OCU in Our Lady of the Lake Classic women's basketball preview

Stars bring 2-0 record vs. top-25 competition this season into game vs. 13th-ranked Our Lady of the Lake

Alexis Hill contributes 10.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists a game.

Women's Basketball | 11/22/2017 10:14:00 PM

6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24
vs. Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25
at Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
Mabee Gymnasium in San Antonio

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THE MATCHUPS
• No. 1-ranked Oklahoma City University completes its 2017-18 non-conference schedule in the Our Lady of the Lake Classic
• OCU faces Culver-Stockton (Mo.) in the Stars' first contest of the event
• The Stars face 13th-ranked Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) in OCU's third top 25-ranked matchup in four games

ABOUT THE STARS
• The Stars (5-1) dealt ninth-ranked Benedictine (Kan.) its first loss of the season 73-60 on Tuesday evening in Atchison, Kan. OCU collected a win over a ranked opponent for the second game in a row, while Benedictine dropped to 7-1
• Daniela Galindo, a 5-foot-10 senior from Shattuck, Okla., powered OCU with 19 points and seven rebounds while shooting 4-for-7 from beyond the 3-point line. Galindo leads Oklahoma City in scoring (19.0 points per game), assists per game (3.7) and steals a contest (3.17). Galindo ranks seventh nationally with 3.00 treys per game
• Brooke Irwin, a 6-3 junior from Mustang, Okla., delivered 14 points and six rebounds while hitting 5 of her 8 shots from the floor. Irwin averages 14.8 points and 6.2 rebounds a game and ranks ninth in the NAIA in field-goal percentage (60.7)
• Among the NAIA, the Stars rank fourth with a 39.6 percent 3-point shooting clip. To compare how OCU ranks with the rest of NAIA Division I statistically, click here
• OCU owns the No. 1 spot in the preseason NAIA Division I rankings. Oklahoma City has made 23 trips to the NAIA Division I Tournament and captured nine national championships in 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017
• The Stars have been installed as the favorite to win the Sooner Athletic Conference in the preseason coaches poll. OCU took its 17th SAC regular-season championships and 11th SAC Tournament title in 2016-17
• OCU topped Our Lady of the Lake 100-92 on Nov. 19, 2016 at Abe Lemons Arena in the last meeting between the two squads. Oklahoma City holds a 4-1 advantage in the all-time series

ABOUT THE WILDCATS
• Our Lady of the Lake took a 94-70 win over Culver-Stockton on Wednesday in San Antonio. Our Lady of the Lake hit 61 percent of its shots from the field in the second half to down Culver-Stockton (4-3)
• Andrekia Thompson, a 5-7 senior, came off the bench to provide Culver-Stockton 16 points and five rebounds. Thompson sank all three of her 3-point attempts
• Culver-Stockton ranks third in the NAIA in defensive rebounding (33.0 per game)
• Heart of America Athletic Conference coaches picked Culver-Stockton to finish 11th in the preseason league poll

ABOUT THE SAINTS
• Quintianna LeShore, a 5-5 senior, and Kasey Saldana, a 5-3 sophomore, each tallied 30 points against Culver-Stockton. LeShore hit 13 of her 19 field-goal attempts, while Saldana knocked in 7-of-10 from 3-point range
• Our Lady of the Lake (4-2) leads the NAIA with a plus-12.40 turnover margin
• The Saints entered the season as the preseason favorite to take the Red River Athletic Conference title

MEET THE COACHES
Bo Overton (59-12, third season with OCU)
• Led Stars to 34-2 season, accruing 2017 NAIA Division I and Sooner Athletic Conference coach of the year awards
• Overton has coached three all-Americans while at OCU, including Wallen, the 2017 NAIA Division I player of the year
• Overton served as an assistant coach for the Chinese national team in the 2012 Olympics
• From 1998-2004, he served as assistant for Oklahoma. During that time, the Sooners made five NCAA Tournament trips with the 2002 NCAA runner-up finish and Final Four berth with three Big 12 regular-season titles and two conference tournament crowns

Janette Burgin (60-64, sixth season with Culver-Stockton)
• Led Culver-Stockton to a turnaround from four wins in her first year as head coach to consecutive 20-win seasons
• Coached Kati Davis, the 2015 Emil S. Liston Award winner
• Came to Culver-Stockton after helping Central Methodist (Mo.) to its first NAIA Tournament appearance as an assistant

Christopher Minner (142-30, ninth season with Our Lady of the Lake)
• Our Lady of the Lake has won or shared the past five Red River Athletic Conference regular-season championships
• In conference play, Our Lady of the Lake has gone 35-1 the past two seasons
• Minner attained an MBA from Our Lady of the Lake in spring 2013

ON THE AIR
• Our Lady of the Lake athletics has recently partnered with Stretch Internet to provide live and on-demand video of the Saints' games. Watch the Our Lady of the Lake Classic games by clicking here
• Look for live stats of the Our Lady of the Lake Classic games by clicking here
• Fans can access regular-season broadcasts from NAIA institutions as well as from NAIA Championships postseason contests via Stretch Internet through custom apps on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV. Users can search for "NAIA" on the app interfaces on any compatible device, and then download the free NAIA Network app

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Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo: G; 5' 10"; Junior

#40 Brooke Irwin: C; 6' 3"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo
: 5' 10"; Junior
: G

#40 Brooke Irwin
: 6' 3"; Junior
: C

Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo

#40 Brooke Irwin

Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo

#40 Brooke Irwin