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OCU at Central Christian women's basketball preview

Stars set for four game road trip

1/27/2023 2:26:00 PM

3:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28
 
McPherson, Kan.

 
THE MATCHUP
 
  • OCU comes into McPherson, Kan. with a
  • They conclude the season series against Central Christian.
  • OCU put the smack down on the Tigers 90-52 on Dec. 3 in their last matchup.
  • OCU owns the all-time series 11-0.
 
ABOUT THE STARS
  • The Stars come into the game with a record of 9-10, 6-8 (SAC) record
  • OCU drops another closely contested game with a final score of 81-79.
  • Stars led at the half 39-36. OCU led until Langston took back the lead with 1:47 to go. Stars had shot at the buzzer to tie or win but couldn't get it to fall.
  • Fiona Wilson went berserk with a career high 33 points and 12 rebounds
  • Wilson a senior psychology major from Greenland, Ark. averages 14.1 points per game to lead OCU
  • 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).
 
 
ABOUT THE TIGERS
  • CCCK is winless on the season with a record of 0-19
  • The Tigers were beat by 40 by John Brown on Thursday
  • Olivia Bell leads in scoring with 10.3 points pr game on average
  • CCCK attempts the seventh most 3-pointers per game and make the 83rd most per game
  • The Tigers were picked to finish last in the SAC Preseason Coaches' Poll
 
 
MEET THE COACHES
 
Kris Seigenthaler (first year at OCU) 
 
• Kris Seigenthaler 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.) 
 
 
Matt Barreiro (1-46, second season at Central Christian)
 
• Barreiro notched his first win at Central Christian on Nov. 16, 2021 over Ozark Christian (Mo.) 50-41 in McPherson, Kan. The Tigers went 1-29 in their first season under Barreiro 
• Barreiro came to Central Christian after serving as men's and women's basketball head coach at The King's University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for seven years 
• Prior experience gained as women's assistant coach at Anderson (Ind.), St. Ambrose (Iowa) and Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 
 
ON THE AIR
 
  • The Tigers will provide live stats and a lives stream of the game
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