Tarleton State Texans

WAC Tournament · 1st Round

Ugh, no.

Tarleton State Texans lost to the Abilene Christian Wildcats

14-18 78 – 84

14-18

Final · Wed, Mar 11

Game Details

Orleans Arena (Las Vegas) · 760 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Rivera scores 20, Abilene Christian knocks off Tarleton State 84-78 in WAC Tournament

Yaniel Rivera had 20 points in Abilene Christian's 84-78 victory over Tarleton State on Wednesday in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.

Recap via ESPN

0:18 Cade Hornecker somehow gets the and-1 to fall

0:14 Yaniel Rivera gets the and-1 to fall

0:29 Jordan Mizell hits the 3-point shot vs. Abilene Christian Wildcats

0:24 Kaia Isaac gets the and-1 to fall

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	T
TAR	25	53	78
ACU	39	45	84

Game Flow

TAR ACU

H1H2

6-0Biggest Run10-0

2Largest Lead16

3 lead changes · tied 0 times

Win Probability · Tarleton State Texans

tip-offnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Tarleton State Texans

Dior Johnson · 28Points
Dior Johnson · 3Assists
Chris Mpaka · 6Rebounds

Abilene Christian Wildcats

Yaniel Rivera · 20Points
Rich Smith · 7Assists
Bradyn Hubbard · 6Rebounds

2025-26 United Athletic Conference Standings

Team	GB
Utah Valley	-
California Baptist	1
Utah Tech	2
UT Arlington	5
Southern Utah	7
Tarleton State	9
Abilene Christian	9

Team Stats

Tarleton State TexansAbilene Christian Wildcats

Shooting

24-58, 41% Field Goals 23-46, 50%

5-13, 38% 3-Pointers 5-15, 33%

25-35, 71% Free Throws 33-45, 73%

Possessions

33 Rebounds 32

11 Offensive Rebounds 6

9 Assists 14

9 Steals 5

3 Blocks 4

13 Turnovers 15

32 Fouls 28

Scoring

34 Points in Paint 28

4 Fast Break Points 4

2 Largest Lead 16

Box Score

Tarleton State Texans ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. MpakaF	9	6	0	20	3-5	0-0	3-4	2	1	1	3	3	5
K. IsaacG	13	2	1	29	4-8	2-6	3-4	0	2	0	0	2	4
J. MizellG	10	3	3	31	5-7	0-0	0-1	4	3	0	1	2	4
F. HicksG	0	0	1	11	0-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0
D. JohnsonG	28	5	3	33	7-17	2-4	12-14	3	1	1	0	5	5
Bench
M. VrabelF	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O. OwensF	10	4	0	25	3-6	1-1	3-4	2	0	1	2	2	4
D. Porter Jr.G	2	3	0	12	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	1	2	0
D. DormuG	2	2	0	7	0-4	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	1	1	2
K. DouglasG	1	0	0	17	0-2	0-0	1-3	0	0	0	0	0	5
L. Kelly IVG	3	3	1	13	1-4	0-2	1-3	0	0	0	1	2	3
J. JinksF	DNP: Did not play
A. Dent Jr.F	DNP: Did not play
A. SigiscarF	DNP: Did not play
C. ThomasG	DNP: Did not play
R. MaromG	DNP: Did not play
M. ArchieG	DNP: Did not play
J. MartinezG	DNP: Did not play
C. McDowellG	DNP: Did not play
Team	78	33	9		24-58	5-13	25-35	13	9	3	11	22	32

Abilene Christian Wildcats ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
B. HubbardF	15	6	1	36	4-11	0-4	7-9	4	0	1	0	6	2
C. HorneckerF	7	3	0	20	3-3	0-0	1-1	1	1	1	0	3	4
R. SmithG	17	5	7	35	4-9	0-1	9-14	1	1	0	1	4	4
Y. RiveraG	20	2	2	28	6-8	5-6	3-3	3	1	1	0	2	1
C. NewtonG	9	1	3	26	2-4	0-1	5-8	4	0	0	0	1	5
Bench
J. ScottF	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
M. HillF	2	0	0	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	4
T. LewisG	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Z. WrightG	7	1	0	16	2-2	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	0	1	0
C. AlstonG	3	3	0	12	1-6	0-2	1-2	0	1	0	1	2	1
J. VenzantG	4	4	1	17	0-1	0-1	4-4	0	1	0	1	3	5
I. DyeG	DNP: Did not play
I. CarrilloG	DNP: Did not play
Team	84	32	14		23-46	5-15	33-45	15	5	4	6	26	28

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