Wildcats pick up second win of season

ACU rolls past Incarnate Word to improve to 2-2

SAN ANTONIO -- ACU shot 52 percent from the field, and four players finished the game in double figures Tuesday night in a 66-44 win over Incarnate Word in a non-conference women's basketball game.

Freshman forward Kristee Davidson led the Wildcats with 15 points off the bench, while senior center Jamie Boles-Lord had her best game of the early season with 12 points and seven rebounds.  Transfer forward Lacey Blau also had 12 points, and senior guard Ashley King chipped in with 11 points.

ACU finished the game 27 of 52 from the field (51.9 percent), including 7 of 17 (41.2 percent) from 3-point range.  The Wildcats also made a drastic improvement in the turnover area, finishing the game with just 18.  In last Wednesday's 79-78 overtime loss to Northwest Missouri State, the Wildcats finished the game with 37 turnovers.

After falling behind 12-8 in the first 5:34 of the game, ACU outscored the Lady Cardinals 15-0 over a stretch of four minutes, 32 seconds.  Boles-Lord had four points in the run, and King had a 3-pointer in the stretch that ended with a pair of Davidson free throws at the 9:02 mark that made it a 23-12 ACU lead.

The Wildcats' lead never dipped below nine points the rest of the way, and it stretched to as much 31 points at 60-29 with 5:27 left in the game on a jumper by Haley Hammond.

ACU will return to action Saturday at 2 p.m. when it takes on Texas A&M-Commerce in a Lone Star Conference crossover game at the TAMC Fieldhouse.  The ACU men, who play Wednesday night at St. Edward's, will play the Lions Saturday at 4 p.m.