Abilene Christian (8-7, 1-4 SLC) vs. Sam Houston (3-13, 2-4 SLC) Facebook | ACU Sports + ACU Women’s Basketball Twitter | @ACUSports + @ACUWBBall Jan. 22 | Abilene, Texas | Moody Coliseum | 2 p.m. | #GoWildcats | #ACUE4C Schedule TONIGHT’S GAME: Is the 13th all-time Team Statistics Date Opponent Time meeting between Abilene Christian and Sam Category ACU SHSU 11/15 Wayland Baptist W, 91-64 Houston and game two of a season-long Record ...........................8-7 ................. 3-13 11/17 Howard Payne W, 102-60 four-game homestand (0-1) ... The Wildcats Points Per Game ..........71.5 ................. 58.9 11/19 at UT-San Antonio L, 57-70 lead the all-time series 7-5 following last Points Allowed .............63.5 ................. 68.4 11/24 Eastern Washington W, 79-72 year’s 73-67 win at Moody Coliseum ... ACU Point Differential ..........+8.1 .................. -9.6 went 8-6 vs. the Southland in 2013-14 and FG% ........................... .408 ................. .388 is 27-27 all-time vs. Southland Conference 3FG% ......................... .277 ................. .311 Plaza Lights Classic opponents (0-2 vs. Central Arkansas, 1-0 FT% ............................ .697 ................ .651 at Missouri-Kansas City vs. Houston Baptist,14-8 vs. Incarnate Opp. FG% .................. .383 ................. .410 11/28 vs. George Mason W, 86-88 Word, 0-1 vs. Lamar, 1-1 vs. McNeese, 1-0 Opp. 3FG% ................ .279 ................. .355 11/29 at UM-Kansas City W, 80-55 vs. New Orleans, 1-1 vs. Nicholls, 0-2 vs. Opp. FT% ................... .683 ................. .678 Northwestern State, 1-0 vs. Oral Roberts, Rebound Avg. ..............41.3 ................. 36.2 12/3 at Texas Tech L, 44-61 1-1 vs. Southeastern Louisiana, 7-5 vs. Sam Off. Rebound Avg. .......15.3 ................. 12.6 12/15 Southwestern Christian W, 100-52 Houston State, 0-5 vs. Stephen F. Austin Def. Rebound Avg. ......26.0 ................. 23.6 12/20 Air Force W, 80-44 and 0-1 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) ... Rebound Margin ..........+2.7 .................. -3.1 12/22 at Kansas State L, 53-68 ACU is 5-3 at home and 3-4 away from Fouls Per Game ............17.9 ................. 16.8 Moody Coliseum ... 4-4 on weekdays (3-1 Assists Per Game ..........15.3 ................. 11.6 1/4 *Central Arkansas L, 60-66 on Monday and 1-3 on Wednesdays) ... 4-3 Turnovers Per Game .....18.6 ................. 22.3 1/7 *at Northwestern State L, 56-61 on weekends (1-0 Friday, 3-1 Saturday, 0-2 Steals Per Game ...........11.3 ................... 8.8 Sunday) ... 5-5 in day games ... 3-2 in night Blocks Per Game ............3.1 ................... 1.9 1/11 *Nicholls State L, 39-63 games. 1/14 *at McNeese State W, 75-59 1/17 *Stephen F. Austin L, 69-71 (OT) LONG TIME, NO OT: ACU’s Jan. 17 game Sam Houston / ACU All-Time Series 1/22 *Sam Houston State 7 p.m. vs. Stephen F. Austin marked the program’s Abilene Christian leads 7-5 1/24 *Incarnate Word 2 p.m. first trip to overtime since the 2010-11 1/26 Angelo State 5 p.m. season ...The Wildcats that year lost to Season ACU SHSU 1/29 *at Houston Baptist 7 p.m. Southeastern Oklahoma State at home in 1980-81 81 40 1/31 *at Lamar 4 p.m. the extra session, 93-92, but later defeated 1981-82 51 63 Texas A&M-Kingsville, 84-82, at Moody 62 65 2/5 *Lamar 7 p.m. Coliseum, on Jan. 22, 2011 ... ACU hasn’t 62 75 1982-83 67 64 2/7 *Southeastern La. 2 p.m. gone to overtime on the road since Feb. 78 60 2/12 *at Sam Houston State 6:30 p.m. 14, 2009, when the Wildcats lost at Angelo State, 64-59. 44 50 2/18 *A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. 80 57 2/21 *at Southeastern La. (ESPN3) 4:30 p.m. JACKS OVER ‘CATS: The defending 1983-84 84 65 2/25 *Houston Baptist 7 p.m. Southland Conference Champion Stephen 61 47 2/28 *at New Orleans 4 p.m. F. Austin Ladyjacks edged the Wildcats 51 57 in overtime, 71-69, on Jan. 17 ... All- 2013-14 73 67 3/5 *at Incarnate Word 6 p.m. Conference selection Porsha Roberts scored 3/7 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 6 p.m. six of her opponent season-high 25 points in overtime and finished 10-11 from the field *Southland Conference match with an opponent season high three blocks Home matches in bold at Moody Coliseum ... Lizzy Dimba finished with a team-high 17 points off the bench, and her 10 rebounds Abilene Christian Wildcats (Head Coach: Julie Goodenough | Assistant Coaches: Kendra Hassell, Kyle Felan, Matt Stine) 2014-15 ACU Statistics Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. Hometown / Previous School fg 3fg ft rpg apg ppg G 2 Alyssa Echols 5-7 Fr. Pflugerville, Texas / Pflugerville HS .370 .250 .526 2.1 1.9 3.3 G 10 Paris Webb 5-4 Jr. Midland, Texas / Central Arizona .438 .200 .750 1.2 1.5 2.8 G 12 Whitney West 5-7 Jr. Portland, Texas / Gregory-Portland HS .363 .283 .842 2.6 2.7 10.7 G 14 Ellyn Avery 5-10 So. Lenorah, Texas / Midland College .449 .432 .571 1.6 0.6 4.6 G 15 Alexis Mason 5-9 So. McKinney, Texas / McKinney North HS .352 .272 .750 3.4 2.4 11.9 C 22 Sierra Allen 6-1 Fr. Roscoe, Texas / Highland HS .304 .143 .800 1.2 0.1 1.4 F 23 Suzzy Dimba 5-11 So. Lubbock, Texas / Coronado HS .372 .241 .523 7.1 2.9 10.7 F 32 Lizzy Dimba 5-11 So. Lubbock, Texas / Coronado HS .429 .286 .767 7.7 1.4 12.4 F 33 Sydney Shelstead 6-3 So. Mineral Wells, Texas / Mineral Wells HS .560 .214 .686 9.5 1.7 12.7 C 42 Madison Parker 5-10 Fr. Amarillo, Texas / Canyon HS .500 .333 .889 2.8 0.5 2.5 2014-15 Women’s Basketball Game Notes | #GoWildcats | #ACUE4C 1 Quick Facts marked her fourth double-double of the season ... Whitney West had 14 points for ACU, Location ..........................................Abilene, Texas while Sydney Shelstead had 11 for the Wildcats. Founded ...................................................... 1906 Enrollment .................................................. 4,600 ICE AGE: ACU’s New Year’s Eve game vs. Angelo State was canceled due to icy roads and Nickname ............................................... Wildcats has been rescheduled for Monday, Jan. 26 at 5 p.m. leading up to the men’s game vs. Sam Colors ........................................Purple and White Arena (capacity) ............. Moody Coliseum (4,500) Houston State at 7 p.m. Affiliation ..................................... NCAA Division I Conference ...........................................Southland HOT OFF THE BENCH: Some of the Wildcats’ best performances have come off the bench President .................................... Dr. Phil Schubert the past two games since head coach Julie Goodenough started switching up her team’s Athletics Director ...............................Lee De León lineup with the McNeese game on Jan. 14 ... Against McNeese, Sydney Shelstead scorched Associate AD for Compliance & Academics / the Cowgirls for 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting and pulled down 14 rebounds in 28 minutes Senior Women’s Administrator. ........ Sylvia Barnier for her sixth double-double of the season ... On Jan. 17 vs. Stephen F. Austin, Lizzy Dimba came off the bench to score 17 points and post 10 rebounds through (a career high) 41 Team Facts Head Coach ............................. Julie Goodenough minutes for her fourth double-double of the season ... Guard Alexis Mason also played 41 Overall Record ............... 336-246 (.578), 21 years minutes vs. the Ladyjacks ... ACU hasn’t had two individuals play 40 or more minutes in the School Record ...................... 47-26 (.644), 3 years same game since its Dec. 20, 2010 overtime contest vs. Southeastern Oklahoma State, when Assistant Coaches ......................... Kendra Hassell, Autumn Whitaker played 44 and Mack Lankford and Cecilee Perez each had 40. Kyle Felan, Matt Stine Letterwinners Returning/Lost........................... 5/6 FIVE OVER TEN: All five of ACU’s starters are averaging 10.0 or more points a game this Starters Returning/Lost .................................... 4/1 season through 14 contests making the Wildcats the only team in the Southland Conference Newcomers ........................................................ 6 to have their entire starting rotation ranked among the top 30 ... Sydney Shelstead leads Returning/Lost Statistics ACU with 12.7 ppg followed by Lizzy Dimba (12.4), Alexis Mason (11.9), Suzzy Dimba (10.7) Points ............................ 1570 (69%) / 715 (31%) and Whitney West (10.7) ... ACU also is the only Southland school with three players ranked Rebounds ........................ 718 (61%) / 450 (39%) among the top-12 in rebounding (Shelstead, 3rd - 9.5), L. Dimba (7th - 7.7) and S. Dimba Assists .............................. 293 (61%) / 185 (39%) (12th - 7.1). Steals ................................. 190 (66%) / 97 (34%) Blocked Shots ...................... 86 (77%) / 25 (23%) RPI BUSINESS: The Wildcats are ranked 241st of 349 teams in the latest women’s Minutes Played ............ 3869 (64%) / 2131 (36%) basketball RPI poll released by the NCAA, situated between UMass Lowell and Nicholls ... ACU is the fourth highest Southland team in the poll behind Northwestern State (189), 2013-14 Season Review Overall Record .................................. 18-12 (.600) Stephen F. Austin (202) and McNeese (213) ... The RPI for previous opponents include No. Conference Record (place) ...................... 8-6 (7th) 77 for Texas Tech, No. 84 for Kansas State, No. 152 for Eastern Washington, No. 217 for Postseason Play ............................................ None George Mason, No. 226 for UTSA, No. 271 for Central Arkansas, No. 343 for UMKC and Final Ranking ................................................... NR No. 348 for Air Force. History HEAD OF THE CLASS: Sydney Shelstead was nominated the week of Jan. 19 for a spot First Season of Basketball .......................