6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1
C. Felton Gayles Field House | Langston, Okla.
THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University visits Langston, which is undefeated at home so far, in a Sooner Athletic Conference women's basketball clash
• OCU leads the all-time series 38-4
ABOUT THE STARS
• OCU succumbed to Lubbock Christian (Texas) 74-65 in an exhibition matchup Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. The Stars (2-4, 0-2 SAC) sliced their deficit to 65-61 on Cacie Gorman's free throws with 5:46 remaining, but Lubbock Christian answered with a 9-0 run. OCU hit all 15 of its foul shots
• Cacie Gorman, a junior from Watonga, Okla., turned in 17 points and 11 rebounds while hitting 7 of 11 from the field. Gorman has provided Oklahoma City with 6.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.33 blocked shots per game this season
• Annilia Dawn, a senior from Amarillo, Texas, finished with 14 points and five assists. Dawn has posted 8.8 points and 2.0 assists a contest in 2022-23
• Oklahoma City's 74.0 percent free-throw percentage stands 36th within the NAIA on the season
• The Stars took the seventh spot in the preseason Sooner Athletic Conference coaches poll. Oklahoma City has seized 20 SAC regular-season championships and 12 SAC Tournament titles. Oklahoma City owns 26 appearances in the NAIA Division I Championship Tournament with nine national championships won in 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2017 with four national runner-up finishes (2003, 2004, 2005, 2019)
• The Stars collected an 88-68 victory on Jan. 22 in Langston, Okla., in the most recent meeting. Dawn posted 22 points
ABOUT THE LIONS
• Langston dominated Central Christian (Kan.) 101-50 in its last game Tuesday in Langston, Okla. The Lions (7-2, 2-1 SAC) reached 100 points for the first time since a 102-59 win against Central Christian on Feb. 22 in Langston, Okla.
• Hailey Jordan and Kameron Shelley led with 19 points each. Jordan, a 5-9 junior, had seven rebounds and two steals. She has averaged 16.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.00 steals per game in 2022-23
• Langston held the sixth slot in the SAC preseason poll
MEET THE COACHES
Kris Seigenthaler (first year at OCU)
• Kris Seignthaler assumed the OCU head-coaching job after spending the last four years at Loyola (La.) as an assistant coach. Loyola made four national-tournament appearances with four 20-win seasons and twice sweeping the Southern States Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles
• Seigenthaler has had coaching stops as an assistant at Auburn University at Montgomery (Ala.), Faulkner (Ala.) and Shorter (Ga.).
• While at Auburn Montgomery, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association included Seigenthaler among its rising stars in the coaching profession on the Thirty Under 30 list
• Seigenthaler began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Shorter following a playing career at the University of Montevallo (Ala.)
Kevin Herod (first year as at LU)
• Kevin Herod guided Talladega (Ala.) to a 171-68 record in eight seasons, giving him the most wins of any HBCU women's basketball coach in that span
• Talladega had a 21-12 mark in 2021-22, reaching the NAIA Championship Tournament and defeating Providence (Mont.), ranked 13th at the time, in the first round
• Herod led Talladega to its first ever Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship and became league coach of the year in 2016-17
ON THE AIR
• Oklahoma City University athletics provides live and on-demand audio, stats and video of its contests on OCU's BlueFrame platform. OCU will offer a live audio stream of the game
• Andrew Himes will offer commentary. Himes enters his 12th season as the voice of the Stars and has been broadcasting OCU basketball for 15 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
• Langston will offer live video and live stats of the game
