7:45 p.m. Thursday Jan. 26
 Eagles Nest at Oklahoma Christian | Oklahoma City
  
THE MATCHUP
 
• Oklahoma City University and Langston, ranked third in the NAIA, clash in the Sooner Athletic Conference men's basketball game of the week on Thursday
• OCU has won four out of their last five while Langston has only one loss this season and are undefeated at home
•  The match is OCU's second hosted by Oklahoma Christian in the Eagles Nest
• The series between the two teams stands at 25-7. Langston bested Oklahoma City 62-55 in their contest on Dec. 2. Kori Guest led Stars with 18 points 
 
ABOUT THE STARS
 
• OCU defeated Science an Arts 87-72 at the Eagles Nest on Saturday. Oklahoma City (10-9, 8-5 SAC) and Kori Guest went on a 3-point barrage in the game
• Avery Jackson scored 20 on three 3's, but Guest led with eight threes and 29 points. As a team, the Stars shot 41.7 percent from deep. They ended the first half on a wild 11-0 run with back-to-back-to-back threes capped off by an and-one by Jack McWilliams and a buzzer-beating three from Dravon Clayborn
• Guest, a senior criminal justice major from Tulsa, Okla., averages 16.2 points per game
• Avery Jackson averages 17.8 points per game to lead the team as a freshman.
• OCU ranks 33rd in free throws made per game and 37th in free throws attempted per game in the NAIA
• 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 all-time and has won six national championships in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2007 and 2008 
 
 
ABOUT THE LIONS
 
• The Langston Lions have held the #3 national ranking since the Jan. 11 Top 25 Poll and have been in the Top 25 in four consecutive NAIA Coaches Top 25 Polls
• The Lions stormed by Central Christian College 86-44 on Tuesday. The Lions (19-1, 13-1 SAC) only loss on the season came at the hands of UNT Dallas on Jan. 14, 69-65.
• Tristan Harper and James Ellis both had 19 points. The Lions shot 55.9 percent in the game
* The Lions (19-1, 13-1 SAC) only loss on the season came at the hands of UNT Dallas on Jan. 14, 69-65.
• Langston ranks 2nd in free throw attempts and 1st in free throws made per game in the NAIA. They also allow the second most points per game in the NAIA
• Langston was picked 4th in the SAC Men's Coaches Basketball Poll
 

ABOUT THE COACHES 
 
 
Mark Berokoff (second season with OCU, 27-23) 

• Mark Berokoff enters the game one win off No. 400 of his career. He holds a career record of 399-222 in his 21st season as a head coach. Berokoff's college head-coaching record stands at 174-145 in his 11th season, while his high school mark is 225-77 in 10 years
• 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 
 

Chris Wright (first season with Langston) 
 
• Chris Wright arrived at Langston after leading Talladega (Ala.) to a 106-25 record with four appearances in the NAIA Championship Tournament in four seasons. Talladega went 32-6 and reached the national title game last season, falling to Loyola (La.) 71-56 on March 22 in Kansas City, Mo. 
• Wright entered this season with a 210-103 career head-coaching mark in 10 years at Talladega, Central Baptist (Ark.), Graceland (Iowa) and Fresno Pacific (Calif.). He guided Central Baptist to its first national-tournament berth in his only season there in 2016-17 
• Wright began his coaching career as an assistant at St. Edward's (Texas) before moving on to Angelo State (Texas), Arkansas Tech and Texas State also in an assistant coaching capacity
 
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 women's basketball season pass available for $44 
• Andrew Himes will perform 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
• The game will broadcast locally over the radio on CBS Sports Radio 105.3 FM