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OCU vs. St. Gregory's men's basketball preview

Stars have won seven of their last eight games

Jamil Donovan leads the Stars in assists with 5.0 a game.
8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19
Abe Lemons Arena inside the Freede Center
 
THE MATCHUP: Oklahoma City University looks to stay in firm control of third place in the Sooner Athletic Conference when they host St. Gregory's on Thursday. The winner of the Alpha Phi campus heartthrob contest will be announced at halftime.
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. If the Stars score 70 points, fans will get a prize from Raising Cane's. For the OCU athletics visitors guide, click here.
 
ABOUT THE STARS: Oklahoma City edged Oklahoma Baptist 80-77 on Saturday at the Noble Complex in Shawnee, Okla. Tharone Chilton's 3-point play with 15 seconds to go put OCU in front 78-77, while his free throws with five seconds left sealed the win for the Stars (13-7, 9-5 SAC)
Chilton, a 6-foot-2 senior from Tulsa, Okla., topped the Stars with 36 points. Chilton stands second on the team in scoring with 17.0 points and assists with 2.9 a game while pulling down 4.2 rebounds.
Gary Inglett, a 6-6 senior from Ardmore, Okla., recorded 17 points and nine rebounds in the OCU win. Inglett averages a double-double with 18.7 points and 10.2 rebounds a game. Jamil Donovan, a 5-7 junior from Oklahoma City, added nine points, one rebound and one assist. Donovan leads the team in assists with 5.0 a game while dropping 5.9 points and 2.4 rebounds a game.
The Stars rank ninth among NAIA Division I at 16.8 assists a game. To see how OCU ranks among the NAIA's statistical leaders, click here.
OCU dropped one spot to 24th in the top 25 in the latest edition of the NAIA Division I rankings. The Stars were projected to finish fourth in the SAC by league coaches. Oklahoma City owns six NAIA national championships won in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2007 and 2008.
Oklahoma City owns a 34-3 all-time record against St. Gregory's. The Stars knocked off St. Gregory's 92-75 on Jan. 24 in Shawnee, Okla. R.J. McGhee picked up 26 points.
 
ABOUT THE CAVALIERS: St. Gregory's topped then 24th-ranked Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) 74-70 Saturday in Shawnee, Okla. The Cavaliers (12-10, 8-6 SAC) forced SAGU into 20 turnovers while only turning the ball over seven times themselves.
Marqarious Boddie, a 6-1 junior, led the Cavaliers with 15 points and added a rebound in 15 minutes off the bench. Boddie contributes 7.9 points and 1.4 rebound a game. Marty Wilkerson, a 5-9 junior, knocked down 12 points, dished eight assists and pulled down two rebounds. Wilkerson leads the team in points, assists and steals with 21.0, 4.2 and 2.3 respectively.
SGU had been picked to win the SAC in the preseason.
 
ABOUT THE COACHES: Dionne Phelps owns a 58-45 record in his fourth season as OCU coach. He led the Stars to the SAC Tournament title and an NAIA Division I Tournament appearance in 2012-13. 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 five conference title teams as well as three NCAA Tournament teams during his 24-year coaching career. Phelps played for Texas Lutheran, eventually joining the Bulldog Athletic Hall of Fame.
John Martin is in his seventh season as St. Gregory's coach with a 66-132 record since taking the helm. Martin played college basketball at St. Gregory's, when it was a junior college, and OCU.
 
QUOTABLE: "We are playing our best ball right now and playing at a very high level. One of the things that has helped us is R.J. McGhee is embrassing the role of other players being able to step up. I think as that continues to happen I think more success will come for him and it will come at the right time." - Phelps
 
FOLLOW THE STARS: Fans can keep up on the latest from OCU athletics through several ways.
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Fans can sign up to receive OCU Athletics SMS text message alerts, including the latest score updates and headlines from the Stars, by going here.
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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.

ON THE AIR: OCU athletics has partnered with Stretch Internet to provide live and on-demand audio, stats and video of the Stars' games. To watch, listen to or follow the game on live stats, visit OCU's Stretch portal by clicking here. Andrew Himes calls the action.
The live audio and stats will be provided free of charge, while the cost to see the video will be $7.95. A men's basketball season pass that allows you to see all the Stars' home games this season costs $29.95, while a 2014-15 all-sports pass costs $79.95.
 
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Players Mentioned

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5' 7"
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R.J. McGhee

#1 R.J. McGhee

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6' 6"
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Gary Inglett

#2 Gary Inglett

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6' 6"
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Tharone Chilton

#11 Tharone Chilton

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6' 2"
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Jamil Donovan

#3 Jamil Donovan

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R.J. McGhee

#1 R.J. McGhee

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Gary Inglett

#2 Gary Inglett

6' 6"
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Tharone Chilton

#11 Tharone Chilton

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