7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25
Bill George Arena | Siloam Springs, Ark.
THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University faces John Brown (Ark.) in a Sooner Athletic Conference Super Tuesday matchup
• The Stars compete in their only Tuesday game of the season
• The game pits the top team in the NAIA in opponents' 3-point shooting percentage against the No. 1 team nationally in 3-point attempts
• Tickets can be purchased via John Brown's HomeTown Ticketing portal
ABOUT THE STARS
• Oklahoma City topped Langston 84-77 on Saturday at C. Felton Gayles Field House in Langston, Okla. Rashaun Coleman converted a 3-point play with 38 seconds remaining to keep the Stars (10-10, 9-4 SAC) in the lead
• Kori Guest, a 6-foot-6 junior from Tulsa, Okla., supplied OCU with 20 points and six rebounds while firing in 5 of 11 3-point attempts. Guest turned in his third 20-point scoring outing of the season. Guest produces 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds a contest with a 34.5 percent 3-point shooting clip on the season
• Coleman, a 6-foot junior from Houston, and Romario Spence, a 6-7 senior from Luton, England, each tallied 17 points. Coleman notched his second double-double of the season while recording 10 rebounds and three assists. He has put up 15.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.27 steals a game. Spence supplied Oklahoma City with his fourth consecutive double-double with 14 rebounds
• Oklahoma City leads the NAIA by holding opponents to a 24.8 percent 3-point shooting percentage this season
• The Stars took the eighth spot in the preseason SAC coaches poll. OCU owns 13 SAC regular-season championships and 10 SAC Tournament titles. Oklahoma City has advanced to the NAIA Division I Championship Tournament 25 times all-time and has won six national championships in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2007 and 2008
• OCU holds the lead in the overall series vs. John Brown 39-20. The Stars overcame an early 11-point deficit in a 60-57 win Dec. 8 at Abe Lemons Arena in the first meeting this season. Coleman served as OCU's ring leader with 19 points and 11 rebounds
ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES
• John Brown took a 72-63 win against Central Christian (Kan.) on Saturday in McPherson, Kan. John Brown (13-8, 7-6 SAC) improved to 4-5 on the road this season
• Densier Carnes, a 6-6 senior, leads John Brown with 15.9 points and 8.2 rebounds a game this season
• John Brown shoots 33.2 3-point shots a game to lead the NAIA, while connecting on 11.2 treys on average to rank third in the nation
• The Golden Eagles were picked to finish fifth place in the SAC in the preseason
MEET THE COACHES
Mark Berokoff (first season with OCU)
• Mark Berokoff guided Randall to three national championships and a national runner-up finish in nine years as head coach of the Saints. Berokoff's record with Randall was 147-122. Randall regularly challenged SAC squads and defeated OCU twice during that time
• Berokoff coached five national player of the year honorees, 16 all-Americans, three national tournament outstanding player award winners and one scholar all-American with Randall. Berkoff was two-time national coach of the year
• Berokoff's coaching career includes experience on the high school, college and professional levels. His combined head-coaching record over 19 years in the college and prep ranks is 372-199
Jason Beschta (eighth season at JBU, 132-94)
• Led the Golden Eagles to a school-record 28-5 mark for the 2019-20 season. JBU was ranked no. 9 in the NAIA rankings entering the 2020 NAIA National Tournament, which was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic. .
• Guided JBU to its first-ever 20-win season and first-ever NAIA Tournament appearance during the 2018-19 season.
• Prior to his arrival at JBU, Beschta led Oklahoma Wesleyan for three seasons, amassing a 62-36 record at OKWU. He led the Eagles to a round of 16 finish in the NAIA Division II national tournament in 2012-13, finishing that season 25-10
ON THE AIR
• John Brown will provide a live video stream of the game over the SAC Sports Network
• Oklahoma City University athletics will offer a live audio play-by-play broadcast of the game. Oklahoma City University athletics provides live and on-demand audio and video of its contests on OCU's BlueFrame platform
• 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
