OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Stars women's basketball team will resume conference play on Thursday as the Stars take on Wayland Baptist inside Abe Lemons Arena at 6 PM. 

Game Information 

• Oklahoma City Stars (2-6, 1-2 SAC)
  • Previous Game: Columbia College (L, 68-76)
• Wayland Baptist Flying Queens (5-1, 2-0 SAC)
  • Previous Game: Southwestern Christian (W, 67-66)
• Date & Time: Thursday, Dec. 7, 6 PM
• Location: Abe Lemons Arena
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Key Players

• Oklahoma City 
  • Sr - Amaya Gordon - 13.9 PPG, 7.9 RPG, 50.0 FG%
  • Fr - Jerzie Bryant - 12.3 PPG, 4.1 RPG
  • Fr - Jazmin Adams - 11.5, 9.3 RPG, 54.1 FG%, 85.7 FT%
• Wayland Baptist
  • Jr - Linda Brice - 18.0 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.6 APG, 34.0 FG%
  • So - Taylor Houston - 10.7 PPG, 6.0 RPG, 54.7 FG%, 42.9 FT%
  • Fr - Bobbi Fouquet - 9.0 PPG, 6.3 RPG

About the Stars

• Oklahoma City comes off a heartbreaker in overtime to Columbia College who was receiving votes in the NAIA poll.  
• Jazmin Adams and Jerzie Bryant led the way for the Stars with 16 points each as Adams hauled in eight rebounds and a season-high three blocks. Bryant scored 16 after sinking two threes, one being the buzzer-beater that sent the contest into overtime. Bryant finished with seven rebounds and three steals.
• Senior Amaya Gordon has led the Stars through the first eight games this season scoring 13.9 a game and averaging 7.9 RPG.
• Cacie Gorman tallied a new career-high six blocks on Tuesday as the senior also provided six points and six rebounds. 
• Another senior Ray Osborn was the other Star to reach double-figures on Tuesday as Osborn collected 12 points with three assists and five rebounds. 

About the Flying Queens

• Wayland Baptist enters Thursday's contest on a three-game winning streak after opening up Sooner Athletic Conference play with a 2-0 start. 
• The Flying Queens won both SAC games by a combined three points by defeating Mid-America Christian on a buzzer-beater 78-76, then beating Southwestern Christian on a last-second free throw 67-66. 
• Junior guard Linda Brice leads the Flying Queens in scoring with 18.0 PPG and put together a career night in the win against MACU with 28 points and three steals. 
• Sophomore Taylor Houston has been a bright spot for Wayland Baptist as the 6-1 forward averages 10.7 PPG and shoots 54.7% from the field. Houston has reached double-figure scoring in four of the six games and garnered a double-double performance in the four-point win over Haskell. 

Meet the Coaches

• Kris Seigenthaler (2nd Season)
  • Kris Seigenthaler enters year two at the helm for Stars after posting a 13-15 record in 2022-23. Seigenthaler arrived at Oklahoma City after a successful stint as an assistant coach at Loyola (La.). 
  • In four seasons with Loyola, Seigenthaler helped the Wolfpack sweep the Southern States Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships for two consecutive years. Loyola advanced to the NAIA Championship Tournament and posted 20-win seasons all four years. The Wolf Pack went 91-22 (.805 winning percentage) with her contributions.
  • Seigenthaler coached four NAIA all-Americans, two Women's Basketball Coaches Association all-Americans as well as student-athletes who won conference player of the year, defensive player of the year, newcomer of the year, sixth man of the year, and two conference tournament most valuable player awards at Loyola.
  • Before joining the Loyola coaching staff, Seigenthaler spent two years as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.). She coached one all-American there. She assisted with the school's transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference after being a member of the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) for 17 years. While with the Warhawks in 2017, she was also recognized by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on its Thirty Under 30 list.  
• Jason Cooper (3rd Season)
  • A native of Crandall located east of Dallas, Cooper already had a history with the Flying Queens rich history. Following his two-year basketball playing career with the WBU Pioneers from 1997-99 that saw him earn All-Sooner Athletic Conference and NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors as a 6-foot-6 post and take home the prestigious Roscoe Snyder Award as Wayland's most outstanding male athlete, Cooper served as a graduate assistant coach for the Flying Queens and later assistant coach alongside his sister-in-law, Johnna Pointer.
  • Cooper's first campaign as Queens coach went rather well. In 2021-22, the team went 33-4 – the program's most wins in more than 40 years – won both the Sooner Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships for the third straight year, and advanced to the NAIA National Tournament round of 16 sporting a No. 8 national ranking. Two Flying Queens -- Kaylee Edgemon and Jenna Cooper -- were named NAIA All-Americans. 

Series History 

• Thursday will be the 41st meeting between the two sides as the first-ever contest came on Jan. 7, 2006. 
• Wayland Baptist enters on a seven-game winning streak over the Stars dating back to Feb. 27, 2020. 

What's Next

• Oklahoma City will wrap up its 2023 home schedule on Saturday, Dec. 9 against Oklahoma Panhandle State at 2 PM inside Abe Lemons Arena.