Men's Basketball 12/2/2011 2:29:00 PM

OCU vs. Southern Nazarene men's basketball preview

Orlan Jackman leads OCU with 6.8 rebounds per game.

5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3
Abe Lemons Arena

THE MATCHUP: Oklahoma City University takes on 18th-ranked Southern Nazarene in an early Sooner Athletic Conference contest.
Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students and free to OCU students, faculty and staff with their ID.

ABOUT THE STARS: The Stars improved to 5-1 and 2-0 in SAC play with a 75-64 win on the road against USAO. OCU lead by as many 22 in the game and outscored the Drovers 46-26 in the paint. The Stars pulled down 21 offensive rebounds leading to 26 second-chance points.
Forward Tim Morton led the charge with 18 points and nine rebounds. The sophomore from Capital Heights, Md., posted his third consecutive double-figure scoring performance and is averaging 11.6 points per game while shooting 70 percent from the floor.
Senior Orlan Jackman pitched in with 15 points and six rebounds against USAO. The 6-6 forward is averaging 10.5 points per game and leads the team in rebounding with 6.8 per game.
Junior Elhadji Wade provided a season-high 14 points off the bench in the 75-64 win. The 6-9 Wade shot close to 60 percent from the floor in 14 minutes of action.
The Stars currently stand eighth in NAIA Division I in field goal percentage defense holding teams to 37 percent from the floor. OCU is ranked ninth in defensive rebounds per game with 30 and 11th in scoring defense at 60.1 points per game. C.J. Busby is fourth in nation in 3-points field goals made per game with 3.5, and Charlton Jones sits fifth in assists per game with 7.1. To see how OCU stacks up statistically against the rest of the NAIA, click here.
The Stars hold a 37-20 record all time against Southern Nazarene. The Crimson Storm took both meetings a season ago.

ABOUT THE CRIMSON STORM: Southern Nazarene went to the wire with Mid-America Christian, but came away with a 78-72 victory to improve to 5-1 and 1-0 in SAC play.
Guard Ryan Aaron dropped a game-high 32 points against Mid-America while shooting 64 percent from the floor and 57 percent from 3-point land. Aaron leads SNU with 19 points per game.
Forward Jon West added 15 points against Mid-America Christian. West averages 12.3 points per game for Southern Nazarene and is 35th in the nation is free-throw percentage at 83 percent.
Horace McGloster posted a double-double with 11 rebounds and 10 points in the 75-72 win. The forward leads the SAC in rebounding with 8.6 per game and is ranked 14th in the nation in defensive rebounds per game with six.
Southern Nazarene sits seventh in the nation in blocks per game with 5.1 and total rebounds per game with 43.3.

ABOUT THE COACHES: Dionne Phelps enters his first season as a head coach with OCU. Phelps took over the Stars after serving as assistant coach at Oklahoma. Phelps has been a part of four conference title teams as well as three NCAA Tournament teams during his 22-year coaching career. Phelps played for Texas Lutheran, eventually joining the Bulldogs Athletic Hall of Fame.
Adam Bohac enters his fourth season at Southern Nazarene. He has guided the Crimson Storm to an 86-31 record in his first three seasons as head coach. Bohac shared SAC coach of the year honors in 2009-10 with Oklahoma Baptist's Doug Tolin. Bohac was an assistant at SNU from 2004-07 and an assistant at Army in 2007-08.

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 http://www.youtube.com/ocustars.
Be sure to catch the OCU Athletics Update video program weekly on ocusports.com, the OCU YouTube Channel or on the OCU Athletics' Facebook page. Click here to see the latest edition or see our video channel in the upper right-hand corner of our home page.
Know when the game is happening by calling the OCU athletics hotline at (405) 208-5400.

QUOTABLE: "We need that from him. He needs to be active. He will be locked in and focused when he plays that way. He needs to be that guy for us to be successful." – Phelps on Jackman's rebounding ability

ON THE AIR: OCU athletics has partnered with Stretch internet to provide live and on-demand audio, stats and video of Stars' games. Eric Rodgers will call the game. To access the live audio, stats or video for the game, visit OCU's Stretch portal by clicking here.
The live audio and stats will be provided free of charge, while the cost to see the video will be $6.95. A men's basketball season pass that allows you to see all the Stars' 2011-12 home game cost $29.95, while a 2011-12 all-sports pass costs $79.95.

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