SHAWNEE – It's another busy week for Oklahoma Baptist student-athletes as the basketball teams enter the heart of Great American Conference play and the indoor track season rounds into form. Here's what's coming up this week on Bison Hill.
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Monday: The rivalry is renewed for the first time in 2017 when
Women's Basketball takes the floor against Southern Nazarene from inside the Sawyer Center at 5:30 p.m. in Bethany, Oklahoma. Cameerah Graves and Tasha Edge combined for 42 points en route to an 86-58 victory the last time the Lady Bison faced the Crimson Storm in Bethany.
Men's Basketball also squares off with SNU in Bethany, with tip-time set for 7:30 p.m. The Bison will be looking for their first win over the Crimson Storm since becoming members of the Great American Conference.
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Thursday: Women's Basketball continues their brief road trip with a trip to Alva, Oklahoma, to face Northwestern Oklahoma State in the Percefull Fieldhouse at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Bison claimed the series sweep against the Lady Rangers last year by an average margin of 25.5 points.
Men's Basketball takes the court against Northwestern at 7:30 p.m. following the women's game. Steven Green and Vladimir Nemcok poured in a combined 44 points in an 87-82 win over the Rangers in Alva last season.
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Friday: Men's and
Women's Indoor Track and Field sends a contingent to Joplin, Missouri, to compete at the Missouri Southern State Open at the Mercy Indoor Track. Five Bison and Lady Bison qualified for the NCCAA National Meet in Joplin last year at the two-day event.
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Saturday: Men's and
Women's Indoor Track and Field wraps up competition at the MSSU Open, and also sees a number of Bison head to Manhattan, Kansas, for the DeLoss Dodds Invitational hosted by Kansas State. Oklahoma Baptist will look for a repeat performance of last year, where the Bison qualified 15 runners for the NCCAA National Meet.
Women's Basketball returns to the Noble Complex to host Southwestern Oklahoma State at 1 p.m. The Lady Bison knocked off SWOSU in an overtime thriller, 85-81, the last time the two squads battled in Shawnee.
Men's Basketball wraps up a busy week with a 3 p.m. tilt with SWOSU in the Noble. Despite a 24-point, 6-assist performance by Nemcok, the Bison fell to SWOSU last year, 78-67, in Shawnee.
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