OCU at Texas Wesleyan women's basketball preview

Stars enter road contest with seven-game win streak in away games

6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17
Sid Richardson Center | Fort Worth, Texas

THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University puts its unbeaten road record on the line against Sooner Athletic Conference foe Texas Wesleyan
• The Stars own a 5-0 away record this season
• OCU owns a 34-9 road mark under coach Bo Overton

ABOUT THE STARS
• The Stars trampled Panhandle State 80-51 on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena. Oklahoma City (14-2, 7-1 SAC) have limited opponents to 55 points or less 12 times this season
• Abby Selzer, a 6-foot-2 freshman from Thomas, Okla., paced the Stars with 21 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in 17 minutes of play. Selzer collected her second consecutive double-double and fourth double-double of the season. She turns in 16.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.38 blocks per contest. Selzer puts together a 62.5 percent field-goal percentage to rate second in the NAIA
• Taylor LaCour, a 6-1 senior from Georgetown, Texas, contributed 13 points, six rebounds and two steals. LaCour accumulates 10.3 points and 5.1 rebounds a game
• The Stars top NAIA Division I by limiting foes to a 28.5 percent field-goal percentage. Taylor Sylvester ranks sixth nationally with 2.75 blocked shots a game and 44 rejections. To see how the Stars rate among NAIA Division I statistically, click here
• OCU moved to No. 12 in the last NAIA ranking. Oklahoma City added to the NAIA's longest streak of top-25 appearances, making its 249th consecutive top 25 dating back to 1997-98. OCU has made 24 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 picked up the second spot in the Sooner Athletic Conference preseason coaches poll. Oklahoma City took its 18th SAC regular-season championship and 12th SAC Tournament title last season. OCU has won or shared nine of the past 11 league titles, going 207-21 (.908 winning percentage) within SAC play since 2007-08
• Oklahoma City ripped Texas Wesleyan 79-59 on Feb. 25, 2018 at Abe Lemons Arena in the most recent clash between the two teams. OCU recorded its 19th 25-win season in 20 years
• The Stars have gone 14-0 against Texas Wesleyan over the years

ABOUT THE LADY RAMS
• Texas Wesleyan trounced Langston 77-48 on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas. Texas Wesleyan (8-9, 6-3 SAC) held an opponent to less than 50 points for the fourth time this season
• Nicole Gleason, a 5-11 junior, had 17 points, nine rebounds and two blocked shots. Gleason equaled her season high with five 3-pointers. Gleason provides her team with 12.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.50 steals a contest
• Evie Whorley, a 5-5 sophomore, rang up 17 points, four rebounds and three assists while hitting 6 of 8 shots from the floor. Whorley averages 9.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game
• The Lady Rams pick up 33.0 defensive rebounds a game to rate 11th nationally
• Texas Wesleyan had been placed at seventh in the preseason SAC poll

MEET THE COACHES
Bo Overton (96-19, fourth season with OCU)
• Led Stars to 28-6 season with the SAC regular-season and tournament crowns in 2017-18
• Overton has coached four all-Americans while at OCU, including Daniela Wallen, the 2017 NAIA Division I player of the year, and Daniela Galindo, the 2018 WBCA NAIA 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
• He has an overall record coaching college women of 118-66, notching his 100th career win in a 78-53 victory at Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) on Feb. 23, 2018

Steve Trachier (17-28, second season with Texas Wesleyan)
• The Lady Rams are attempting to equal their win total and already matched their number of SAC victories from last season
• Added coached duties while serving Texas Wesleyan in his seventh year as athletic director
• Guided Texas Wesleyan into the SAC in 2013-14 and in reviving Texas Wesleyan's football program after a 76-year absence from campus

ON THE AIR
• Watch live or follow the game on the Texas Wesleyan Stretch portal
• 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

#14 Taylor LaCour: F; 6' 1"; Senior

#33 Taylor Sylvester: C; 6' 5"; Junior

#40 Abby Selzer: C; 6' 2"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

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

#14 Taylor LaCour
: 6' 1"; Senior
: F

#33 Taylor Sylvester
: 6' 5"; Junior
: C

#40 Abby Selzer
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: C