By George Slaughter There’s a first time for everything, and for the Abilene Christian Wildcats, Saturday night’s 77-60 win over the New Orleans Privateers was twice as nice. The win clinched their first-ever Southland Conference men’s basketball title, and it clinched their first-ever NCAA tournament berth. The women’s team also won its tournament, defeating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sunday afternoon. The ACU men’s team will play Kentucky on Thursday. The women’s team will learn its matchup […]
Southland Basketball Tournament at Merrell Center
Southland Basketball Tournament at Merrell Center
By Tom Behrens, tbehrcomm@gmail.com Leonard Merrell Center, 6301 S Stadium Ln, Katy, is again host to the 2017 Southland Basketball Tournament games this year. Competition began Wednesday evening for the men and the women’s games began Thursday morning. The top eight men’s and women’s teams at the end of the regular season standings will be competing for a spot to play in the March Madness basketball tournament that will define who has the bragging rights of […]