Women's Basketball | 2/13/2019 4:22:00 PM
6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14
Oscar Williams Field House | Goodwell, Okla.
THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University looks to notch its 20th 25-win season in 21 years against Panhandle State
• The Stars posted their 21st consecutive 20-win mark with a 93-29 win Jan. 31 in Muskogee, Okla.
• Oklahoma City has forged a 639-84 record for an .884 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
• OCU cruised to an 85-56 victory over Texas Wesleyan on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena. The Stars (24-2, 17-1 SAC) finished a stretch of six games in two weeks undefeated and with an 11-game winning string
• Mallory Lockhart, a 5-foot-7 freshman from Keller, Texas, recorded 19 points, three assists and five 3-pointers to make the most of her first career start. Lockhart's 77 3-pointers rank 10th on OCU's list of most treys in a season. Lockhart supplies the Stars with 11.5 points a game and 45.6 percent shooting from 3-point range
• Abby Selzer, a 6-2 freshman from Thomas, Okla., added 14 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. Selzer has reached double digits in scoring in 10 consecutive contests. Selzer produces 16.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.15 rejections a game. Selzer leads the NAIA with a 65.9 percent field-goal percentage
• The Stars has defeated opponents by an average margin of 30.2 points and limited foes to a 28.3 percent field-goal percentage to lead the NAIA in both categories. To see how the Stars rate among NAIA Division I statistically, click here
• OCU went to 10th in the last NAIA Division I rankings. Oklahoma City added to the NAIA's longest streak of top-25 appearances, making its 251st consecutive national ranking 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 217-21 (.912 winning percentage) within SAC play since 2007-08
• OCU blasted Panhandle State 80-51 on Jan. 12 in Oklahoma City. Selzer served as the Stars' ringleader with 21 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks. OCU had 43 points off the bench. Oklahoma City boasts of a 6-0 mark against Panhandle State
ABOUT THE AGGIES
• Panhandle State fell 86-59 on Saturday in Siloam Springs, Ark. John Brown shot 12-for-24 from 3-point land against the Aggies (12-11, 8-9 SAC)
• Addison Munsch, a 5-7 sophomore, had 25 points and nine rebounds. Munsch averages 16.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.30 steals per contest. She ranks 11th in the NAIA in field-goal percentage (51.3 percent)
• Panhandle State ranks 30th nationally with 27.6 defensive rebounds a game
• SAC coaches predicted the Aggies to finish ninth in the league
MEET THE COACHES
Bo Overton (106-19, 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 128-66, notching his 100th career win in a 78-53 victory at Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) on Feb. 23, 2018
Victor Esparza (26-25, second season with Panhandle State)
• Elevated to the head-coaching position after serving 2016-17 as assistant to Charles Terry
• Previously served as head basketball coach at Raton (N.M.) High School
• Panhandle State alum who spent seven years as assistant men's basketball coach and became head men's and women's cross country coach
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