OCU vs. Panhandle State women's basketball preview

Stars compete against OPSU in UCO's Hamilton Field House

Women's Basketball 2/10/2023 12:03:00 PM

2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11

Edmond, Okla. | Hamilton Field House

THE MATCHUP

Oklahoma City faces off against Panhandle State for the second time this season
OCU took a 79-67 win in their first meeting on Jan. 5. Fiona Wilson led Stars with 15
The Stars lead the all-time series vs. The Aggies 11-2.
Admission into the game is free of charge

ABOUT THE STARS

The Stars come into the game with a record of 11-12, 8-10 (SAC)
OCU fell short of Wayland Baptist on Thursday 57-52.
OCU's Amaya Gordon led all Stars with 18 points.
Gordon, a junior Psychology major from Ardmore, Okla., averages 10.3 points per game
Stars led early on in the game and recaptured the lead with 7:24 to go but WBU withstood the pressure and made free throws in the final minutes to seal the win
OCU holds 57th in blocks per game and 57th in 3-point percentage in the NAIA. After last game the Stars average 3.3 blocks per game
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 AGGIES

OPSU is 3-19, 3-16 (SAC)
The Aggies were downed 63-44 against John Brown in their last game on Thursday
Jamiya Eaddy led Aggies with 12 points
Eaddy averages 8.4 points a game
Their best stat is offensive rebounding as they rank 40th with 14 offensive rebounds per game in the NAIA
The Aggies were picked to finish 11th in the 2022-23 Sooner Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll

MEET THE COACHES

Kris Segeinthaler (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.)

Greg Ray (first year at OPSU)

Ray has experience at NCAA D 1, NAIA D1, and junior college levels.
He most recently was associate head coach at Seward County Community College, Chicago State University.
Ray led the Midwest Elite Basketball and the Alaska Stars club coach.
Prior to basketball coaching, Ray was a recruiter for the Alaska Army National Guard and in the Army for 21 years.
Ray received notable awards such as Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the United States Army, Master Recruiting Badge by the United States Army in 2004, and Station Commander from 2007-09.

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 will offer commentary. 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