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CT LUCAS OIL STADIUM INDIANAPOLIS ALL-TIME: First meeting LAST MEETING: N/A NO. 14 ABILENE CHRISTIAN NO. 3 TEXAS 23-4 (13-2 SLC) 19-7 (11-6 BIG 12) HEAD COACH: JOE GOLDING (157-143) HEAD COACH: SHAKA SMART (109-85 AT TEXAS) LEADING SCORER: KOLTON KOHL (12.3 PPG) PLAY BY PLAY: LISA BYINGTON LEADING SCORER: ANDREW JONES (14.6 PPG) LEADING REBOUNDER: JOE PLEASANT (5.4 RPG) ANALYST: STEVE SMITH LEADING REBOUNDER: JERICHO SIMS (7.1 RPG) ASSISTS LEADER: REGGIE MILLER (4.4 APG) SIDELINE: LAUREN SHEHADI ASSISTS LEADER: MATT COLEMAN III (4.1 APG) NCAA Tournament All-Time: 0-1 (2nd appearance) ACU ...............................STAT ..................................UT NCAA Tournament All-Time: 35-37 (35th appearance) 77.6 ..................................PPG ..................................75.2 - The Wildcats led Texas Tech in the second-half and - This year marks just the fifth time since 1985 (64-team dropped a tightly-fought 51-44 contest to the Red 60.5 ............................ Opp. PPG.............................68.8 era) that the Longhorns claimed a top-three seed. Texas Raiders in November. TTU swept the Longhorns in two +17.1 .....................SCORING MARGIN ......................+6.4 is 13-5 with one Final Four, three Elite Eight and four regular-season meetings. 18.2 ........................ASSISTS/GAME ........................13.2 Sweet Sixteen appearances in those years. - Abilene Christian, the nation’s leader in turnover mar- 9.9 ...........................STEALS/GAME ...........................6.5 - Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams, the gin (+6.4) and turnovers forced (20.26) per game, placed 20.26 ...................TO FORCED/GAME ....................12.62 Longhorns are 17-9 in their opening round game of the three on the Southland All-Defense squad in 2020-21. +6.4 ....................TURNOVER MARGIN .....................-1.6 NCAA Tournament. - The Wildcats have had 12 games this season in which 0-1 ..............................VS. TOP-25 ..............................7-6 - Though Texas has two conference tournament titles to the bench has contributed at least 30 points, averaging 74 .....................................NET .....................................21 its name from the Southwest Conference days, Texas is 33.2 points in those affairs. 82 .....................................BPI .....................................22 coming off its first Big 12 Tournament title. PRESEASON POLL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS Pl. Team (first-place votes) .........................................Total First Team Third Team 1. Stephen F. Austin (17) ......................................................278 Zach Nutall2 ..............SHSU .....G .........Jr. ...................Bryan, Texas Rylan Bergersen2.....UCA .......G .........Sr. ...................Boise, Idaho 2. Abilene Christian (3) ......................................................254 Gavin Kensmil2 .........SFA ........F ..........Sr. .Paramaribo, Suriname Roti Ware ..................SFA ........G .........Sr. .................Morton, Miss. 3. Sam Houston ....................................................................216 Kolton Kohl ...............ACU .......C .........R-Sr. ......San Angelo, Texas Coryon Mason..........ACU .......G .........Sr. .....Oklahoma City, Okla. 4. Nicholls (1) .......................................................................209 Demarkus Lampley ..SHSU .....G .........Sr. .............Phenix City, Ala. Kevin Johnson ..........NICH .....G .........Sr. ................Thibodaux, La. 5. Lamar (3) .......................................................................... 199 Ty Gordon ..................NICH .....G .........Sr. .................. Tunica, Miss. Najee Garvin .............NICH .....F ..........R-Jr. .............Lexington, S.C. 6. McNeese (2) ..................................................................... 177 7. Central Arkansas .............................................................153 Second Team All-Defense 8. New Orleans .....................................................................132 Joe Pleasant2 ................ACU .........F ............Jr. .............Overland Park, Kan. David Muoka .................LU ............C ...........So. ..............Hong Kong, China 9. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ..............................................131 Keaston Willis ..............UIW ........G ...........So. .....Sulphur Springs, Texas Damien Daniels ............ACU .........G ...........Jr. ...................Kansas City, Mo. 10. Northwestern State ........................................................123 Cameron Johnson .......SFA..........G ...........Sr. ...................Little Rock, Ark. Reggie Miller ................ACU .........G ...........Sr. ....................Houston, Texas 11. Southeastern Louisiana ..................................................68 Trenton Massner .........NSU ........G ...........Jr. .......................Wapello, Iowa Kevin Johnson...............NICH ......G ...........Sr. ......................Thibodaux, La. 12. UIW ...................................................................................... 64 Damion Rosser ............UNO ........G ...........R-Jr. ...............McDonough, Ga. Coryon Mason ..............ACU .........G ...........Sr. ..........Oklahoma City, Okla. 13. Houston Baptist .................................................................24 2 - Two-time all-conference selection Southland Conference • 2801 Network Blvd. Suite 502 • Frisco, Texas 75034 • 972-422-9500 (o) • 972-422-9225 (f) Southland Conference Men’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Southland Head Coaches Southland SID Contacts vs. Non-Conference Abilene Christian ......................................................... Joe Golding School Record, Years: .......................................................... 157-143, 10 Abilene Christian ................................................Cassie Kelley Opponents Career Record, Years: ..........................................................157-143, 10 Office: .......................................................................... 325-674-6171 Assistants: ......................................................Brette Tanner, Jon Trilli Cell: ............................................................................304-208-3026 America East .............................................................0-0 .............................................................Antonio Bostic, Colton Southall E-mail: ...................................................................clk19b@acu.edu American ....................................................................0-7 A-10 ..............................................................................0-1 Central Arkansas ....................................................Anthony Boone Central Arkansas .....................................................Steve East School Record, Years: ................................................................14-32, 2 Office: .........................................................................501-450-5743 ACC ..............................................................................0-0 Career Record, Years: ................................................................14-32, 2 Cell: ............................................................................. 501-339-8215 A-SUN .......................................................................... 0-2 Assistants:... .............................. Matt Scherbenske, Brock Widders E-mail: .....................................................................seast@uca.edu Big Ten .........................................................................0-1 .............................................................................................John Cranford Houston Baptist ......................................................Jeff Sutton Big 12 .........................................................................0-11 Big East ......................................................................0-0 Houston Baptist ...........................................................Ron Cottrell Office: .........................................................................281-649-3208 School Record, Years: ........................................................497-450, 30 Cell: ..............................................................................512-426-3275 Big Sky ........................................................................1-0 Career Record, Years: ........................................................497-450, 30 E-mail: ..................................................................jsutton@hbu.edu Big South ....................................................................0-1 Assistants: ................................Steven Key, Jud Kinne, Keith Berard Big West ......................................................................1-0 UIW ................................................................................Eric Hunt Office: .........................................................................210-829-6041 Colonial ......................................................................0-0