OCU vs. Bacone men's basketball preview

Patel seeks 50th career victory at OCU

Jonathan Ellis leads OCU with 3.5 assists a game in 2017-18.

Men's Basketball | 1/24/2018 12:33:00 PM

7:45 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25
Abe Lemons Arena inside the Freede Center

THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University looks to keep pace in the competitive Sooner Athletic Conference against Bacone
• OCU stands a game out of first place in the SAC standings
• Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students, and OCU students, faculty and staff get into all regular-season OCU home athletics events free with their ID
• When the Stars score 70 points, fans get a 2-for-1 combo coupon for Raising Cane's

ABOUT THE STARS
• The Stars pummeled Panhandle State 93-64 on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena. Oklahoma City (13-5, 6-4 SAC) won in its first conference matchup with Panhandle State and the first encounter between the two schools in 25 years
• Terence Bonhomme, a 6-foot senior from St. Martinville, La., topped OCU with 21 points. He shot 7-for-14 from the field and handed out two assists. Bonhomme totals 16.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game with 35.5 percent shooting from beyond the 3-point line. Bonhomme stands 12th in the NAIA in free-throw percentage at 87.3 percent
• Ridell Camidge, a 6-4 senior from Wilmington, N.C., accrued 19 points, nine rebounds and three assists. Camidge stuffs the stat sheet with a team-high 18.2 points per game while hauling in 6.3 rebounds a contest. Camidge's 3.00 3-pointers a game place him 12th nationally
• OCU ranks 10th within NAIA Division I and leads the conference with 91.5 points per game. Jonathan Ellis, a senior from Powder Springs, Ga., ranks seventh nationally with a 3.47-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. See how OCU compares with the rest of the NAIA statistically this season here
• The Stars sit at No. 21 in the most recent NAIA Division I rankings. Oklahoma City has made 23 NAIA Division I Tournament appearances and won six national championships in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2007 and 2008
• The Stars have been picked to finish second place in the Sooner Athletic Conference according to the preseason coaches poll. OCU owns 12 SAC regular-season titles and nine SAC Tournament crowns
• Oklahoma City took a 74-67 win over Bacone on Dec. 16 in Muskogee, Okla. Lou Dunbar scored a season-best 22 points. The Stars have a 5-0 all-time record against Bacone

ABOUT THE WARRIORS
• Bacone tumbled 109-97 to 15th-rated USAO on Saturday in Muskogee, Okla. Bacone (3-16, 0-10 SAC) surrendered 100 points for the third time this season
• Kevin Pritchett, a 6-3 senior, surpassed 30 points for the second consecutive game with 32. Pritchett averages 17.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.22 steals a game
• The Warriors have dropped 10 consecutive contests and 13 in a row in conference play. Bacone last won 103-90 over Paul Quinn (Texas) on Dec. 12 in Muskogee, Okla. Bacone's last SAC win came 92-72 over John Brown (Ark.) on Feb. 16, 2017 at home
• SAC coaches expected Bacone to finish 12th in the league before the season

ABOUT THE COACHES
Vinay Patel (49-27, third season with OCU)
• Patel collected his second HoopDirt.com coach of the week honor for Dec. 4-10
• Patel has guided two OCU all-Americans, including the Stars' first first-teamer since 2008; the 2017 Sooner Athletic Conference player of the year, the 2017 SAC co-defensive player of the year, a finalist for the Dark Horse Dunker competition, six all-conference performers and three academic all-SAC choices
• Before coming to OCU, he spent one season as Rogers State's assistant coach and aided the Hillcats to a 20-8 season led by the conference player of the year
• Patel spent nine years as assistant before serving as the head coach at West Texas A&M. During that time, West Texas went to the NCAA Division II Tournament five times, won the Lone Star Conference championship and took two Lone Star South Division titles

Alan Foster (286-401, 18th season with Bacone)
• Collected 2004 Red River Athletic Conference coach of the year
• Guided Bacone to its only NAIA Division I Tournament appearance in 2010
• Serves as Bacone athletic director

ON THE AIR
• Oklahoma City University athletics provides live and on-demand audio, stats and video of its contests on OCU's Stretch portal. Cost to watch the game is $7.95 per game, $34.95 for a women's basketball season pass and $79.95 for an all-season pass in 2017-18
• Andrew Himes calls the action. Himes enters his seventh season as the voice of the Stars and has been broadcasting OCU basketball for 10 years starting on color commentary as an OCU student
• 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 Terence Bonhomme: G; 6' 0"; Senior

#22 Lou Dunbar: G; 6' 3"; Senior

#2 Jonathan Ellis: G; 5' 7"; Senior

#3 Ridell Camidge: F; 6' 4"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#5 Terence Bonhomme
: 6' 0"; Senior
: G

#22 Lou Dunbar
: 6' 3"; Senior
: G

#2 Jonathan Ellis
: 5' 7"; Senior
: G

#3 Ridell Camidge
: 6' 4"; Senior
: F