7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6
Abe Lemons Arena inside the Freede Center
THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University's Super Tuesday men's basketball matchup pits the Stars against Sooner Athletic Conference foe John Brown (Ark.)
• The Stars play John Brown in two Tuesday contests this season. OCU has a 13-6 record in Tuesday games over the previous five seasons
• Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for students. All tickets must be purchased via OCU's HomeTown Ticketing portal. No tickets are to be purchased via cash on site. OCU students, faculty and staff gain admission to all OCU regular-season home athletics events free of charge with their ID
ABOUT THE STARS
• The Stars cruised to a 74-64 win over Central Christian (Kan.) on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena. OCU (4-6, 2-2 Sooner Athletic Conference) owns a 3-0 home mark this season with three consecutive league games at Abe Lemons Arena coming up
• Avery Jackson, a 6-foot-3 freshman from Frisco, Texas, totaled 19 points and five rebounds Saturday. He shot 5-for-8 from the field and 8-for-10 from the foul line. Jackson provides OCU with 17.4 points and 4.6 rebounds a contest with a 53.6 percent field-goal percentage and 51.4 percent 3-point shooting clip in 2022-23
• Jack McWilliams, a 7-1 freshman from Sydney, Australia, scored a season-high 13 points to go with five rebounds. McWilliams sank 6 of 12 attempts from the field. He is the fifth 7-footer in OCU's program history, joining Eddie Jackson (1962-65), Norm Russell (1970-73), Rodney Henderson (1989-90) and Tate Decker (2000-01). McWilliams has posted 4.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game this season
• OCU ranks 37th in the NAIA this season with 29.0 defensive rebounds a game
• The Stars came in seventh 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
• Oklahoma City leads the series vs. John Brown 40-20. On Jan. 25, OCU rallied past John Brown 73-62 in Siloam Springs, Ark. Kori Guest collected 18 points and five rebounds as the Stars overcame a 13-point first-half deficit
ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES
• John Brown fell to 15th-ranked Langston 78-46 on Saturday in Siloam Springs, Ark. The Golden Eagles (3-7, 1-3 SAC) lost to Langston for the first time in program history
• Noah Taylor, a 5-10 junior, had 11 points and two assists with a team-high three 3-pointers. Taylor has averaged 8.3 points and 1.6 rebounds per game this season
• The Golden Eagles have put up 28.5 3-point attempts a game to rank 11th in the NAIA in 2022-23
• John Brown landed in eighth in the preseason SAC coaches poll
ABOUT THE COACHES
Mark Berokoff (21-20, second season with OCU)
• 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
• 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 combined head-coaching record over 20 years in the college and prep ranks was 389-213 entering the 2022-23 season
Jason Beschta (ninth season at JBU, 141-106)
• 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
• In 2018-19, Beschta guided John Brown to its first 20-win season and NAIA Tournament appearance since 2013-14
• 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 Tournament in 2012-13, finishing that season 25-10
ON THE AIR
• Oklahoma City University athletics provides live and on-demand audio 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 men's basketball season pass available for $44
• Andrew Himes provides the play-by-play. 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
