{"id":19559,"date":"2025-10-24T17:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/19559\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:39:08","slug":"acu-faces-texas-am-corpus-christi-in-saturday-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/19559\/","title":{"rendered":"ACU Faces Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Saturday Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The ACU men’s basketball team gets its first taste of the 2025-26 season with an exhibition against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday. Tipoff from the Dugan Wellness Center is at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

Head coach Brette Tanner<\/a> returns seven players, including Braydin Hubbard and Rich Smith<\/a> who each started 23 games last season. Joseph Venzant<\/a> was in the starting lineup at the beginning of the year, but missed the final 24 games with an injury.<\/p>\n

Hubbard scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds per game, while Smith finished the year with 99 assists (3.2 per game). Yaniel Rivera<\/a> played in 31 games and started seven at point guard.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Christian Alston<\/a> and post players Cade Hornecker<\/a> and Ma’Shy Hill<\/a> contributed off the bench in 2024-25 and expect to carve out larger roles this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newcomers this season include transfers\u00a0Zy Wright<\/a> (Chadron State), Cbo Newton<\/a> (Grambling State), and Joseph Scott<\/a> (Mineral Area College). Tanner’s coaching staff has also added three freshmen: Tylan Lewis<\/a> (Nashville, TN), Isaiah Carrillo<\/a> (Abilene Wylie HS), and Isaac Dye<\/a> (State College, PA).<\/p>\n

Saturday’s exhibition will not be video streamed, but live stats are available here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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