Oklahoma City University
at USAO

Thursday, Jan. 12
6 p.m. Chickasha, Okla.

THE MATCHUP: Oklahoma City University?s women travel to Chickasha, Okla., for a Sooner Athletic Conference matchup with USAO.

ABOUT THE STARS: OCU is 12-2 overall and 3-0 in the SAC with a 90-40 win over Wayland Baptist (Texas) on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena. Mariam Sy, a 6-foot-4 senior from Mali, West Africa, recorded 18 points, five rebounds and three assists. Chelsea Ledbetter scored a career-high 17 points and had three assists and two steals. Alexandra Kotta had 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point range.
Sy averages 23.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.64 steals a game. Sy is third in NAIA in scoring, 17th in rebounds, 25th in steals per game and 17th in field-goal percentage (55.6). Paty Silva adds 11.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.43 steals per game. The Stars are ranked fifth in NAIA Division I rankings released Wednesday and were expected to finish second in the SAC in the preseason by coaches.

ABOUT THE DROVERS: USAO is 9-3 and 2-0 in the SAC after a 68-66 victory over Northwestern on Monday. Senior guards Christina Brown and Stephanie Russell each had 15 points. Katie Sterling, a 5-3 senior, leads the team with 16.5 points per game. In the preseason coaches conference poll, USAO was picked for eighth in the SAC.

ABOUT THE COACHES: Rob Edmisson has 322 victories in 16 seasons as a head coach. Edmisson, a graduate of Bethany (Kan.), came to OCU after a stint as an assistant at Oklahoma State. He won 200 games at Hutchinson (Kan.) and 110 as a high-school coach in Kansas.
Jay Niehues a 64-46 record in five seasons. Niehues was an assistant to Craig Wiginton at Southern Nazarene before becoming USAO coach.

QUOTABLE: ?I?ve been really pleased with our kids? focus and intensity and purpose in practice. We?ve had some good practices, and it?s been representative of how we?re playing.? ? Edmisson on practices
?They?ll try to shoot quick and crash the boards with their smaller players. We?re going to have to be alert, and our perimeter kids are going to have to do a good job of defending the dribble penetration and guarding their quickness. We?ll try to take advantage of their size. They?re not very big, so we?re going to try to take advantage of that.? ? Edmisson on USAO

ON THE AIR: The Stars can be heard on the web on okcu.edu/athletics. Joel Roberts has the call, and Rich Tortorelli will be the commentator. Pregame starts approximately 5:55 p.m.