6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16
Noble Complex | Shawnee, Okla.
THE MATCHUP
• Oklahoma City University meets Southwestern Christian looking to remain among the top eight teams in the Sooner Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
• OCU currently stands tied with Langston in the conference standings for seventh. The top eight squads make the SAC Tournament starting Feb. 23 with the tournament quarterfinals
• Oklahoma City returns to the Noble Complex for the first time since Feb. 14, 2015, when Oklahoma Baptist defeated the Stars 66-62. The Stars' last win at the Noble Complex was 78-63 over MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) on Nov. 29, 2014
• Seniors Annilia Dawn, Kelsi Fitzgerald and Fiona Wilson will be honored for their accomplishments before the game
• Admission to the game will be free of charge
ABOUT THE STARS
• Oklahoma City suffered a 92-71 setback to John Brown (Ark.) on Tuesday in Siloam Springs, Ark. John Brown nailed 20 3-pointers for the most treys by a team against the Stars (12-13, 9-11 SAC) this season
• Annilia Dawn, a 5-foot-5 senior psychology major from Amarillo, Texas, turned in 19 points, seven rebounds and three assists while playing all 40 minutes. Dawn accumulates 14.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.52 steals a contest this season
• Amaya Gordon, a 5-6 junior from Ardmore, Okla., studying criminal justice, came up with 19 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Gordon records 10.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.56 steals per game this season
• 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)
• Oklahoma City owns a 20-0 advantage in the all-time series against Southwestern Christian. The Stars won 78-64 on Jan. 12 in Bethany, Okla. Fiona Wilson tallied 15 points and five rebounds
ABOUT THE EAGLES
• Southwestern Christian knocked off North Texas Dallas 67-50 on Saturday in Bethany, Okla. The Eagles (13-12, 11-9 SAC) had a 20-12 advantage in points off the bench
• Lauren Wade, a 5-11 senior, had 16 points and four rebounds. She averages 9.2 points and 7.4 rebounds a game this season
• Southwestern Christian took the eighth slot in the preseason SAC 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.)
Mark Arthur (120-114, eighth season with Southwestern Christian)
• Southwestern Christian took the National Christian College Athletic Association championship last season with a 68-55 win over Oakland City (Ind.) on March 19, 2022 in Winona Lake, Ind.
• Arthur previously coached the Southwestern Christian men's basketball program to a 404-329 record in 20 years until he stepped down to become full-time athletic director in 2012. Arthur, who played basketball for Southwestern Christian, restarted the basketball program with him as head coach in 1992-93
• In 2008, the court in Pickens-Springer Gymnasium was named 'Mark Arthur Court' in recognition of Arthur's achievements at SCU. He was inducted into the SCU Hall of Fame in 2013
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 provides 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
• Fans can take advantage of BlueFrame's video technology by installing the SAC Sports Network app on their devices, ranging from Apple devices like iPads, iPhones or AppleTV to your Roku or Android device. Follow SAC action from your living room by searching for SAC Sports Network on the Apple Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Fire App Store or Roku Channel Search and install the app
