Wildcats Use Turnovers, Paint Dominance to Defeat Cardinals

ABILENE, Texas (Interstat) — Abilene Christian used a dominant performance in the paint and capitalized on a slew of Incarnate Word turnovers to secure a 69-56 victory in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game Friday night at Moody Coliseum.

The Wildcats improved to 2-0, while the Cardinals fell to 0-2. Abilene Christian outscored Incarnate Word 46-26 in the paint and scored 22 points off 21 Cardinals turnovers, compared to just two points off turnovers for the visitors.

Emma Troxell led the Wildcats with 19 points, while Erin Woodson and Meredith Mayes added 18 and 14 points, respectively. For Incarnate Word, Madison Cockrell and Destiny Whitaker each scored 18 points in the losing effort.