Box Score

Abilene Christian 92, A&M-Commerce 64
Abilene, Texas – Moody Coliseum
Records: Abilene Christian (6-2), A&M-Commerce (0-6)
Up Next: vs. Henderson State – Tuesday Dec. 17 – 5:30 p.m. – The Field House

ABILENE, Texas – A&M-Commerce could not repeat the magic from last season Lone Star Conference Tournament and beat the Wildcats of Abilene Christian, falling 92-64. The Wildcats put on a display from behind the arc hitting 10–17 from three-point range.

The Lions were unable to move the ball on offense and only recorded seven assists compared to the 25 for the Wildcats.

Devin Oliver led A&M-Commerce with 18 points, including 12 in the second half, on 8-14 from the field and just one point from tying her career high. Breanna Harris did what she always does in recording another double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Danielle Dixon had nine points and an assist for the Lions.

Aubree Butts had five points and four rebounds. Abigail Leaupepe-Tele had four points and five rebounds, while Symone Brown had four points and four rebounds.

Lions got on the board first with a three pointer from Danielle Dixon but ACU came right back and scored the next seven points to take a 7-3 lead. A&M-Commerce was able to hand around in the next couple minutes but an 11-0 run after the Lions cut the lead to 31-26 put the game out of reach.

A Renata Marquez three-pointer gave the Wildcats a 42-26 advantage with 4:37 to play and capped the run. Fifteen was the lead when the halftime buzzer sounded, 47-32, in favor of the Wildcats.

Ball movement was a key for ACU in first half with 12 assists on 19 made field goals. The Wildcats shot 4-9 from behind the arc and 54.3% overall in the first half. The Lions had just four assists on 13 field goals and 1-5 from behind the line. A&M-Commerce shot well from field, 44.9%, though.

Abilene Christian was even better from the field in the second half, 51.7% overall and 6-8 from behind the arc. The Lions did not improve from the field in the second half and shot 32.4% and 27.3% from three-point range.

The Lions got the lead under 20 in the early minutes of the second half but a 14-0 run by the Wildcats put the game further out of reach for the Lions. The run made was capped by a Whitney West three and pushed the Wildcat lead to 32 at 71-39.

The Wildcats were in cruise control after that as the Lions were unable to get the lead to less than 25 for the rest of the night.

A&M-Commerce now has two weeks off before taking the floor again against Henderson State at The Field House on Tuesday December 17 at 5:30 p.m. looking for their first win of the season.