{"id":2238344,"date":"2026-01-17T01:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2238344"},"modified":"2026-01-17T01:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:21:25","slug":"defense-shines-as-10-acu-firestorm-beat-9-hiu-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/defense-shines-as-10-acu-firestorm-beat-9-hiu-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Shines As #10 ACU Firestorm Beat #9 HIU Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Glendale, Ariz.- On the strength of holding NAIA number nine ranked Hope International to 25 points under their scoring average, NAIA number ten ranked Arizona Christian earned the Top Ten match up win on Thursday evening.\u00a0 The Firestorm held the Royals to 32.2% overall shooting and just 13.6% from three point country.\u00a0 ACU shot their season best 63.3% for the game.<\/p>\n<p>Game Info<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Game score:\u00a0Arizona Christian \u2013 82, Hope International \u2013 57<\/li>\n<li>Records:\u00a0Arizona Christian \u2013 14-4, 5-1 GSAC, Hope International \u2013 15-3, 5-1 GSAC<\/li>\n<li>NAIA Top 25 ranking:\u00a0Arizona Christian \u2013 10, Hope International \u2013 9<\/li>\n<li>Location:\u00a0ACU Events Center, Arizona Christian University, Glendale, AZ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ACU Stats For The Day<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inside the Box Score<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Royals scored first for their only lead of the game<\/li>\n<li>Following a dunk from Bradley, ACU grabbed their first lead at 4-2<\/li>\n<li>Two ties later, the teams were tied 8-8<\/li>\n<li><dfn><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/acufirestorm.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/sabien-cain\/10194\">Sabien Cain<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0broke the tie with a three and the Firestorm took off from there<\/li>\n<li>Building as large as a 16 point lead, the Firestorm were reeled back into a ten point advantage at the break<\/li>\n<li>Bradley was at 12 points after 20 minutes of action<\/li>\n<li><dfn><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/acufirestorm.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/drew-goodline\/10197\">Drew Goodline<\/a><\/dfn>\u00a0started the second half with a three<\/li>\n<li>The Firestorm held the Royals (who came in averaging 82.7 points a game) under 40 points until nine plus minutes remained<\/li>\n<li>Arizona Christian held Hope International to just 18.8 second half shooting<\/li>\n<li>A 25 point final differential was the largest win margin of the season for ACU<\/li>\n<li>Onakpoma tallied 11 of his 13 points in the second half<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Up Next<\/strong><br \/>On Saturday, the Master\u2019s and Arizona Christian will meet up for a 2:00 pm tip-off in the ACU Events Center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source victorysportsnetwork.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glendale, Ariz.- On the strength of holding NAIA number nine ranked Hope International to 25 points under their scoring average, NAIA number ten ranked Arizona Christian earned the Top Ten match up win on Thursday evening.\u00a0 The Firestorm held the Royals to 32.2% overall shooting and just 13.6% from three point country.\u00a0 ACU shot their 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