Oklahoma City University
vs. St. Gregory?s

Monday, Jan. 13
6 p.m. Abe Lemons Arena

THE MATCHUP: Oklahoma City University?s women continue Sooner Athletic Conference play by hosting St. Gregory?s.
There will be a drawing for a $1,000 Meinders spirit scholarship for an OCU student.

ABOUT THE STARS: OCU is 22-2, 13-0 in the SAC after a 74-35 win over John Brown (Ark.) on Saturday in Abe Lemons Arena. Mariam Sy, a 6-foot-4 senior from Mali, West Africa, recorded 16 points, 10 rebounds and two blocked shots. Chelsea Ledbetter, a 5-8 freshman from Blanchard, Okla., added 10 points, five rebounds and two steals. Mikelle Brown also had 10 points and five rebounds.
Sy averages 21.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.38 steals a game. Sy is third in NAIA in scoring, 18th in rebounds and field-goal percentage (53.9). Paty Silva adds 9.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
The Stars rank third in the NAIA in 3-point percentage, both offense (38.6) and defense (26.3), fourth in field-goal percentage (47.0) and fifth in total rebound margin (8.9). All-time, OCU is 18-0 vs. St. Gregory?s and beat SGU 83-56 on Jan. 2. In the preseason coaches conference poll, OCU was picked to finish second in the SAC.

ABOUT THE LADY CAVALIERS: St. Gregory?s is coming off a 70-48 loss to USAO on Saturday in Chickasha, Okla., to drop the Lady Cavaliers to 8-17, 2-11. Daiana Canaver, a 6-2 junior from Suzano, Brazil, and Cassandra Reed led the Lady Cavaliers with 11 points each. Canaver leads SGU with 14.1 points a game. Canaver ranks 36th in the NAIA with a 48.1 percent field-goal percentage. St. Gregory?s ranks 37th nationally in team field-goal percentage (41.7). In the preseason coaches conference poll, St. Gregory?s was picked to finish ninth in the SAC.

ABOUT THE COACHES: Rob Edmisson has 332 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.
Jeff A. Duke is in his first season at St. Gregory?s. Duke came to St. Gregory?s after being an assistant at USAO to Jay Niehues.

QUOTABLE: ?I thought in the first half defensively, we dominated the game. I thought our kids came back and established themselves with their play. We contested every shot. We didn?t give them an easy look. Probably the only easy shots they got were putbacks and free throws, those were the only unguarded shots they got, and if we could have guarded the free throw line, we would have tried to.? ? Edmisson on OCU?s defense

?I thought Haley (Workman) had a nice game. I thought Andy (Sivakova) came in and did some nice things. Obviously Mikelle Brown is our energy player. I thought Chelsea was more offensive-minded tonight. We told her she has to look at that basket every once in a while. She hit some big 3s. If you look at our scoring and the way we disperse it, everybody that?s on the floor can score on our team. You have to guard all five people.? ? Edmisson on OCU?s offense Saturday

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ON THE AIR: The Stars can be heard on the web on okcu.edu/athletics. Joel Roberts is the play-by-play man. Pregame starts approximately 5:55 p.m.