WBB: HBU Ready to Face Off Against Abilene Christian
HOUSTON, TX- HBU women's basketball returns home to Sharp Gym to face off against third place Abilene Christian Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. The Huskies are coming off a road defeat against Nicholls that saw
Amanda Johnson score 16 points on 7-15 shooting. The Wildcats are continuing on a road trip that last saw them in Hammond dropping a close game to Southeastern Louisiana. In that contest Abilene Christian had four players in double-digit scoring including Breanna Wright who had 20.
HBU (6-7, 1-2 SLC) looks to get back to .500 on the season Wednesday night against Abilene's potent offensive attack. The Wildcats currently sit as the second best offense in the conference three spots ahead of the Huskies. HBU will try to match that offense with a diverse attack that has four players averaging double-digit points per game.
Amanda Johnson is leading that attack for the Huskies averaging 12.2 points per game while coming off the bench.
Abilene Christian (10-5, 3-1 SLC) are looking to continue their strong start to the season and get back to the conference championship. The Wildcats won back to back championships '16 and '17 while Lamar took home the title last season. Abilene has another strong offense that currently averaged 76.3 points per game led by Dominique Golightly who is averaging 13.9 a game.
HBU will stay at home for a matchup this Saturday against Sam Houston at 2p.m. with the men's teams facing off later the evening. The Huskies will then hit the road to face off against Southeastern Louisiana Jan. 23 and then McNeese Jan. 26.
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