PARADISE, Nev. (AP) — Airion Simmons had 21 points as Abilene Christian narrowly defeated Seattle U 78-76 in the Western Athletic Conference Tourney semifinals on Friday night.
Abilene Christian 78, Seattle U 76: Box score
Tobias Cameron had 18 points for Abilene Christian (23-9). Mahki Morris added 13 points and seven rebounds. Damien Daniels had 10 points.
#WACvegas | Abilene Christian leads Seattle U 59-55 with 5:50 left in the second half of this semifinal… Watch live on ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/m3ONLYpKIE
— The Western Athletic Conference (@WACsports) March 12, 2022
Coryon Mason, the Wildcats’ leading scorer entering the matchup at 12 points per game, shot only 20% in the game (1 of 5).
Seattle scored 22 first-half points, a season low for the team.
Darrion Trammell scored a career-high 39 points and had seven rebounds for the Redhawks (23-9). Cameron Tyson added 14 points. Viktor Rajkovic had seven rebounds.
#WACvegas | Great shot! Darrion Trammell gets the dipsy do to go! @seattleumbb leads ACU 11-4 with 12:36 to go… Watch live on ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/lBMUF1tFOQ
— The Western Athletic Conference (@WACsports) March 12, 2022
No. 21 USC holds off UW Huskies 65-61 | No. 13 UCLA beats WSU 75-65
