6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 
The Pit at Redlands | El Reno, Okla.
 
THE MATCHUP
 
• Oklahoma City University plays their second game at Redlands as they take on Wayland Baptist (Texas) for the second time this season        
• The Stars will meet with elementary school students they have been corresponding with this year at the game
• The all-time series between the two teams stands at 40-34 with Wayland holding the upper hand
• Wayland Baptist won 80-66 on Jan. 7 in the most previous meeting
• Admission is free
 
ABOUT THE STARS
 
• Stars downed UNT Dallas 82-64 on Monday to improve to 11-11, 8-9 (SAC)
• OCU led by as many as 30 points and outrebounded 48-32 shooting 42.9 percent from three.
• Annilia Dawn compiled 23 points. Ray Osborn posted a double-double
• Dawn averages 14.5 points 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) 
• OCU ranks 45th in 3-point shooting with a 32.5 average
 
ABOUT THE FLYING QUEENS
 
• WBU beat Langston 63-53 on Saturday to improve to 15-9, 11-7 (SAC)
• Ashlyn Shelley scored a season high 15 points on five made 3's.
• Shelley is averaging 6.3 points per game
• Wayland Baptist took the top spot in the preseason Sooner Athletic Conference coaches' poll.
• The Flying Queens rank third in assists in the NAIA with an average of 19.1 assists per game
 
 
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.) 
 
 
Jason Cooper (second season at WBU)  

• Jason Cooper guided Wayland Baptist to a 33-4 mark with an appearance in the round of 16 in the NAIA Championship Tournament last season. The Flying Queens took the SAC regular-season and tournament championships 
• Compiled a 413-133 record as a high school coach in West Texas. Led Sudan girls to 2009 Texas State Title  
• Also an active coach in club and AAU basketball, claiming four national crowns and four more national runner-up titles
 
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 
• 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