Torie Shanbour has averaged 2.2 points and 1.2 assists off the bench this season.

Women's Basketball 1/3/2018 11:55:00 AM

OCU vs. Southwestern Assemblies of God women’s basketball preview

Stars carry four-game winning streak into Thursday’s contest

6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4
Abe Lemons Arena inside the Freede Center

THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City opens the second semester of the season with a home tilt against Sooner Athletic Conference opponent Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas)
• 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
• Oklahoma City most recently knocked off Bacone 62-59 on Dec. 16 at the Palmer Center. Alexis Hill hit a free throw with one second left to put OCU ahead by three points, then the Stars kept Bacone from attempting the game-tying shot before the final buzzer. The Stars (10-2, 4-0 SAC) won their fourth game in a row despite shooting 18.2 percent from 3-point range in the win over Bacone
• Taylor LaCour, a 6-foot-1 junior from Georgetown, Texas, led the Stars with a game-high 18 points, four rebounds and four blocks against the Warriors. She averages 13.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game
• Daniela Galindo, a 5-foot-10 senior from Shattuck, Okla., added 15 points, six rebounds and four assists against Bacone. Galindo ranks third in NAIA Division I women's basketball in points per game, averaging 22.2 points a night
• Hill, a 6-foot-1 senior from Byng, Okla., contributed seven points and seven boards in the victory over Bacone. Hill averages 7.8 points and 6.2 boards a game this season
• OCU ranks sixth in NAIA Division I in both 3-point field goal percentage (37.5) and free throw percentage (76.7). The Stars also secure 30.3 defensive rebounds per game, the eighth highest average in Division I
• Oklahoma City stayed at eighth place in the latest NAIA Division I ratings. OCU 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. OCU appeared in the rankings for the 240th consecutive time since 1997-98 for the NAIA's longest such streak
• 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. The Stars have won or shared seven of the past eight SAC regular-season titles and have gone 149-11 (.931 winning percentage) in league play during that span
• In its last meeting with Southwestern Assemblies of God, Oklahoma City dominated the Lions 91-44 on Feb. 23, 2017 at Abe Lemons Arena and clinched its 17th SAC regular-season women's basketball championship. OCU owns a 7-1 record vs. Southwestern Assemblies of God

ABOUT THE LADY LIONS
• Southwestern Assemblies of God comes off a 73-58 loss to USAO in Waxahachie, Texas. The Lady Lions (5-5, 2-2 SAC) allowed USAO to shoot 61.5 percent from 3 and 42.6 percent from the field
• Lexi Rich, a 5-foot-8 sophomore from San Antonio, leads the Lady Lions in scoring with 15.6 points per game. She was held to just three points on 1 of 9 shooting against USAO
• Kiarra Glenn, a 5-foot-5 freshman from Ennis, Texas, turned in a team-high 16 points and four assists against USAO. In her last four outings, Glenn is averaging 17.7 points per game
• SAGU sits right behind Oklahoma City in 3-point field goal percentage, connecting on 37.4 percent of its attempts from deep – the seventh best average in NAIA Division I
• Southwestern Assemblies of God was picked to finish eighth in the preseason SAC coaches poll

MEET THE COACHES
Bo Overton (64-13, 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 Daniela 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

Tiffany Phillips (34-35, third season with SAGU)
• Phillips took Hector (Ark.), Marshall (Ark.) and Morrilton Sacred Heart (Ark.) to state-tournament appearances as a high-school head coach
• She had coached collegiately as an assistant at Delta State (Miss.) and Central Arkansas

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 men'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 Daniela Galindo: G; 5' 11"; Senior

#24 Alexis Hill: C; 6' 1"; Senior

#14 Taylor LaCour: C; 6' 1"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo
: 5' 11"; Senior
: G

#24 Alexis Hill
: 6' 1"; Senior
: C

#14 Taylor LaCour
: 6' 1"; Junior
: C

Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo

#24 Alexis Hill

#14 Taylor LaCour

Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo

#24 Alexis Hill

#14 Taylor LaCour