6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10
Gaulke Activity Center | Oklahoma City

THE MATCHUP

• Oklahoma City University will attempt to snap a two-game losing streak when it faces Mid-America Christian in a cross-town showdown on Thursday night
• MACU defeated OCU for the first time ever with a 71-53 win over the Stars on Jan. 6 at Abe Lemons Arena. OCU now leads the all-time series 30-1
• OCU enters the game tied for sixth place in the Sooner Athletic Conference with a 9-9 league record while MACU stands in second place with a 15-2 conference mark
 
ABOUT THE STARS 

• OCU (14-9, 9-9 SAC) is coming off a 71-62 loss to Oklahoma Panhandle State on Monday night in Goodwell. The 62 points tied for the third-lowest scored by the Stars this season.
• Senior center Abby Selzer finished with a team-high 22 points in the loss, marking the 18th time in 19 games she has scored in double-figures. Selzer has scored 20 more points eight times. Selzer ranks second in the Sooner Athletic Conference in rebounding (10.1 rpg) and third in scoring (18.3 ppg)
• Senior guard Annilia Dawn contributed 13 points against WBU, marking the 11th time in 16 games played that she has scored in double-figures.
• Senior guard Erika Ankney contributed 14 points and six assists in the loss. She has scored in double-figures in 15 of 17 games played and ranks eighth in the SAC with a 17.4 points per game scoring average.
• OPSU made 25 of 60 field goal attempts (41.7%), a mark that goes down as the fourth-best shooting performance by an OCU opponent this season.
• OCU committed a season-low five turnovers in the loss. The previous low was eight turnovers in an 81-76 win over Southwestern Christian on Jan. 8.
• OCU ranks fifth in the NAIA team rankings in free throws made per game (17.4) and eighth in free throw percentage (77.2%).
• OCU ranks fifth in the SAC in team offense (73.9 ppg) and seventh in team defense (69.3 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 251-31 (.890 winning percentage) in conference play

ABOUT THE EVANGELS

• Mid-America Christian (22-2, 15-2) enters the game with a No. 20 ranking in the latest NAIA top-25 poll and 13-game winning streak. MACU's last loss was a 64-62 defeat to Science & Arts on Dec. 4.
• MACU defeated North Texas Dallas 59-42 on Sunday in Waxahachie, Texas. Sydney Wycoff led the Evangels with 13 points in the win with Ossyana Ozoani contributing 12 points and 11 rebounds.
• Ozani ranks first in the Sooner Athletic Conference and 15th in NAIA in rebounding (11.1 rpg). She also ranks second in the conference in field goal percentage (56.9%).
• MACU ranks third in the SAC in team offense (78.7 ppg) and first in team defense (56.5 ppg)
 
MEET THE COACHES

Brett Tahah (19-7, 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 

Hannah Moeller (sixth season at MACU)
• Led the Evangels to their first ever Sooner Athletic Conference regular-season title and NAIA National Tournament appearance last season.
• Guided the team to 20-win seasons in her first four seasons as head coach before last year's COVID-shortened campaign.
• Two-time NCCAA National Coach of the Year honoree

ON THE AIR
 
• 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
• Mid-America Christian will provide a live video stream and live stats of the game. Alex Freedman will perform the play-by-play. Freedman is the regular play-by-play announcer for the Oklahoma City Dodgers