Women's Basketball | 1/30/2019 11:58:00 AM
6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31
Palmer Center | Muskogee, Okla.
THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University aims to reach 20 victories for the 21st consecutive season against Bacone
• Oklahoma City owns a 634-84 record for an .883 winning percentage since 1998-99
• OCU has averaged 30.8 wins with 19 25-win seasons and 12 30-win marks over the past 20 years
ABOUT THE STARS
• The Stars ripped Mid-America Christian 85-62 on Tuesday at Abe Lemons Arena. Oklahoma City (19-2, 12-1 SAC) reeled off an 11-2 run to open the second half
• Abby Selzer, a 6-foot-2 freshman from Thomas, Okla., supplied OCU with 18 points and eight rebounds. Selzer hit her first five shots from the field, finishing 5-for-6 from the floor and 8-for-8 from the free-throw line. She turns in 16.4 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.29 blocks a game. Selzer's 64.1 shooting percentage from the floor ranks second in NAIA Division I
• Brennyn Seagler, a 5-11 junior from Gruver, Texas, matched her season high with 13 points. Seagler hauled in five rebounds. Seagler contributes 7.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per contest with a 40 percent 3-point shooting percentage
• The Stars hold foes to 28.5 percent shooting from the field for the lowest opponents' shooting percentage in NAIA Division I this season. OCU ranks second nationally in scoring margin (plus-26.9), blocks per game (6.67), blocks (140), defensive rebounds a game (33.2) and assists (398). 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 212-21 (.910 winning percentage) within SAC play since 2007-08
• OCU trampled Bacone 97-22 on Dec. 15, 2018 at Abe Lemons Arena. Selzer had 22 points and 10 rebounds. Oklahoma City has gone 9-0 against Bacone over the years
ABOUT THE LADY WARRIORS
• Bacone took a 78-42 setback to Texas Wesleyan on Saturday in Muskogee, Okla. Bacone remained winless on the season, going to 0-16, 0-13 in the SAC
• Erica Baker, a junior guard, had eight points and two rebounds. Baker averages 5.3 points a game
• The Lady Warriors rank 45th nationally with 6.50 3-pointers made per game
• League coaches tabbed Bacone at 12th in the preseason conference poll
MEET THE COACHES
Bo Overton (101-19, 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 123-66, notching his 100th career win in a 78-53 victory at Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) on Feb. 23, 2018
Juan Davis (first season with Bacone)
• Davis took over as Bacone coach after Galen Springer became athletic director
• He served as assistant men's basketball coach at Bacone from 2008-11 and returned to the Warriors in that capacity in 2016
• Contributed to Bacone's first NAIA men's tournament appearance and a Red River Athletic Conference Tournament title-winning team
ON THE AIR
• Oklahoma City University athletics provides live and on-demand audio of its contests on OCU's Stretch portal. Listen to the game live and follow on live stats here
• Andrew Himes supplies the play-by-play. Himes enters his eighth season as the voice of the Stars and has been broadcasting OCU basketball for 11 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
