OCU at Paul Quinn men's basketball preview

Tigers won last matchup vs Stars

Men's Basketball 11/28/2022 11:36:00 AM

7:00 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28
Paul Quinn College | Dallas, Texas

THE MATCHUP

ABOUT THE STARS

The Stars are coming off an 80-81 loss to USAO. Avery Jacksons last second shot at the buzzer rimmed out. Jackson finished with 20 points Brandon Jackson finished with 27 points.
Dravon Clayborn had a double-double with 12 rebounds and 15 points.
The Stars came in seventh in the preseason SAC coach's 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 and has won six national championships in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2007 and 2008

ABOUT THE TIGERS

The have one official game played on the season. Their last three were exhibitions and resulted in losses.
As a team the Tigers rank first in steals and second field goals made per game

MEET THE COACHES

Mark Berokoff (second season at OCU, 20-18)

Mark Berokoff directed Oklahoma City to a 17-14 record in his first season as the Stars' head coach. The Stars collected the No. 3 seed in the SAC Tournament and earned their most conference wins since 2009-10 with a 15-7-mark Berokoff directed Randall to three national championships and a national runner-up showing in nine years as head coach of the Saints. Berokoff led Randall to a 147-122 mark. Randall annually squared off with SAC teams and knocked off OCU twice in that span. His college head-coaching record stood at 164-136 in 10 years before the season

Berokoff produced 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 became two-time national coach of the year
Berokoff's coaching career spans the high school, college, and professional levels. His joint head-coaching record over 20 years in the college and prep ranks was 389-213 entering the 2022-23 season

Brandon Espinosa (3rd season)

Brandon Espinosa is in his third season as Head Men's Basketball Coach at Paul Quinn College. During his first season with Paul Quinn,
Espinosa led the Tigers to the most conference victories since 2012-2013.
In addition, PQC had two players receive RRAC All-Conference honors
Espinosa also serves as the Director of EYBL and 17U Head Coach for Drive Nation which was founded by former NBA All-Star Jermaine O'Neal.
Espinosa has held coaching positions at Bossier Parish Community College, Ranger College and with the Dallas Mavericks NBA G-League affiliate, Texas Legends.
Played collegiately at Dallas Christian College

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