Mallory Lockhart leads the Stars with 17.5 points a game and 45 made 3-pointers this season.

Women's Basketball 1/3/2020 10:00:00 AM

OCU vs. Central Christian women's basketball preview

Stars have gotten off to a 10-0 start for first time since 2011-12

2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4
Abe Lemons Arena inside the Freede Center

THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University takes to the court at Abe Lemons Arena for the first time in 2020 against Central Christian (Kan.)
• Bo Overton comes off notching his 125th win as OCU coach. The Stars have gone 57-5 at home under Overton
• 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
• Oklahoma City rallied past Langston 69-55 on Thursday night in Langston, Okla. The Stars (10-0, 3-0) overcame a seven-point deficit for their first unbeaten start through 10 games since 2011-12
• Abby Selzer, a 6-foot-2 sophomore from Thomas, Okla., posted 21 points and four rebounds while shooting 9-for-11 from the floor and 3-for-4 at the free-throw line. Selzer tallied a season-best scoring output while equaling her most field goals this season. She recorded her first 20-point performance since scoring 20 vs. Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) on March 18, 2019 in the NAIA Tournament Fab Four. Selzer accumulates 15.3 points and 4.8 rebounds a game with a 62.9 percent field-goal percentage
• Mallory Lockhart, a 5-8 sophomore from Keller, Texas, collected 19 points while hitting 6 of her 13 shots from the field. Lockhart recorded 17.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.10 steals a game
• The Stars average 19.7 assists a contest as a team, while Mallory Lockhart has downed 4.50 3-pointers per game. To see how the Stars rank among the nation's statistical leaders, click here
• Oklahoma City rose to second in the most recent NAIA Division I rankings. The Stars reached the NAIA Tournament for the 22nd consecutive year and for the 25th time overall last season. OCU has captured nine national championships in 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017
• OCU was chosen tied for first in the SAC preseason coaches' poll. The Stars took their 19th SAC regular-season championship last season. OCU has won or shared nine of the last 10 league titles, going 222-22 (.910 winning percentage) within SAC play since 2007-08
• Oklahoma City owns a 5-0 all-time record against Central Christian. The Stars trounced Central Christian 87-33 on Jan. 24, 2019 at Abe Lemons Arena in the most recent meeting. Lockhart produced 20 points with 6-for-11 shooting from 3-point range

ABOUT THE LADY TIGERS
• Central Christian suffered a 60-51 setback to Oklahoma Baptist on Dec. 19 in Shawnee, Okla. Central Christian (3-7, 0-3 SAC) scuffled to 25 percent shooting from the field
• Tania Lowe, a 5-4 junior, pieced together 12 points, three rebounds and three steals. Lowe averages 9.7 points, 3.0 assists and 3.30 steals per game
• The Lady Tigers were picked to take 11th in the 11-team SAC before the season

MEET THE COACHES
Bo Overton (125-22, fifth season with OCU)
• Led Stars to a 33-5 season with the SAC regular-season crown and an NAIA DI tournament championship trip in 2018-19
• Overton has coached four all-Americans while at OCU, including Daniela Wallen, the 2017 NAIA DI 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 Olympic games
• From 1998-2004, Overton served as an assistant for Oklahoma. The Sooners made five NCAA Tournament appearances during that time, with a 2002 NCAA runner-up finish and Final Four berth. He also earned three Big 12 regular-season titles and two conference tournament championships throughout his six years
• He has an overall record coaching college women of 147-69 in seven years as a head coach

Marc Golden (7-61, third season with Central Christian)
• Directed the Lady Tigers to their first SAC victory 105-49 over Bacone on Jan. 5, 2019 in Muskogee, Okla.
• Guided Fort Myers Evangelical Christian (Fla.) to a 42-11 record and back-to-back district titles in three years
• Spent four years as an assistant at Baptist Bible (Mo.), his alma mater
• Coached two National Christian College Athletic Association all-Americans at Baptist Bible

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, $29.95 for a women's basketball season pass and $74.95 for an all-season pass in 2019-20
• Andrew Himes will provide the play-by-play. Himes is in his ninth season as the voice of the Stars and has been broadcasting OCU basketball for 12 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

#5 Mallory Lockhart: G; 5' 8"; Sophomore

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

Players Mentioned

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

#5 Mallory Lockhart
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: G

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

Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo

#5 Mallory Lockhart

#40 Abby Selzer

Players Mentioned

#5 Daniela Galindo

#5 Mallory Lockhart

#40 Abby Selzer