3:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8
Sid Richardson Center | Fort Worth, Texas
 
THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University hits the road for Fort Worth, Texas to do battle with the No. 20 Texas Wesleyan Rams 
• The game will be the sixth matchup with an NAIA top-25 opponent for the Stars this year. Their last win over a ranked foe came on Mar. 21, 2019 against then-No. 6 Stillman (Ala.), 101-84
• OCU took then 22nd-ranked Texas Wesleyan to the brink on Jan. 9 at Abe Lemons Arena before the Rams hung on for the 83-80 win

ABOUT THE STARS
• OCU carried a 41-38 lead into the half in their game against NAIA No. 15 Southwestern Assemblies of God Lions, but the Lions poured in 64 points after the half to take the 102-90 victory
• Freshman Eddie Smith, a guard from Birmingham, Ala., led the Stars with 18 points in only 18 minutes of action. He was 7-for-9 from the floor, and 4-for-5 from 3-point range, and he dished out four assists
• Rashaun Coleman, a 6-foot junior from Houston, and Anthony Davis, a 6-foot-7 senior from Lewisville, Texas, added 17 points apiece, Coleman notched six assists, and Davis reeled in nine rebounds in the game. A.J. Cockrell recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards, and Trae Bryant added a dozen tallies
• Oklahoma City has allowed the 10th-lowest opposing 3-point field-goal percentage in NAIA Division I at 30.8 percent this season. Compare OCU with the rest of the NAIA statistically this season here
• The Stars have been slotted to take fifth place in the SAC according to the preseason coaches poll. OCU owns 13 SAC regular-season championships and 10 SAC Tournament titles. Oklahoma City reached the NAIA Division I Championship Tournament for the 25th time last season and has won six national championships in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2007 and 2008
• OCU holds the all-time series lead, 15-14. The Stars have won six of the last 10 meetings in the series, and the Texas Wesleyan win in January snapped a three game OCU winning streak

ABOUT THE RAMS
• Texas Wesleyan is also on the rebound after taking an upset loss at Southwestern Christian on Thursday night, 100-89. 
• Peyton Sallee led the Rams with 26 points in the loss, and Akeem White added 18 markers. The Rams, though, struggled defensively, allowing the Eagles to shoot the ball at a nearly-57 percent clip in the game
• The Rams rank ninth in NAIA Division I in scoring offense per game (89.8 ppg) and Sam Lorenzen connects from long distance an average of 3.045 times per game which ranks 11th in the NAIA

MEET THE COACHES
Hank Aldous (first season with OCU)
• Served as graduate assistant at the University of Denver prior to coming to OCU
• Became Southern Athletic Association player of the year as a senior at Hendrix (Ark.) during his playing career
• Aldous led Hendrix to two conference titles and its first conference tournament crown ever, becoming the SAA Tournament most valuable player. Hendrix made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament
 
Brennen Shingleton (155-91, eighth season with Texas Wesleyan)
• Shingleton served as an assistant coach and later as an associate head coach for 10 years prior to becoming Texas Wesleyan head coach
• He reached 100 wins during the team's national championship run in 2017, making him the fastest coach to reach the milestone in the history of the program
• Shingleton is a two-time SAC coach of the year and was named NAIA national coach of the year in 2017
 
ON THE AIR
• Watch the game live or follow the game via live stats on the Texas Wesleyan Stretch portal
• 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