Men's Basketball 2/15/2012 7:24:00 PM

OCU vs. Rogers State men's basketball preview

Charlton Jones ranks third in the Sooner Athletic Conference and 12th in NAIA Division I with 5.7 assists per contest.

8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16
Abe Lemons Arena

THE MATCHUP: Oklahoma City University faces fifth-ranked Rogers State in a Sooner Athletic Conference clash.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students, while OCU students, faculty and staff are allowed into all regular-season OCU athletics events for free with their ID.

ABOUT THE STARS: Lubbock Christian (Texas) edged the Stars 66-63 in Lubbock, Texas. OCU (11-11, 8-10 SAC) played in its 11th game this season decided by five points or less.
Troynell Adams, a 6-foot-4 junior from Chicago, tallied 14 points, four rebounds and two steals. Adams nailed a jump shot that provided OCU a 63-62 lead with 1:23 to go. He has recorded 14.2 points a game the past four games to make his averages 8.2 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.
Charlton Jones, a 6-1 junior from Katy, Texas, shared team-high scoring honors with 14 points and three assists. Jones averages 12.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.41 steals a game. Elhadji Wade, a 6-9 junior from Dhakar, Senegal, posted 13 points and a season-high nine rebounds. Wade contributes 3.8 points and 2.6 rebounds a game.
OCU has held opponents to a 40.5 percent field-goal percentage to rank 21st in that category. To see how the Stars stack up statistically with the rest of the nation, click here.
The Stars are unranked in the latest NAIA Division I rankings. OCU currently sits tied for eighth in the league after being pegged to finish seventh in the SAC in the preseason.
Rogers State leads the all-time series with OCU 7-3. Five of those contests were decided by three points or less – including the last meeting, won by Rogers State 81-79. Alex Ewings' 3-pointer with three seconds left brought the Hillcats the win. Orlan Jackman spearheaded OCU with a career-high 29 points and five 3-pointers.

ABOUT THE HILLCATS: Rogers State dropped a 78-68 decision to St. Gregory's on Monday in Claremore, Okla. Rogers State (20-5, 13-5 SAC) led by as many as 10 points in the first half before trailing by 11 in the second.
Donald Williams, a 6-5 junior, scored 29 points while tying Deveric Taylor's single-game school record with seven 3-pointers. He notches a team-high 13.7 points a game while shooting 42.8 percent from 3-point range. Larry Cox, a 6-6 senior, had his first double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 rebounds. He averages 10.7 points and 5.0 rebounds a game.
SAC coaches predicted Rogers State would finish second in the league in the preseason.

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 for Oklahoma, which featured future No. 1 overall NBA Draft choice Blake Griffin. 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 Bulldog Athletic Hall of Fame.
Justin Barkley has a 42-17 record in his second season as Rogers State head coach. He previously served as assistant coach for two seasons at Rogers State. Barkley played on Northeastern State's 2003 NCAA Division II championship team and a state championship team at Inola (Okla.).

FOLLOW THE STARS: Fans can keep up on the latest on OCU athletics through several ways.
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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. Get conference scores and highlights by calling the SAC Hotline at (405) 878-2110.

ON THE AIR: OCU athletics has partnered with Stretch Internet to provide live and on-demand audio, stats and video of the Stars' games. Greg Merick calls the play-by-play, while Eric Rodgers gives analysis. 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. An 2011-12 all-sports pass that provides access to each OCU video broadcast costs $79.95.

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