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OCU vs. Southwestern Christian men's basketball preview

Stars aim to keep pace in Sooner Athletic Conference race

Dorion Gigger provides the Stars with 6.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.
3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7
Abe Lemons Arena inside the Freede Center

THE MATCHUP: Oklahoma City University looks to keep riding a five-game winning streak against Sooner Athletic Conference rival Southwestern Christian.
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: The Stars took down 14th-ranked Mid-America Christian 72-67 on Thursday at the Gaulke Activity Center in Oklahoma City. OCU (11-6, 7-4 SAC) outscored Mid-America Christian 8-3 in the final minute of the game. Oklahoma City is one of four teams tied for second place in the SAC.
Gary Inglett, a 6-foot-6 senior from Ardmore, Okla., cruised with 25 points, 13 rebounds and three assists. He drilled six free throws in the final 12.5 seconds to secure the Stars' victory. Inglett leads the team in points (19.3) and rebounds (10.4) a game.
R.J. McGhee, a 6-6 senior from Baton Rouge, La., contributed 14 points and two rebounds off the bench for OCU. McGhee puts in 18.1 points and 3.9 rebounds a game. Tharone Chilton, a 6-2 senior from Tulsa, Okla., added 11 points, six assists and five rebounds. Chilton knocks down 15.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists a game.
The Stars rank third in the NAIA with a 17.3 assists per game. To see how OCU ranks among the national leaders, click here.
OCU has been 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.
Southwestern Christian leads the all-time series 2-1. SCU edged the Stars 79-78 on Jan. 15 in Bethany, Okla. in the first matchup between the teams this season. Vladimir Nemcok hit a jumper with six seconds remaining for the game winner.

ABOUT THE EAGLES: Southwestern Christian stumbled 64-62 against Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) on Thursday in Waxahachie, Texas. The Eagles (5-14, 1-10 SAC) forced SAGU into 17 turnovers during the game.
Tyler Turner, a 6-2 senior, led SCU with 17 points and seven rebounds. Turner leads the team in rebounds with 5.6, while dropping 11.1 points and making 2.2 3-pointers a game.
Rishawn Brown, a 5-10 guard, contributed 14 points and five steals in the loss. Brown leads the team in steals with 1.84 and adds 10.1 points and 2.4 assists a contest.
Southwestern Christian was picked to finish last in the SAC preseason coaches' poll.

ABOUT THE COACHES: Dionne Phelps owns a 56-44 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.
Quinn Wooldridge is in his third season as Southwestern Christian's head coach. He has guided the Eagles to a 21-57 record, bringing his college head-coaching record to 30-78. Wooldridge was previously an assistant coach at OCU.

QUOTABLE: "People are escaping them. No one's walking in and beating them. It's an escape when you get out of there because they can shoot the ball really well, they have great size and they're very tough and physical. They're a very good team, and they can jump up and bite just about anybody." - Phelps about Southwestern Christian

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

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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Players Mentioned

R.J. McGhee

#1 R.J. McGhee

6' 6"
Senior
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Gary Inglett

#2 Gary Inglett

6' 6"
Senior
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Tharone Chilton

#11 Tharone Chilton

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