Southeastern (13-14, 9-5 Southland) at Abilene Christian (21-5, 10-3 Southland)
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 | 3:30 p.m. | Abilene, Texas | Moody Coliseum (4,600)
Series History: Lions leads 8-2
Last Meeting: ACU 75, SLU 72 – (Jan. 12, 2019 – Hammond, La.)
Television: ESPN 3
Radio: 90.9 KSLU                    
Announcer: Chris Salim                                 

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ABILENE, Texas – The reigning Southland Conference Champion Southeastern Louisiana men's basketball team continues a two-game road trip when they face Abilene Christian Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Moody Coliseum.
 
With four games remaining, the Lions (13-14, 9-5 Southland) enter Saturday's contest in fourth place in the Southland standings, a game ahead of Lamar (15-12, 8-6), following Wednesday's setback to third place New Orleans (15-10, 10-4 Southland).
 
ACU (21-5, 10-3 Southland) holds the second spot in the standings after back-to-back wins over Nicholls and Incarnate Word.
 
The Lions and Wildcats met earlier this season at the University Center with ACU edging SLU, 75-72, when Payton Ricks drilled a three-pointer with two seconds left to give the Wildcats the victory.
 
Redemption won't come easy for SLU. The Wildcats are 11-1 at home this season with their only loss coming to Southland leading Sam Houston State (18-9, 13-1 Southland) 80-75 in double overtime.
 
Southeastern has fought their way back in the picture thanks to a 9-2 stretch since the set back to ACU led by Moses Greenwood.
 
Greenwood, the Sharon, Mississippi native, has been on a tear. The Velma Jackson grad
is averaging 20.6 points and 9.1 rebounds per game while shooting 48-for-70 (68 percent) in the last six games. The senior is second in the Southland in field goal percentage (.601), fifth in scoring (16.2) and rebounding (7.5) and sixth in blocked shots (1.2).
 
The Wildcats are led by Jaron Lewis (6-6, 215, F) in scoring (13.0) and leads the team in rebounding (5.8).  
 
ACU's Payton Ricks is second in scoring averaging 11.8 points per game. The 6-2 guard leads the con­ference in three-point shooting (64-for-142, 45 percent).
 
Abilene Christian also boasts the number one ranked defense in the conference allowing just 63.5 points per game.
 
Saturday's game will be broadcast by ESPN 3 and is available with ESPN apps at https://es.pn/2EhOJ9Q. The game can be heard live in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9), online at www.LionSports.net/listenlive and via the Lions Game Day Experience, Radio FX and TuneIn Radio apps.
 
After Saturday's game, the Lions have just three games remaining in the regular season. SLU will host Northwestern State (10-17, 5-9 Southland) Saturday, Mar. 2. Southeastern will, then, get a rematch with UNO Wednesday Mar. 6 at the University Center before wrapping up the regular season at Nicholls (11-15, 4-9 Southland) Saturday, Mar. 9
 
INSIDE SOUTHEASTERN BASKETBALL WITH JAY LADNER
Each Monday night at 7 p.m., beginning Jan. 7th, 'Inside Southeastern Basketball with Jay Ladner' broadcasts live on 90.9 KSLU from Rainbow Daiquiris at 14384 West Thomas Street. Talk college hoops with Coach Ladner and host Allen Waddell, cover the finer points of each game and preview upcoming games. If you can't join the crowd, you can submit a question at www.LionSports.net for the "Ask the Coach" segment. Inside Southeastern Basketball with Jay Ladner airs each Monday night during the Lions' Southland Conference schedule on the Southeastern Sports Radio Network.
 
HARDWOOD CLUB/S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the basketball program are encouraged to join the Hardwood Club.  Lion alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letterwinners.  All membership fees and donations to Hardwood Club are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern basketball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.
 
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