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

Stars carry two-game winning streak into Saturday's contest

Mallory Lockhart has made 45.6 percent of her 3-pointers to rank eighth in the NAIA.

Women's Basketball | 1/18/2019 3:00:00 PM

2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19
Abe Lemons Arena inside Freede Center

THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University prepares to take on Sooner Athletic Conference foe Southwestern Assemblies of God Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena
• 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 knocked off Texas Wesleyan 60-49 on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas. Oklahoma City (15-2, 8-1 SAC) has an eight-game road winning streak
• Abby Selzer, a 6-foot-2 freshman from Thomas, Okla., steered the Stars with 20 points, three rebounds, two blocks and a steal in 18 minutes of play. Selzer records 16.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per contest. Selzer puts together a 63.4 percent field-goal percentage to rate second in the NAIA
• Brennyn Seagler, a 5-11 junior from Gruver, Texas, contributed her first double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and two steals. Seagler amasses 6.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists a game
• The Stars top NAIA Division I by limiting foes to a 28.6 percent field-goal percentage. Taylor Sylvester ranks sixth nationally with 2.8 blocked shots a game and 47 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 208-21 (.908 winning percentage) within SAC play since 2007-08
• The Stars have gone 9-1 against SAGU over the years. OCU overpowered SAGU 78-53 on Feb. 23, 2018 in their last meeting Daniela Galindo led the charge with 25 points

ABOUT THE LADY LIONS
• SAGU conquered Southwestern Christian 73-66 on Saturday in Waxahachie, Texas. SAGU (11-6, 6-4 SAC) held an opponent to less than 50 points for the fourth time this season
• Lexi Rich, a 5-8 junior, had 21 points, six rebounds, three assists and a steal. Gleason equaled her season high with five 3-pointers. Rich provides her team with 18.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.17 steals a contest, Rich ranks second in the NAIA making 92.6 percent of free throw per game, fourth in the nation in total 3-pointers made with 58 and makes 3.22 3-pointers per game to be fifth best in the NAIA
• Kiara Glenn, a 5-5 sophomore, chipped in 19 points, four assists, three rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot. Glenn averages 10.1 points, 3.3 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.06 steals per game
• The Lady Lions make 76.0 percent of free throws a game to rate 5th nationally
• SAGU had been placed at sixth in the preseason SAC poll

MEET THE COACHES
Bo Overton (97-19, 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 119-66, notching his 100th career win in a 78-53 victory at Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) on Feb. 23, 2018

Tiffany Phillips (54-51, fourth 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 women's basketball season pass and $79.95 for an all-season pass in 2017-18
• Andrew Himes provides the play-by-play. 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

#34 Brennyn Seagler: F; 5' 11"; Junior

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

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

Players Mentioned

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

#34 Brennyn Seagler
: 5' 11"; Junior
: F

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

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