8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21

W.P. Wood Fieldhouse in Shawnee, Okla.

THE MATCHUP: Oklahoma City University will look for its third consecutive conference road victory against St. Gregory's.

ABOUT THE STARS: OCU knocked off Northwestern Oklahoma State 69-55 on Saturday at Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva, Okla. The Stars (7-5, 5-4 in SAC) won despite 1-of-12 shooting from 3-point range. OCU used a 10-0 run midway through the second half to take a 60-50 lead and never trailed again.

Chris Brown, a senior from Spencer, Okla., scored a game-high 23 points to lead OCU. Brown leads the team in scoring at 19.8 points per contest.

Kavon Lytch, a junior from Brooklyn, N.Y., added 14 points and 12 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Lytch has averaged 14.8 points in six games for the Stars. Corey Bingham, a junior from Lynn, Mass., put in 12 points, six rebounds and a steal.

The Stars are ranked fourth with 5.42 blocked shots a game and 11th allowing 62.9 points a game among the NAIA.

In the preseason, the Stars were picked to finish sixth in the Sooner Athletic Conference. OCU has captured the SAC regular-season crown 13 times.

OCU is 28-0 against St. Gregory's in the all-time series. The Stars pounded St. Gregory's 67-48 on Dec. 5 inside Abe Lemons Arena. Brown paced OCU with 29 points and eight steals.

ABOUT THE CAVALIERS: St. Gregory's fell 88-70 at John Brown (Ark.) on Saturday in Siloam Springs, Ark., to drop to 5-9, 0-9 in the SAC. John Brown went on a 13-0 run in the second half to take a 70-55 lead with 7:29 remaining. St. Gregory's trailed by as many as 23 points down the stretch.

Fayzon Richey scored 28 points to lead St. Gregory's. Richey, a 6-3 freshman, averages a team-high 14.7 points per game. Ryan Florie, a 6-0 sophomore added 15 points. Florie averages 4.9 points on the season.

St. Gregory's was picked to finish last in the conference by SAC coaches in preseason.

ABOUT THE COACHES: Kevin Morrissey enters his first full season as OCU head coach. Morrissey spent the previous four seasons as St. Gregory's coach. He also has been an assistant at Missouri State and Texas-Pan American. Morrissey played his college ball at Oklahoma Baptist and Oral Roberts and high school at Bishop McGuinness in Oklahoma City.

St. Gregory's has gone 7-36 since John Martin became head coach last season, succeeding Morrissey. St. Gregory's went 2-27 last season. Martin played college basketball at St. Gregory's, when it was a junior college, and OCU.

QUOTABLE: “The one thing I am concerned about, and I told the guys, is we only had one assist at halftime, and we picked up two in the second half for a total of three. We've got to be able to share the ball a little better. We did a better job in the second half, but in the first half it was just quick shots and our shot selection wasn't very good.” – Morrissey

FOLLOW THE STARS: Fans can keep up on the latest on OCU athletics through several ways.

Become a fan of the Oklahoma City University Stars on Facebook by going to www.facebook.com/ocustars.

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Check out video of the Stars in action at www.youtube.com/oklahomacityuniver.

Listen to past game broadcasts and pregame and postgame interviews on the OCU pod center by clicking here.

Know when the game is happening and get scores and highlights following by calling the OCU athletics hotline at (405) 208-5400. Get conference scores and highlights on the SAC Hotline at (405) 878-2110.

ON THE AIR: OCU games will be broadcast regularly via the OCU athletics web site. Greg Merick will handle the play-by-play, and Andrew Himes will provide commentary. Click here to listen to the broadcast.
Morrissey will be a guest of David Garrett's on Fox Sports Radio 1340 and www.foxoklahoma.com at 3:20 p.m. Central time Thursday.