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Brett Tahah led the Stars to victory in her first game as OCU head coach.

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OCU at Oklahoma Wesleyan women's basketball preview

Stars travel to Bartlesville, Okla., for their lone non-conference matchup of 2020-21

6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25
Mueller Sports Center | Bartlesville, Okla.
 
THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University steps out of the Sooner Athletic Conference to meet Oklahoma Wesleyan
• This contest represents the Stars' only non-conference encounter on the 2020-21 schedule
 
ABOUT THE STARS
• Oklahoma City rolled to a 92-58 season-opening victory over Central Christian (Kan.) on Saturday in McPherson, Kan. The Stars played for the first time since March 7, 2020 (322 days)
• Andi Pierce accumulated 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Pierce, a 5-foot-10 senior from Garber, Okla., shot 6-for-12 from the field and 7-for-10 from the free-throw line. Pierce saw her first game action since Dec. 9, 2018 for Omaha against CSU Bakersfield
• Erika Ankney, a 5-9 junior from Harrah, Okla., supplied the Stars with 18 points, six assists and three steals. She hit 6 of her 12 field-shot tries and 4 of 5 free-throw shots
• The Stars compiled the No. 1 opposing field-goal percentage (32.2 percent) among NAIA Division I last season. Lockhart sank an OCU single-season record 117 treys, which led the country. To see how the Stars rated among NAIA Division I statistically, click here
• Oklahoma City holds the No. 5 ranking for the second consecutive NAIA poll. Oklahoma City tops the NAIA with 264 consecutive appearances in the top 25 dating back to 1997-98
• OCU has captured nine national championships in 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017 and finished as national runner-up four times (2003, 2004, 2005 and 2019). Since 1998-99, Oklahoma City owns a .884 winning percentage with a 678-89 mark
• The Stars were projected to finish second in the preseason SAC poll. OCU captured the Sooner Athletic Conference regular-season title for the 20th time, fourth year in a row and 10th time in 11 years in 2019-20. OCU has a 240-23 record (.913 winning percentage) within SAC play since 2007-08
• The Stars have a 2-0 all-time record against Oklahoma Wesleyan with both meetings happening in a home-and-home set in 2006-07. In the last meeting, OCU pounded Oklahoma Wesleyan 84-45 on Nov. 21, 2006 in Bartlesville, Okla. Zanita Johnson and Alexandra Kotta topped the Stars with 17 points each
 
ABOUT THE LADY EAGLES
• Oklahoma Wesleyan completed its season series against Ottawa (Kan.) with a 76-65 win on Saturday in Bartlesville, Okla. The Lady Eagles (8-9, 7-8 KCAC) overcame an early 13-4 deficit, shot 50 percent from the floor in the second period and nailed six second-half treys
• ShaRae Frazier, a 5-9 senior, had 15 points and five rebounds to propel Oklahoma Wesleyan. Frazier sank 7-for-9 from the field. Frazier averages a 7.5 points and 6.1 rebounds a game
• The Lady Eagles have canned 175 3-pointers this season to rank fourth nationally
• Oklahoma Wesleyan took sixth in the preseason Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference poll

MEET THE COACHES
Brett Tahah (first season with OCU)
• Tahah became the first former Oklahoma City player to take over the program as head coach. Tahah (nee' Bates) helped the Stars advance to two NAIA Division I Championship Tournament Fab Four appearances, two conference tournament championships, one SAC regular-season title and an .863 winning percentage (63-10) from 2008-10
• Accumulated a 117-50 head-coaching record (.701 winning percentage) with two state tournament semifinal berths in six years at Oklahoma high schools Frontier, Elgin, Hobart and Lookeba-Sickles
• Tahah coached eight all-staters and collected two regional coach of the year honors on the prep level
• During her college career, Tahah tallied 1,227 points and 178 3-pointers and became league player of the year

Grace Hadley (28-28, third season with Oklahoma Wesleyan)
• Hadley took over as Oklahoma Wesleyan head coach in the midst of the 2018-19 season
• Played the final three seasons of her college career at Southwestern Christian
• Started her college career at Southwestern (Kan.), where she contributed to an NAIA Division II Championship Tournament quarterfinals appearance
 
ON THE AIR
• Oklahoma Wesleyan will offer live video and stats of the game
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Players Mentioned

Erika Ankney

#21 Erika Ankney

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5' 9"
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Players Mentioned

Erika Ankney

#21 Erika Ankney

5' 9"
Junior
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