2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6 
Abe Lemons Arena inside Freede Center | Oklahoma City

THE MATCHUP

• Oklahoma City University faces Champion Christian (Ark.) in non-conference action on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena
• The game will be the final tune-up for the Stars before they start Sooner Athletic Conference play with a road game at Central Christian (Kan.) on Nov. 18
• Champion Christian is the defending National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Division II Women's Basketball National Champion. The Lady Tigers defeated Arlington Baptist 87-81 in the National Championship final

ABOUT THE STARS 
• OCU is off to a 2-0 start to the 2021-22 season. The Stars defeated Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 78-71 at Abe Lemons Arena on Oct. 29 before earning an 81-68 road win over Wiley College (Texas) on Monday
• Center Abby Selzer leads the Stars in scoring (18.0 ppg), rebounding (12.0 rpg) and blocks (2.50 bpg) this season. Entering her senior campaign, she is a two-time consensus All-American and one-time Sooner Athletic Conference player of the year and SAC athlete of the year
• Other Stars averaging double-figures in scoring through two games are senior guard Erika Ankney (16.5 ppg), junior forward Fiona Wilson (14.5 ppg) and senior guard Annilia Dawn (13.5 ppg)
• OCU has out-rebounded its opponents 101-68 through two games
• Oklahoma City 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, OCU owns a .884 winning percentage with a 684-90 mark
• The Stars received votes in the latest NAIA poll. OCU was projected to finish third in the preseason SAC poll
• OCU faces Champion Christian for the first time ever

ABOUT THE LADY TIGERS

• Champion Christian is off to a 2-0 start this season. The Lady Tigers won both games played last weekend at the first annual Champion Classic in Hot Springs with an 84-52 win over Bacone and a 70-54 win over Campbellsville University-Harrodsburg
 
MEET THE COACHES

Brett Tahah (7-1, second season with OCU)
• Tahah is the first former OCU player to serve as head coach of the program
• As a player from 2002-10 she helped lead the team to a 63-10 record, two conference championships and two NAIA Fab Four appearances
• Tahah compiled a 117-50 head-coaching record with two state tournament semifinal berths in six years at Oklahoma high schools Frontier, Elgin, Hobart and Lookeba-Sickles 

DeAnthony Ellison (39-15, third season at Champion Christian)
• Led Champion Christian to NCCAA Division II National Title in his second season as head coach
• Led team to 19-11 record in his first season as head coach
• Former boys assistant coach at Texoma Christian School

ON THE AIR

• Oklahoma City University athletics provides live and on-demand audio, stats and video of its contests on OCU's BlueFrame platform. Cost to watch OCU athletics live is $4.99 per game, while there is a women's basketball season pass available for $56
• Andrew Himes will provide the play-by-play. Himes enters his 11th season as the voice of the Stars and has been broadcasting OCU basketball for 14 years starting on color commentary as an OCU student
• OCU has partnered with BlueFrame Technology to create the OCU Sports Network. To watch live video, fans can find the Stars' BlueFrame platform over the web on the SAC Network along with streaming apps for mobile devices (iOS and Android) and televisions including Amazon Fire Tablet, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV and Roku. The app can be found and installed by searching for the SAC Network