Men's Basketball 11/30/2012 2:20:00 PM

OCU vs. Southwestern Adventist men's basketball preview

Shawn Grant shot 75 percent from behind the 3-point line against Langston on Nov. 20.

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1
Abe Lemons Arena

THE MATCHUP: Oklahoma City University continues its non-conference schedule with a rematch against Southwestern Adventist (Texas).
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. OCU students, faculty and staff get in free to all Stars regular-season home events with their university ID.

ABOUT THE STARS: The Stars took down Langston 75-70 on Nov. 20 at C.F. Gayles Gymnasium to move to 4-1 on the season. OCU's Troynell Adams led the way with 16 points and seven rebounds. The senior guard logged 34 minutes against the Lions and is third on the team in minutes played with 140. Adams leads the Stars in scoring with 14.8 points per outing.
Junior Ivan Matip pitched in with 16 points and six boards against Langston. The 6-foot-3 guard went 5-for-7 from the floor and 5-for-5 from the free-throw line on the game. Matip is ranked ninth in NAIA Division I in offensive rebounds per game (3.6) and 10th in free throw percentage (0.88).
Forward Shawn Grant added 13 points off the bench. The senior from San Jose, Calif., shot 71 percent from the floor and grabbed two rebounds in 26 minutes of action. Grant is OCU's leading 3-point shooter, shooting 42 percent from behind the 3-point line.
The Stars are ranked fourth in NAIA Division I in free throw percentage (0.76), sixth in total rebounds per game (42.8) and seventh in defensive rebounds per game (29.4) and total rebound margin (10.4). To see how OCU stacks up against the rest of the NAIA, click here.
OCU received votes in the NAIA Division I men's basketball coaches' preseason top-25 poll. OCU was picked to finish fifth in the Sooner Athletic Conference preseason coaches' poll.

ABOUT THE KNIGHTS: The Knights enter the contest with a record of 1-9 on the season. Southwestern Adventist fell to OCU 79-68 on Nov. 10. Chris Franklin led the Knights with a game-high 22 points and eight rebounds. Kevin Squarzon pitched in with 15 points and six assists and Jeff Sickler added 11 points on 60 percent shooting from 3-point distance.

ABOUT THE COACHES: Dionne Phelps enters his second season as OCU coach. Phelps took over the Stars after serving as assistant coach for Oklahoma, which featured future No. 1 NBA Draft pick Blake Griffin during his tenure. Phelps has been a part of four conference title teams as well as three NCAA Tournament teams during his 23-year coaching career. Phelps played for Texas Lutheran, eventually joining the Bulldog Athletic Hall of Fame.
SWAU is coached by Francis Nicholas, assisted by William Iverson, Daniel Leach and Melissa Muñoz.

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/ocustars.
Be sure to catch the OCU Athletics Update video program weekly on ocusports.com, the OCU YouTube Channel or on 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.

ON THE AIR: OCU athletics has partnered with Stretch Internet to provide live and on-demand audio, stats and video of the Stars' games. Andrew Himes will be the voice of the Stars in 2012-13 after previously providing commentary on the OCU broadcasts. 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 $7.95 per game. A men's basketball season pass that allows you to see all the Stars' 2012-13 home games costs $29.95, while an 2012-13 all-sports pass costs $79.95.

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