ABILENE, Texas - WKU women's basketball is off to a 4-0 start to the 2024-24, marking the ninth time in program history a Lady Topper team has won their first four games of a season and the first time since 2005-06.

The Lady Toppers (4-0) jumped out to an early lead against Abilene Christian (2-4) behind a 13-0 run in the first quarter. The Wildcats cut the game to two with less than a minute left, but WKU pulled out the road win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Abilene Christian scored the first points of the game on a pair of free throws but WKU responded with a 13-0 run fueled by five steals. A Wildcat three ended the run and ACU was able to outscore WKU 13-9 through the rest of the quarter to bring the score 22-15 going into the second quarter.

Josie Gilvin opened the scoring in the second quarter with a jumper to reach double digit points. The two teams went back and forth, but five straight points by ACU cut the score to a one-point lead for WKU. From there, the Lady Toppers outscored the Wildcats 9-2 to take a 41-33 lead into halftime.

The third quarter was sluggish offensively with ACU edging WKU 15-11 in the frame to cut the score to four heading into the fourth quarter.

The Lady Toppers started the fourth quarter on a 6-0 run to extend their lead back to 10. The Wildcats cut it to five with 6:05 left, but Gilvin made back-to-back buckets to thwart the threat. The two teams went back and forth until a 6-0 run by ACU cut it to two with 33 seconds left. WKU had possession and ran the shot clock down before getting a shot off. The Lady Toppers missed the shot, but Gilvin chased down the rebound and was fouled with less than two seconds left. She made both free throws to give WKU the 68-64 win.

The Lady Toppers will return home for a three-game homestand. First up, WKU will take on North Dakota on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1 p.m.