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Taylor Sylvester
Taylor Sylvester averaged 3.67 blocked shots per game during the SAC Tournament.
68
Winner Wayland Baptist (Texas) WBU 28-5
62
Oklahoma City OCU 29-4
Winner
Wayland Baptist (Texas) WBU
28-5
68
Final
62
Oklahoma City OCU
29-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wayland Baptist (Texas) WBU 15 18 18 17 68
Oklahoma City OCU 19 15 15 13 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

OCU drops SAC Tournament title game to Wayland Baptist 68-62

Kay, Selzer of Stars take all-tournament nods

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University fell short 68-62 to Wayland Baptist (Texas) in the Sooner Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament title game Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena.
Oklahoma City made its fifth appearance in a row and 18th overall trip to the SAC Tournament championship game. The Stars, ranked ninth in NAIA Division I, went to 29-4, while eighth-ranked Wayland Baptist improved to 28-5.
OCU had won the past two SAC Tournament titles. Oklahoma City captured its 19th SAC regular-season championship to secure an NAIA Division I Tournament berth for the 22nd consecutive year and 25th time overall. National-tournament pairings will be announced 5 p.m. CST March 6. The NAIA Tournament takes place March 13-19 in Billings, Mont.
Abby Selzer, a freshman from Thomas, Okla., powered the Stars with 26 points and five rebounds. Selzer and Michaela Kay picked up all-tournament acclaim.
Selzer produced 19.7 points and 4.3 rebounds a contest and a 69 percent field-goal percentage in the tournament, while Kay added 10.0 points and 5.0 assists a game with 44.4 percent shooting from 3-point land. Kay, a senior from Spokane, Wash., became a two-time all-tournament choice. Kay chipped in seven points and five assists Saturday.
NaShyla Hammons, a junior from Oklahoma City, pulled down 11 rebounds, and Taylor Sylvester, a junior from Chickasha, Okla., had four blocked shots for OCU.
Maci Merket supplied Wayland Baptist with 22 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and five 3-pointers to snag tournament most valuable player. Wayland Baptist overcame an eight-point second-quarter deficit. The Flying Queens limited their turnovers to seven, the fewest by an OCU opponent this season. 
 
Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament
WOMEN
At Campus Sites
Tuesday's Results
Quarterfinals
Southwestern Assemblies of God 73, Mid-America Christian 70
USAO 70, John Brown 43
Wayland Baptist 83, Texas Wesleyan 58
Oklahoma City 78, Panhandle State 45
At Abe Lemons Arena
Oklahoma City
Friday's Results
Semifinals
Wayland Baptist 68, USAO 60
Oklahoma City 82, Southwestern Assemblies of God 55
Saturday's Result
Championship
Wayland Baptist 68, Oklahoma City 62
 
All-Tournament
Morgan Bennett, Wayland Baptist; Kaylee Edgemon, Wayland Baptist; Vivian Holcomb, USAO; Michaela Kay, Oklahoma City; Abby Selzer, Oklahoma City.
Most valuable player: Maci Merket, Wayland Baptist.
Hustle award winner: Reyna Ammons, USAO.
 
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