DURANT, Okla. -- Six ACU Wildcats scored in double figures Thursday night as the Wildcats stormed into Bloomer Sullivan Arena and took a 91-87 win over No. 25 Southeastern Oklahoma State.
The win pushes the Wildcats to 9-5 on the season, while the Savage Storm falls to 10-2. ACU will complete LSC crossover play Saturday at 2 p.m. when it takes on East Central in Ada, Okla.
ACU's leading scorer,
Jamie Meyer, finished with a team-best 20 pionts, while twin sister,
Jody Meyer, added another double-double effort with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Autumn Whitaker had 16 points,
Kat Kundmueller had 11 and
Kelsey Darby-Holson had 10 points as the Wildcat starters combined for 69 points.
The Savage Storm led 5-4 early before Kundmueller drilled a 3-pointer to give her team a 7-5 lead with 17:58 left in the first half. The Wildcats would only trail once more to a team that had already beaten nationally ranked West Texas A&M on the road and Tarleton State at home.
After the team battled to a 13-13 tie with 14:26 to play, the Wildcats went on an 18-3 run that blew the game open. Darby-Holson got it started with a 3-pointer at the 14:03 mark, and
Jamie Meyer followed it with another 3-pointer at the 13:29 mark to make it 19-13.
Whitaker hit a 3-pointer with 12:54 to make it 22-15,
Jamie Meyer hit a jumper at the 12:04 mark to make it 24-16, followed by a 3-pointer by Whitaker to make it 27-16 with 11:38 left in the half.
Sara Montgomery hit a layup with 11:17 left in the half to push the lead to 29-13 and Whitaker ended the run with a layup to make it 31-16 with 10:53 left in the half.
The Wildcats settled for a seven-point lead (50-43) at halftime, but saw the Savage Storm outscore them 14-6 to start the second half, grabbing a 57-56 lead with 15:44 to play.
But
Jamie Meyer hit a pair of free throws on ACU's next possession and the Wildcats would not trail again. The Wildcats, in fact, were able to push the lead out to 74-64 with 7:23 left in the game.
With the ACU lead down to 85-84 with 1:19 to play,
Jamie Meyer scored ACU's final six points of the contest, none bigger than a 3-pointer with 57 seconds to play to make it 88-84. Meyer hit two free throws with 14 seconds left to make it 90-87 and then hit 1 of 2 with one second left to seal the victory.
