6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 20
Abe Lemons Arena inside the Freede Center

THE MATCHUP

• Oklahoma City University will try to get back into the win column when it faces Central Christian (Kan.) on Thursday night at Abe Lemons Arena. Playing with a shuffled roster since returning from the Christmas break, the Stars have dropped two straight entering the contest. One of those losses was a forfeit to Texas Wesleyan on Jan. 13.
• OCU holds a 9-0 advantage in the all-time series against Central Christian and a 4-0 lead in the series at Abe Lemons Arena. Only two games in the series have been decided by less than 30 points, a 75-59 decision at Abe Lemons Arena on Jan. 4, 2020 and a 62-50 in the last meeting between the two schools earlier this season in McPherson, Kan. Abby Selzer contributed a team-high 20 points and 13 rebounds in that come from behind win for the Stars.
• Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased via OCU's HomeTown Ticketing portal
• OCU students, faculty and staff gain admission to all OCU regular-season home athletics events free of charge with their ID

ABOUT THE STARS 

• OCU (10-6, 5-6 SAC) dropped an 85-50 decision to Science & Arts on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena.
• Senior center Abby Selzer contributed her 10th double-double of the season in the loss, finishing with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Those numbers pushed her career totals to 1,488 points and 656 rebounds.
• Selzer contributed a season-high four blocks against S&A. She ranks first in the SAC in blocks (1.6 bpg), second in rebounding and (11.5 rpg) and sixth in scoring (17.3 ppg).
• Junior forward Fiona Wilson finished with 14 points against S&A, scoring in double-figures for the third straight game and the eighth time this season. She has averaged 15.7 points per game in the three games played since returning from the break and ranks fourth on the squad for the season with an 11.9 points per game scoring average.
• Senior guard Erika Ankney, who did not play against the Drovers, scored a career-high 31 points in an overtime road win over Southwestern Christian on Jan. 8. She has scored in double-figures in nine of 10 games played this season, scoring 20-plus points five times.
• OCU recorded a season-high six blocks against S&A.
• OCU leads the SAC and ranks sixth in the NAIA in free throw percentage (235 of 302, 77.8%).
• OCU ranks fifth in the SAC in team offense (74.6 ppg) and eOCU ighth in team defense (70.2 ppg).
• 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) 
• The Stars took third in the preseason SAC poll. Oklahoma City owns 20 SAC regular-season titles and 12 SAC Tournament championships. Since 2007-08, OCU has gone 247-28 (.898 winning percentage) in conference play

ABOUT THE LADY TIGERS

• Southwestern Christian defeated Central Christian (1-18, 0-12 SAC) on Saturday in Bethany. The result stretched CCCK's losing streak to 12 games.
• Senior forward Destiny Broussard contributed a team-high 12 points in the loss to SCU. Overall, she leads the team in rebounding (6.1 rpg) and ranks second in scoring (7.9 ppg).
• Grad student guard Cheyenne Marshall leads CCCK in scoring with a 9.3 points per game scoring average.
• TWU ranks 12th in the SAC in team offense (65.1 ppg) and 10th in team defense (72.1 ppg).

 
MEET THE COACHES

Brett Tahah (15-7, second season with OCU)
• Tahah is the first former OCU student-athlete 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 

Matt Barreiro (1-18, first season at CCCK)
• Takes over at CCCK after serving as men's and women's basketball head coach at The King's University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for seven years
• Prior experience gained as women's assistant coach at Anderson University (NCAA D III), St. Ambrose University (NAIA) and Hannibal-LaGrange University (NAIA)

 
ON THE AIR

• Oklahoma City University athletics provides live and on-demand audio and video of its contests on OCU's BlueFrame platform as well as live statistics. 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 calls the action. 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