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Home Of Champions|73 National Championships
Daniela Wallen
Daniela Wallen averaged 15.7 points and 9.3 rebounds a game during the SAC Tournament.
58
Oklahoma City OCU 20-8
71
Winner Wayland Baptist (Texas) WBU 25-4
Oklahoma City OCU
20-8
58
Final
71
Wayland Baptist (Texas) WBU
25-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Oklahoma City OCU 17 17 12 12 58
Wayland Baptist (Texas) WBU 13 18 12 28 71

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Wayland Baptist rallies past Stars 71-58

OCU led for 26 of the game's 40 minutes

WAXAHACHIE, Texas – Oklahoma City University fell short in the Sooner Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament title game as Wayland Baptist (Texas) won 71-58 on Saturday at the Sheaffer Center.
The Stars (20-8) secured one of the SAC's NAIA Division I Tournament bids by advancing to the SAC Tournament championship game. Catherine Kruschke and Daniela Wallen made the all-tournament team for 17th-ranked OCU.
No. 12-ranked Wayland Baptist took its first SAC Tournament championship since 1998. Laura Castillo of Wayland Baptist became the tournament most valuable player.
The NAIA Tournament pairings will be announced Wednesday. Oklahoma City will advance to its 19th consecutive and 22nd overall national tournament. The eight-time national champion Stars captured the past two national titles.
Wallen and Mariana Duran topped OCU with 14 points each Saturday. Wallen, a junior from Caracas, Venezuela, posted her 13th double-double of the season as she added 14 rebounds. Duran, a junior from Yaracuy, Venezuela, picked up five assists and two steals.
Markeisha Johnson, a senior from Mansura, La., supplied the Stars with 11 points, five rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals, and Kruschke, a senior from Dublin, Calif., notched eight points and seven rebounds.
Duran's basket gave OCU its largest lead of 25-17 with 6:55 left in the second quarter. The Stars went up 49-46 with 7:49 left in the game on Johnson's bucket.
Wayland Baptist reeled off a 15-0 run to seize the lead. Castillo propelled Wayland Baptist with 11 points during that surge. Castillo ignited the run with three 3-pointers in a row.
 
Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament
At Waxahachie, Texas
Sheaffer Center
WOMEN
Wednesday's Results
First Round
Bacone 65, USAO 63
St. Gregory's 72, Texas Wesleyan 47
Thursday's Results
Quarterfinals
Mid-America Christian 84, Southwestern Christian 58
Oklahoma City 76, St. Gregory's 57
Wayland Baptist 106, Bacone 74
John Brown 51, Southwestern Assemblies of God 41
Friday's Results
Semifinals
Oklahoma City 87, Mid-America Christian 85
Wayland Baptist 85, John Brown 65
Saturday's Result
Championship
Wayland Baptist 71, Oklahoma City 58
 
All-Tournament Team
Stephanie Afunugo, Wayland Baptist; Jade Jones, Wayland Baptist; Catherine Kruschke, Oklahoma City; Lindsey Mann, Mid-America Christian; Daniela Wallen, Oklahoma City.
Most valuable player: Laura Castillo, Wayland Baptist.
Hustle award: Brianna Bogard, Wayland Baptist.
 
TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
1994—Southern Nazarene
1995—Southern Nazarene
1996—Southern Nazarene
1997—Southern Nazarene
1998—Wayland Baptist
1999—Southern Nazarene
2000—Oklahoma City
2001—Oklahoma City
2002—Southern Nazarene
2003—Oklahoma City
2004—Oklahoma City
2005—Southern Nazarene
2006—Oklahoma City
2007—Southern Nazarene
2008—Oklahoma City
2009—Oklahoma City
2010—Oklahoma City
2011—Southern Nazarene
2012—Oklahoma City
2013—Lubbock Christian
2014—Oklahoma Baptist
2015—Oklahoma City
2016—Wayland Baptist
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