Abilene Christian Wildcats vs. Utah Tech Trailblazers

Mar 12, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
ACU	28	46	74
UTU	46	34	80

Game Recap

Potter scores 25 as Utah Tech beats Abilene Christian 80-74 in WAC Tournament. Ethan Potter had 25 points in third-seeded Utah Tech's 80-74 victory over No. 6 seed Abilene Christian on Thursday night in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.

Player Stats

ABILENE CHRISTIAN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
15Bradyn Hubbard	23	6-13	2-6	5-7	6	0	1	0	1	5	19
21Cade Hornecker	11	0-2	0-0	1-2	3	1	1	0	1	3	1
4Rich Smith	28	8-13	0-0	3-3	2	5	2	0	2	3	19
2Yaniel Rivera	33	4-9	3-7	0-2	1	4	3	0	2	2	11
5Cbo Newton	29	3-9	0-2	3-6	2	5	1	0	2	0	9
10Joseph Scott	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
11Ma'Shy Hill	20	2-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	1	2	0	4
24Isaac Dye	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Tylan Lewis	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Zy Wright	21	4-4	0-0	1-1	2	0	1	0	1	3	9
7Christian Alston	5	0-2	0-1	2-2	1	1	1	0	1	0	2
23Joseph Venzant	26	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	4	0
TOTAL	-	27-5846.6%	5-1827.8%	15-2365.2%	25	17	12	1	12	21	74

UTAH TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
35Ethan Potter	32	10-15	0-1	5-5	7	3	0	0	2	1	25
11Tanner Davis	23	2-3	1-1	1-2	4	4	2	0	2	2	6
66Noah Bolanga	34	2-7	1-3	4-5	6	6	3	2	2	3	9
13Britton Berrett	32	3-5	1-3	5-5	2	2	0	0	1	3	12
4Jusaun Holt	31	3-8	1-3	2-3	5	5	0	0	6	4	9
52Dario Domingos	9	3-3	0-0	2-3	1	0	0	0	1	2	8
23Samuel Ariyibi	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
2Chance Trujillo	27	3-5	3-4	2-2	0	4	2	1	1	4	11




TOTAL	-	26-4755.3%	7-1546.7%	21-2584.0%	26	24	8	3	16	19	80

Play-by-Play

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1st halfACUUTU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Abilene Christian.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Utah Tech.
(19:37) Bradyn Hubbard misses layup.
(19:37) Noah Bolanga Block.
(19:33) Ethan Potter Defensive Rebound.
(19:18) Ethan Potter misses layup.
(19:15) Rich Smith Defensive Rebound.
(19:13) Cbo Newton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:09) Cade Hornecker Offensive Rebound.
(19:09) Cade Hornecker misses layup.
(19:07) Cade Hornecker Offensive Rebound.
(19:06) Cade Hornecker misses layup.
(19:03) Yaniel Rivera Offensive Rebound.
(19:01) Foul on Tanner Davis.
(19:01) Cbo Newton misses free throw 1 of 2.
(19:01) Abilene Christian Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (19:01) Cbo Newton makes free throw 2 of 2.
10
+2 (18:46) Ethan Potter makes layup (Noah Bolanga assists).
12
(18:22) Bradyn Hubbard misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:19) Noah Bolanga Defensive Rebound.
(18:04) Foul on Bradyn Hubbard.
+1 (18:04) Jusaun Holt makes free throw 1 of 2.
13
+1 (18:04) Jusaun Holt makes free throw 2 of 2.
14
(17:49) Yaniel Rivera misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:46) Noah Bolanga Defensive Rebound.
(17:40) Ethan Potter bad pass turnover.
(17:40) Cade Hornecker Steal.
(17:26) Cade Hornecker bad pass turnover.
(17:26) Tanner Davis Steal.
(17:21) Noah Bolanga misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:17) Bradyn Hubbard Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:11) Rich Smith makes driving layup.
34
(17:11) Foul on Chance Trujillo.
+1 (17:11) Rich Smith makes free throw 1 of 1.
44
(16:58) Jusaun Holt misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:55) Bradyn Hubbard Defensive Rebound.
(16:49) Bradyn Hubbard bad pass turnover.
(16:49) Chance Trujillo Steal.
+3 (16:41) Chance Trujillo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Noah Bolanga assists).
47
+3 (16:26) Bradyn Hubbard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rich Smith assists).
77
+2 (15:52) Ethan Potter makes 5-foot jumper (Tanner Davis assists).
79
(15:36) Cbo Newton misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:32) Jusaun Holt Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:23) Ethan Potter makes 11-foot jumper (Chance Trujillo assists).
711
(15:10) Rich Smith misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(15:08) Abilene Christian Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:50) Ma'Shy Hill makes 5-foot jumper (Rich Smith assists).
911
(14:30) Samuel Ariyibi misses 12-foot jumper.
(14:27) Ethan Potter Offensive Rebound.
(14:22) Ethan Potter bad pass turnover.
(14:22) Ma'Shy Hill Steal.
(14:18) Rich Smith bad pass turnover.
(14:16) Foul on Rich Smith.
+2 (14:09) Noah Bolanga makes driving layup.
913
(14:09) Foul on Rich Smith.
+1 (14:09) Noah Bolanga makes free throw 1 of 1.
914
+2 (13:54) Zy Wright makes 11-foot jumper (Cbo Newton assists).
1114
+2 (13:39) Dario Domingos makes layup (Chance Trujillo assists).
1116
(13:08) Yaniel Rivera misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:06) Samuel Ariyibi Defensive Rebound.
(13:06) Foul on Dario Domingos.
+2 (12:54) Cbo Newton makes 15-foot jumper (Yaniel Rivera assists).
1316
(12:50) Foul on Jusaun Holt.
(12:50) Jusaun Holt turnover.
+2 (12:36) Bradyn Hubbard makes 11-foot step back jumpshot.
1516
(12:20) Foul on Zy Wright.
+1 (12:20) Dario Domingos makes free throw 1 of 2.
1517
+1 (12:20) Dario Domingos makes free throw 2 of 2.
1518
(12:10) Cbo Newton bad pass turnover.
(12:10) Noah Bolanga Steal.
(11:55) Tanner Davis misses layup.
(11:52) Bradyn Hubbard Defensive Rebound.
(11:46) Foul on Britton Berrett.
(11:30) Zy Wright bad pass turnover.
(11:30) Noah Bolanga Steal.
+3 (11:13) Noah Bolanga makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ethan Potter assists).
1521
(10:50) Bradyn Hubbard misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:47) Jusaun Holt Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:37) Ethan Potter makes layup (Tanner Davis assists).
1523
(10:10) Cbo Newton misses layup.
(10:07) Noah Bolanga Defensive Rebound.
(9:58) Jusaun Holt bad pass turnover.
(9:58) Yaniel Rivera Steal.
(9:55) Foul on Britton Berrett.
(9:49) Ma'Shy Hill out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(9:27) Jusaun Holt misses driving layup.
(9:24) Joseph Venzant Defensive Rebound.
(9:13) Foul on Noah Bolanga.
(9:13) Bradyn Hubbard misses free throw 1 of 2.
(9:13) Abilene Christian Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (9:13) Bradyn Hubbard makes free throw 2 of 2.
1623
+3 (8:52) Jusaun Holt makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ethan Potter assists).
1626
+2 (8:19) Cbo Newton makes layup.
1826
+2 (8:04) Ethan Potter makes 13-foot jumper (Jusaun Holt assists).
1828
(7:29) Christian Alston misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(7:28) Abilene Christian Deadball Team Rebound.
(7:28) team shot clock turnover .
(7:19) Foul on Joseph Scott.
(7:12) Chance Trujillo misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(7:09) Joseph Scott Defensive Rebound.
(6:58) Christian Alston traveling turnover.
+3 (6:30) Chance Trujillo makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jusaun Holt assists).
1831
(6:18) Rich Smith misses layup.
(6:16) Christian Alston Offensive Rebound.
+3 (6:13) Bradyn Hubbard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Christian Alston assists).
2131
+2 (5:49) Britton Berrett makes 11-foot floating jump shot (Chance Trujillo assists).
2133
(5:35) Joseph Scott misses 8-foot jumper.
(5:31) Bradyn Hubbard Offensive Rebound.
(5:30) Bradyn Hubbard misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:27) Britton Berrett Defensive Rebound.
(5:14) Foul on Dario Domingos.
(5:14) Dario Domingos turnover.
(4:54) Bradyn Hubbard misses layup.
(4:51) Ethan Potter Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:23) Chance Trujillo makes 24-foot three point jumper (Noah Bolanga assists).
2136
+2 (4:11) Rich Smith makes driving layup.
2336
(4:05) Chance Trujillo misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:02) Rich Smith Defensive Rebound.
(3:57) Rich Smith bad pass turnover.
(3:57) Samuel Ariyibi Steal.
(3:50) Foul on Bradyn Hubbard.
+1 (3:50) Britton Berrett makes free throw 1 of 2.
2337
+1 (3:50) Britton Berrett makes free throw 2 of 2.
2338
+2 (3:28) Ma'Shy Hill makes 7-foot jumper (Cbo Newton assists).
2538
(3:03) Ethan Potter misses 11-foot hook shot.
(3:00) Cbo Newton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:51) Yaniel Rivera makes layup (Cbo Newton assists).
2738
+2 (2:30) Ethan Potter makes 5-foot dunk (Jusaun Holt assists).
2740
(2:17) Yaniel Rivera bad pass turnover.
(2:06) Foul on Yaniel Rivera.
(2:06) Jusaun Holt misses free throw 1 of 1.
(2:05) Cade Hornecker Defensive Rebound.
(1:51) Joseph Venzant misses driving layup.
(1:49) Ethan Potter Defensive Rebound.
+1 (1:26) Ethan Potter makes free throw 1 of 2.
2741
+1 (1:26) Ethan Potter makes free throw 2 of 2.
2742
(1:26) Foul on Cade Hornecker.
(1:15) Yaniel Rivera bad pass turnover.
(1:15) Chance Trujillo Steal.
+2 (0:54) Jusaun Holt makes driving layup (Noah Bolanga assists).
2744
(0:43) Foul on Tanner Davis.
(0:43) Cade Hornecker misses free throw 1 of 2.
(0:43) Abilene Christian Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (0:43) Cade Hornecker makes free throw 2 of 2.
2844
(0:13) Noah Bolanga misses layup.
(0:10) Noah Bolanga Offensive Rebound.
(0:01) Foul on Yaniel Rivera.
+1 (0:01) Chance Trujillo makes free throw 1 of 2.
2845
+1 (0:01) Chance Trujillo makes free throw 2 of 2.
2846

2nd half

Team Stats

ACU

UTU

74Points80

27-58(46.6%)Field Goal(%)26-47(55.3%)

5-18(27.8%)3-Point(%)7-15(46.7%)

15-23(65.2%)Free Throw(%)21-25(84.0%)

28(10)Rebounds(Offensive)28(6)

17Assists24

12Steals8

1Blocks3

13Turnovers16

21(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

1Largest Lead18

Game Details

Thursday, March 12, 2026 · 11:30 PM

Orleans Arena · Las Vegas, NV

attendance: 1,029 (10.8%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: UTU -1.5

over/under: 142.5