The Abilene Christian Wildcats will take on the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Thursday night in the quarter final of the conference tournament in what could be the best game of the day. Abilene Christian comes into Thursday night after winning four of the last five games played including two in a row following eight point win over Utah Valley in round one of the tournament.
Offensively Abilene Christian shot the ball extremely well making 50.9% of their shots 52.4% from beyond the arc to score 82 points in the game including 45 in the second half to erase a four point halftime deficit. Airion Simmons led the way with 19 points on 7 of 12 shooting in 25 minutes on the floor. Tobias Cameron added 17 points on six of 10 shooting and Cameron Steele chipped in 13 points to lead the way in 23 minutes off the bench.
The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks will play their first game of the conference tournament after finishing the regular season tied atop the standings. SFA is riding a two game winning streak following a 30 point win in the regular season. The Stephen F Austin defense was the difference in the final game of the regular season as the lumberjacks held UT Rio Grande Valley 238% shooting and forced 15 turnovers.
Offensively this season Stephen F Austin has been one of the better teams in the conference averaging 75.2 points per game on 47.8% shooting. Gavin Kensmil leads Stephen F Austin offense averaging 16.7 points per game to go along with a team leading 6.8 assists. Roti Ware is second on the team averaging 11.3 points and David Kachelries chips in 9.7 points and eight team high 3.9 assists.
