ............... www.LionSports.net/watch FEBRUARY Head coach: Joe Golding Head coach: Jay Ladner 1 * vs. New Orleans 7 p.m. ACU record: 64-94 (6th season) SLU record: 27-51 (3rd season) Career record: Same Career record: Same 4 * vs. Sam Houston State 4 p.m. 9 * at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. 11 * vs. NW State 4 p.m. ACU'S PROBABLE STARTERS 16 * at McNeese 7 p.m. JAYLEN FRANKLIN DRAKE GREEN 22 * vs. TAMCC 7:30 p.m. G • 6-2 • 220 • Soph • 1VL G • 6-3 • 180 • Jr • 2VL Little Rock, Ark. • Parkview HS Houston, Texas. • Clear Lake HS 25 * at Sam Houston State 6:15 p.m. 0 11 GP-GS FG% 3-Pt% FT% PPG RPG MPG GP-GS FG% 3-Pt% FT% PPG RPG MPG MARCH 1 * vs. Incarnate Word 7:30 p.m. 8-8 .513 .182 .500 11.4 4.4 32.1 11-11 .426 .500 1.000 5.8 1.8 25.0 4 * at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. JAREN LEWIS HAYDEN HOWELL Bold denotes home games at Moody Coliseum F • 6-6 230 • Soph • 1VL C • 6-7 • 225 • Soph • 1VL * Southland Conference game 1 Orlando, Fla. • Lakeview Prep 23 Midwest City, OK. • Carl Albert HS * All tims are Central and are subject to change GP-GS FG% 3-Pt% FT% PPG RPG MPG GP-GS FG% 3-Pt% FT% PPG RPG MPG 11-11 .551 .308 .698 15.5 6.8 32.7 11-11 .423 .000 .417 4.5 2.8 15.0 JOVAN CRNIC G • 6-5 • 220 • Sr • 1VL 4 Nis, Serbia • Northern Okla. JC GP-GS FG% 3-Pt% FT% PPG RPG MPG 11-11 .438 .375 .700 9.0 2.8 30.5 1 www.ACUSports.com ACU NOTES ACU MEN’S BASKETBALL • Through 11 games, the ACU Wildcats have only been to the free throw line 190 times (an average QUICK FACTS of 17.3 trips per game) and have converted just 130 of those (an average of 11. 8 makes per game). By comparison, ACU's opponents have been to the free throw line 251 times (22.8 per game) and President: Dr. Phil Schubert (ACU, ’91) made 163 of those attempts (14.8 per game). Compared to last year, ACU is making 3.0 less free Location: Abilene, Texas throws per game this year than last (14.8 per game in 31 games) and are going to the line almosT Population: 120,000 4.0 times less per game (21.1 trips per game in 2015-16). Founded: 1906 Joined Southland: 1963 / Re-joined in 2013 Enrollment: 4,910 • The biggest disaparity for the Wildcats individually has been for sophomore point guard Jaylen Nickname: Wildcats Franklin, who last year went to the stripe 206 times in 30 games and made 126 free throws. He Colors: Purple and White averaged 6.9 trips per game and made an average of 4.2 per game. This year he's just 7 for 14 in Faculty Athletics Representative eight games, averaging 0.9 makes and 1.8 attempts per game. Dr. Laura Phillips (ACU, ’88) Director of Athletics • After missing three games earlier this season with a minor knee injury, Franklin appears to Lee De León (Notre Dame, ’04) be rounding into form for the Wildcats as he went for 15 and 20 points in ACU's last two Senior Associate Director of Athletics Dave Kinard (UCLA, ’03) games against Sacramento State and San Francisco, respectively. In those two games he was a Associate Director of Athletics for combined 16 for 30 from the floor. Media Relations Lance Fleming (ACU, ’92) • The Wildcats' most consistent threat all season has been junior forward Jaren Lewis, who is Associate Director of Athletics eighth in the league in both scoring (15.5 points per game) and rebounding (6.8 rebounds per for Student-Athlete Welfare / SWA game), numbers that lead his own team in both categories. Lewis is also fifth in the Southland Lisa Gilmore (New Mexico, ’03) Conference in field goal percentage (55.1 percent), third in steals (2.4 per game), third in Associate Director of Athletics for defensive rebounding (5.7 per game), and fourth in minutes played (32.7 per game). Internal Operations Drew Long (Northwestern, ’04) • Redshirt freshman post Jalone Friday has been everything the ACU coaching staff was hoping for through 11 games as he's second on the tam in scoring at 13.8 ppg and is averaging 6.4 rebounds Men's Basketball History per game, which is second on the club. He's 15th in the league in scoring and in the top 15 in re- First Year of Basketball: 1919 bounding. He's third in field goal percentage (.564), 11th in free thorw percentage (.778), and fifth First Year of Southland Basketball: 1964-73 in blocks (1.6 per game). Re-joined in 2014 All-Time Record, Years: 1,132-1,114 (96th season) • The Wildcats were the best team in the league defending the 3-point shot through the season's All-Time Southland Record, Years: 58-76, 13 seasons first six games as opponents made just 28 of 109 3-point attemps (25.7 percent). Now, however, Southland Championships, Last: 3, 1967-68 the Wildcats are fourth in the league after their last five opponents have combined to blister the NCAA I Playoff Appearances, Last:Never nets from 3-point range to the tune of 41.9 percent (57 of 136). Twice in their last three games the Wildcats have allowed teams to hit 15 of 30 3-pointers (vs. Randall on Dec. 14 and at San Francisco on Dec. 19). Coaching Staff Head Coach: Joe Golding • The Wildcats are opening Southland Conference play on the road for the third time in the four Alma Mater, Year: Abilene Christian, 1999 seasons they've been back in the league. ACU's first two games back in the league in 2013-14 Record at School: 64-94, 6th season were at New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana and both ended in narrow losses. ACU started Career Record: Same league play 3-0 at home in 2014-15 and then split a pair of road games last season to open league Southland Conference Record: 14-36, 3rd season play, winning by one at Central Arkansas and losing by one at Nicholls. Basketball Office Phone: 325-674-2353 • Since re-joining the Southland Conference in 2013-14, the Wildcats are 3-22 on the road in Assistant Coaches conference play. They were 0-7 in 2013-14, 1-8 in 2014-15 with a win at Northwestern State Associate Head Coach and 2-7 in 2015-16 with wins at Central Arkansas and Lamar. Brette Tanner (Emporia State, Kan., ’98) Fourth season at ACU Assistant Coach Ted Crass (Arkansas-Little Rock, ’13) First season at ACU Assistant Coach Antonio Bostic (Stephen F. Austin, ’13) First season at ACU Athletics Trainer Frank Adams (Florida Southern, ’14) Second season at ACU Student Managers Chris Garcia (First season) Nate Hamilton (First season) 2 www.ACUSports.com Returning Letterman Jaylen Franklin • G Jaren Lewis • F 6-2, 220, SOPH, 1VL 6-6, 230, SOPH, 1VL LITTLE ROCK, ARK. ORLANDO, FLA. 0 (PARKVIEW HS) 1 (LAKE HIGHLANDS PREP) The most dynamic player the Wildcats have suited up in decades, One of the best freshmen in the Southland Conference returns to Franklin returns for his sophomore season after playing in 30 games the Wildcats for what should be a big sophomore season.