Wednesday, January 27, 2010

TexAnns vs. ACU Wildcats

Live here at Wisdom Gym where the No. 25 ranked Tarleton TexAnns are set to square off against the Abilene Christian Wildcats. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. Catch all the action on the live broadcast on KSTV (93.1 FM) or fans will be able to access the live audio and video streams that are available on TarletonSports.com as part of the Tarleton All-Access.

- The teams have been evenly matched thus far into the contest with the score at half TexAnns 34, Wildcats 30. Scoring in the first half was led by Shelby Adamson with 12 points. JoAnne Jones and Brittnie Haley lead the TexAnns in rebounds with three each. Scoring for the Wildcats was led by guard Kelsey Darby-Holson with 11 points on five-of-eight shooting. Jamie Meyer is the leader in rebounds for both teams with six in the first half. Tarleton shot 43.2% from the field in the first half with the Wildcats shooting just 38.7%. Abilene Christian will look to cut down on the turnovers in the second half as they finished with nine in the first half that led to nine TexAnn points. The second half is coming up shortly.

- Both teams have continued to keep the game close with the TexAnns leading 42-40. Brittnie Haley has kept her strong rebounding performance going by pulling down four more rebounds less than five minutes into the second half. Shelby Adamson and JoAnne Jones continue to lead the TexAnns scoring effort with Adamson totaling 14 thus far and Jones chipping in with 12.

- It looks as if Tarleton has gained a slight advantage by moving the deficit to five with the score TexAnns 53, Wildcats 48. With 7:53 to go in the second half it looks like this one will come down to the wire.

- The TexAnns were able to pull out a victory over rival Abilene Christian University by the score of 70-64. Shelby Adamson led the TexAnns in scoring with 20 points. Brittanie Haley, who sat out a lot of the second half, finished with a team high eight rebounds. Top scorer for the Wildcats was Jamie Meyer with 16. The top rebounder for the Wildcats was Jody Meyer with nine rebounds. The No. 25 ranked TexAnns will to Kingsville on Saturday with a matchup with Texas A&M-Kingsville. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.

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