Breanna Wright leads ACU to upset win over No. 1 Lamar

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Darla S Tamulitis
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By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved

KATY, TEXAS (March 16, 2019) Establishing a Southland Conference tournament record, Abilene Christian's Breanna Wright (left) was 16-of-16 from the free throw line in leading the No. 4 Wildcats to a 88-79 win over the No. 1 Lamar Cardinals; securing a place in Sunday's final tournament final against No. 6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Her performance at the line established new tournament records for free throw points and free throw percentage. She scored 31 points, tying a career high she set on February 2, 2018 against Sam Houston State. Her 16 free throw points was also a season high. The win pushed ACU to a 22-9 record going into Sunday's tournament final.

The Jarrell, Texas native was not alone in securing the win. Fellow guard Sara Williamson shoot 6-of-8 from the field and was 2-of-2 from the line to add 14 points to the Wildcats' scoring machine. Staring forward Makayla Mabry and Lexie Mabry scored 13 and 15 points, respectively. Collectively, ACU shot an amazing 61.9% from the field; a season high. Junior Dominique Golightly pulled down nine rebounds to lead all players,

The Wildcats trailed by seven (68-61) will just over five minutes to play, with Wright hitting 10 of her free throws, along with a three-pointer, and assist and a steal in the final five minutes. ACU only lead for 7:27 and was down by 11 points at the 3:14 mark of the second quarter.

For the Cardinals, Moe Kinard scored 34 points in the loss; connecting on 11-of-22 from the field, including 6-of-12 from three-point range. Lamar finished the season with a 24-6 record,