Abilene Christian Wildcats vs. Utah Valley Wolverines

Jan 4, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
ACU	24	29	53
UVU	28	36	64

Game Recap

Dominick Nelson scores 16 to guide Utah Valley to 64-53 victory over Abilene Christian. Dominick Nelson scored 16 points to help Utah Valley defeat Abilene Christian 64-53 in a Western Athletic Conference opener on Saturday.

Player Stats

ABILENE CHRISTIAN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Leonardo Bettiol	16	0-5	0-0	1-2	2	0	1	1	1	4	1
4Rich Smith	18	2-3	0-0	1-2	2	1	1	0	3	5	5
2Yaniel Rivera	21	1-4	1-2	0-0	4	3	2	0	1	1	3
5Quion Williams	34	6-17	0-1	4-5	7	3	2	1	8	4	16
21Hunter Jack Madden	18	0-3	0-3	0-0	1	1	1	1	3	0	0
15Bradyn Hubbard	29	5-12	0-1	6-7	7	0	2	0	0	4	16
10Jack Sawyer	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Ma'Shy Hill	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Cade Hornecker	19	0-6	0-3	0-2	3	2	0	1	0	3	0
6Dontrez Williams	16	1-3	0-0	2-4	2	1	0	1	1	1	4
0Nasir DeGruy	22	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	1	2	6
1Colby Tanner	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	19-5932.2%	1-1010.0%	14-2263.6%	32	13	10	5	18	25	53

UTAH VALLEY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
22Carter Welling	19	3-7	0-0	3-7	6	1	1	3	4	3	9
12Osiris Grady	19	3-5	0-0	2-3	0	0	0	1	1	2	8
0Dominick Nelson	30	6-9	0-1	4-5	7	2	1	2	4	0	16
10Trevan Leonhardt	30	0-2	0-1	2-2	4	7	4	0	0	1	2
5Tanner Toolson	20	1-6	0-3	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	1	2
8Hayden Welling	12	3-6	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6
35Ethan Potter	16	1-3	0-1	1-2	4	0	0	1	3	1	3
13Cory Wells	16	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	4	0
3Kylin Green	19	3-6	1-2	4-6	5	3	1	0	1	0	11
2Jackson Holcombe	13	3-5	0-0	1-1	2	1	0	2	1	4	7
7Noah Taitz	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	23-4946.9%	1-911.1%	17-2665.4%	33	17	9	10	16	19	64

Play-by-Play

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1st halfACUUVU

(19:32) Foul on Rich Smith.
+2 (19:30) Tanner Toolson made Jumper. Assisted by Trevan Leonhardt.
02
(19:13) Quion Williams missed Layup.
(19:10) Dominick Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(18:55) Osiris Grady Turnover.
(18:55) Rich Smith Steal.
(18:44) Leonardo Bettiol missed Layup.
(18:42) Carter Welling Defensive Rebound.
(18:27) Carter Welling missed Jumper.
(18:24) Rich Smith Defensive Rebound.
(18:18) Hunter Jack Madden Turnover.
(18:18) Trevan Leonhardt Steal.
+2 (18:13) Dominick Nelson made Dunk. Assisted by Carter Welling.
04
(17:51) Hunter Jack Madden Turnover.
(17:37) Foul on Quion Williams.
(17:26) Tanner Toolson missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:23) Trevan Leonhardt Offensive Rebound.
(17:19) Carter Welling missed Jumper.
(17:16) Yaniel Rivera Defensive Rebound.
(17:13) Quion Williams missed Layup.
(17:13) Carter Welling Block.
(17:13) Abilene Christian Offensive Rebound.
(17:05) Leonardo Bettiol missed Layup.
(17:05) Carter Welling Block.
(17:02) Carter Welling Defensive Rebound.
(16:53) Trevan Leonhardt missed Layup.
(16:53) Hunter Jack Madden Block.
(16:50) Leonardo Bettiol Defensive Rebound.
(16:31) Yaniel Rivera missed Jumper.
(16:31) Bradyn Hubbard Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:31) Bradyn Hubbard made Jumper.
24
(16:31) Foul on Carter Welling.
+1 (16:31) Bradyn Hubbard made Free Throw.
34
(16:09) Carter Welling Turnover.
(16:09) Leonardo Bettiol Steal.
(15:57) Leonardo Bettiol missed Jumper.
(15:57) Abilene Christian Offensive Rebound.
(15:45) Bradyn Hubbard missed Jumper.
(15:45) Utah Valley Defensive Rebound.
(15:32) Kylin Green missed Layup.
(15:30) Quion Williams Defensive Rebound.
(15:20) Foul on Osiris Grady.
(15:11) Cade Hornecker missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:06) Bradyn Hubbard Offensive Rebound.
(15:06) Bradyn Hubbard missed Jumper.
(15:06) Kylin Green Defensive Rebound.
(15:06) Hayden Welling Block.
(14:45) Dominick Nelson missed Layup.
(14:45) Abilene Christian Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:28) Bradyn Hubbard made Layup. Assisted by Nasir DeGruy.
54
+2 (13:54) Kylin Green made Jumper. Assisted by Dominick Nelson.
56
(13:38) Foul on Hayden Welling.
+1 (13:38) Bradyn Hubbard made Free Throw.
66
(13:38) Bradyn Hubbard missed Free Throw.
(13:37) Ethan Potter Defensive Rebound.
(13:07) Utah Valley Turnover.
+2 (12:54) Nasir DeGruy made Jumper. Assisted by Hunter Jack Madden.
86
(12:35) Ethan Potter Turnover.
(12:15) Foul on Carter Welling.
+1 (12:15) Quion Williams made Free Throw.
96
+1 (12:15) Quion Williams made Free Throw.
106
(11:53) Jackson Holcombe missed Layup.
(11:53) Dontrez Williams Block.
(11:47) Kylin Green Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:47) Hayden Welling made Layup. Assisted by Kylin Green.
108
+2 (11:27) Quion Williams made Layup.
128
(11:27) Foul on Jackson Holcombe.
+1 (11:27) Quion Williams made Free Throw.
138
(11:08) Kylin Green missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:08) Abilene Christian Defensive Rebound.
(10:58) Yaniel Rivera Turnover.
(10:58) Cory Wells Steal.
(10:58) Dominick Nelson Turnover.
(10:35) Quion Williams Turnover.
+2 (10:09) Jackson Holcombe made Layup. Assisted by Trevan Leonhardt.
1310
(9:58) Rich Smith Turnover.
+2 (9:35) Dominick Nelson made Layup. Assisted by Trevan Leonhardt.
1312
(9:35) Foul on Rich Smith.
(9:35) Dominick Nelson missed Free Throw.
(9:33) Bradyn Hubbard Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:26) Quion Williams made Layup. Assisted by Yaniel Rivera.
1512
(9:04) Ethan Potter Turnover.
(9:04) Yaniel Rivera Steal.
(9:04) Foul on Jackson Holcombe.
(8:35) Quion Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:33) Ethan Potter Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:20) Ethan Potter made Jumper.
1514
(8:01) Bradyn Hubbard missed Jumper.
(8:01) Jackson Holcombe Defensive Rebound.
(8:01) Foul on Bradyn Hubbard.
(7:49) Foul on Cade Hornecker.
+1 (7:49) Ethan Potter made Free Throw.
1515
(7:49) Ethan Potter missed Free Throw.
(7:48) Yaniel Rivera Defensive Rebound.
(7:32) Quion Williams Turnover.
(7:32) Trevan Leonhardt Steal.
(7:05) Ethan Potter Turnover.
(7:05) Nasir DeGruy Steal.
(6:41) Nasir DeGruy missed Jumper.
(6:38) Dominick Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(6:15) Tanner Toolson missed Jumper.
(6:13) Quion Williams Defensive Rebound.
(6:08) Quion Williams missed Jumper.
(6:05) Quion Williams Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:04) Bradyn Hubbard made Jumper. Assisted by Quion Williams.
1715
+2 (5:48) Dominick Nelson made Layup.
1717
(5:24) Leonardo Bettiol missed Layup.
(5:24) Ethan Potter Block.
(5:20) Leonardo Bettiol Offensive Rebound.
(5:20) Leonardo Bettiol missed Jumper.
(5:19) Dominick Nelson Defensive Rebound.
(5:17) Dominick Nelson Turnover.
(5:17) Bradyn Hubbard Steal.
(5:12) Dontrez Williams Turnover.
(5:12) Trevan Leonhardt Steal.
(5:01) Foul on Leonardo Bettiol.
+1 (5:01) Osiris Grady made Free Throw.
1718
(5:01) Osiris Grady missed Free Throw.
(5:00) Yaniel Rivera Defensive Rebound.
(4:33) Hunter Jack Madden missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:30) Kylin Green Defensive Rebound.
(4:30) Foul on Yaniel Rivera.
+1 (4:30) Trevan Leonhardt made Free Throw.
1719
+1 (4:30) Trevan Leonhardt made Free Throw.
1720
(4:25) Foul on Hayden Welling.
+1 (4:25) Leonardo Bettiol made Free Throw.
1820
(4:25) Leonardo Bettiol missed Free Throw.
(4:24) Trevan Leonhardt Defensive Rebound.
(4:20) Foul on Leonardo Bettiol.
+1 (4:20) Kylin Green made Free Throw.
1821
+1 (4:20) Kylin Green made Free Throw.
1822
+2 (4:06) Bradyn Hubbard made Jumper. Assisted by Rich Smith.
2022
(3:51) Hayden Welling missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:50) Rich Smith Defensive Rebound.
(3:50) Foul on Rich Smith.
(3:50) Rich Smith Turnover.
(3:29) Trevan Leonhardt missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:28) Abilene Christian Defensive Rebound.
(3:13) Cade Hornecker missed Jumper.
(3:11) Kylin Green Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:01) Hayden Welling made Jumper. Assisted by Jackson Holcombe.
2024
(2:40) Quion Williams missed Jumper.
(2:38) Noah Taitz Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:20) Hayden Welling made Dunk. Assisted by Trevan Leonhardt.
2026
+2 (1:56) Quion Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Yaniel Rivera.
2226
(1:37) Dominick Nelson Turnover.
(1:20) Foul on Hayden Welling.
(1:20) Cade Hornecker missed Free Throw.
(1:20) Abilene Christian Offensive Rebound.
(1:20) Cade Hornecker missed Free Throw.
(1:19) Tanner Toolson Defensive Rebound.
(0:55) Ethan Potter missed Jumper.
(0:55) Cade Hornecker Block.
(0:55) Utah Valley Offensive Rebound.
(0:51) Foul on Bradyn Hubbard.
+1 (0:51) Kylin Green made Free Throw.
2227
+1 (0:51) Kylin Green made Free Throw.
2228
(0:20) Quion Williams missed Jumper.
(0:13) Cade Hornecker Offensive Rebound.
(0:13) Cade Hornecker missed Jumper.
(0:13) Quion Williams Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:13) Quion Williams made Jumper.
2428

2nd half

Team Stats

ACU

UVU

53Points64

19-59(32.2%)Field Goal(%)23-49(46.9%)

1-10(10.0%)3-Point(%)1-9(11.1%)

14-22(63.6%)Free Throw(%)17-26(65.4%)

41(15)Rebounds(Offensive)36(7)

13Assists17

10Steals9

5Blocks10

19Turnovers17

25(1)Fouls(Technical)19(1)

5Largest Lead13

Game Details

Saturday, January 4, 2025 · 4:00 PM

UCCU Center · Orem, UT

attendance: 1,601 (18.8%)

tv: ESPN+