OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City plays its final regular-season home games of the season when Wayland Baptist and Oklahoma Panhandle State visit this week.
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Wayland Baptist comes to OCU for a 6 p.m. game on Thursday and the Stars celebrate Senior Day against Panhandle State on Saturday at 2 p.m.
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OCU Notebook
Previously: Oklahoma City fell to Texas Wesleyan 68-57 on Saturday.
Sunishka Kartik led OCU with 20 points and three steals.Â
Jerzie Bryant added 13 andÂ
Victoria Ososanya collected 11 points.
Lauren Rowan led the Stars with eight rebounds and five assists.
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Postseason Outlook: The Stars are two wins behind the teams tied for the final playoff berth – Southwestern Christian and Texas Wesleyan. OCU has to win at least two and probably three of the final four games to make the postseason tournament.
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Stars at Home: OCU is 5-8 in home games and
Victoria Ososanya averages 10.1 points per game.
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Winning Numbers: In OCU's eight wins, the Stars have limited opponents to 62 points per game. The Stars are out-rebounding their victims by an average of five per win.
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Trends: Sunishka Kartik is averaging 15.5 points per game over the last four games. In that same span,
Brooke Curry has scored 10.3 points per game.
Lauren Rowan averaged seven rebounds and 5.2 assists in the last four contests.
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Scoring: Ellie Willard, who has missed the last 11 games with injury, has a team-high 15.9 points per game.
Victoria Ososanya has a team-leading 222 points.
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Rebounding: Guard
Lauren Rowan leads the team with 5.7 rebounds per game. She also leads the squad with 84 assists.
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Earlier at  Wayland Baptist: Wayland Baptist used a 12-0 start to the third quarter to lead the way to a 71-49 win over Oklahoma City in January.
Sunishka Kartik led OCU with 10 points. Cania Mitchell led WBU with 19 points.
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Checking on the Flying Queens: Wayland Baptist is 10-8 in the Sooner Athletic Conference and 11-12 overall. Freshman Cania Mitchell leads the team with 15.8 points per game.
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Earlier at Panhandle: Oklahoma City's second-half rally ran out of gas in the fourth quarter in a 78-64 loss at Oklahoma Panhandle State in January. The Stars trailed by 13 points with 2:56 left in the third quarter and narrowed the gap to a single point before the fourth quarter.
Jerzie Bryant made a strong return in her first game back from injury, sharing the team scoring lead of 13 points with
Sunishka Kartik. Ososanya added 11 points.
Lauren Rowan had seven points, eight assists and four steals. Mar'Kya Pratt had 22 points to lead OPSU.
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About the Aggies: Panhandle enters the week at 6-18 overall and 3-15 against the SAC. Tryssa Dowd, a 6-0 center, leads the team with 12.9 points per game.
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