SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist takes to the road for its final two football games of the season, starting with a trip to Alva Saturday to contest Northwestern Oklahoma State.
The game can be heard on OBUBison.com/watch, on the iHeart Network and locally on KGFF (AM 1450 and FM 100.9). The game also can be heard in Oklahoma City on El Patron FM 98.5 and in Tulsa on Chrome FM 93.5. Game time is 2 p.m. with a 1:30 pregame show on the Bison Radio Network. Todd Miller has the play-by-play with color commentary from John Brooks and sideline reports by Scott Wanish.
The Bison are coming off their first win of the season, a 28-24 victory over Southwestern Oklahoma State, and look to make it two in a row.
Northwestern is 3-6 on the season and on a three-game slide, including losses at home to Harding and road setbacks at Arkansas Tech and Southern Nazarene. NWOSU has been outscored 144-47 in the last three games. The Rangers are 1-3 at home.
Oklahoma Baptist snagged its first GAC Player of the Week honor with
Daniel Moniz getting the Defensive Player of the Week award for his efforts against Southwestern Oklahoma State. Moniz, a senior defensive end from Claremore, forced two fumbles on Southwestern's last two drives - the first setting up the game-winning touchdown. He also was in on a sack with
Dennis Nguyen to snuff the Bulldog's last possession. Moniz also had five tackles. It is the first Player of the Week honor for Moniz and the first OBU Defensive Player of the Week award since Charles Taylor III was honored in week 2 of last season.
Bison linebacker
Josh Arnold is seventh in the Great American Conference with 72 tackles this season - the most among conference freshmen. He leads the Bison with 38 solo and 34 assisted tackles.
Dante Foster, who has 57 tackles this season, leads the Bison with six tackles for loss and four pass break-ups.
Myles Russell has 55 tackles, including 33 solo stops, which ranks second on the team.
Northwestern quarterback Isaiah Weed averages 161.9 passing yards per game with Da'Shawn Gordon leading the receiving corps with 33 catches and 494 yards. Horatio Smith has 32 receptions and shares the TD reception lead at 4 with Gavin Garner. Anthony Cota leads the ground game with 604 net yards on 106 carries. Weed is second with 391 yards on 102 totes.
Despite starting the season in a non-starting role, OBU red-shirt freshman
Preston Haire is fifth in the Great American Conference with 201 passing yards per game. He is fourth with 15 passing touchdowns and 213 yards total offense per game.
The OBU offensive line didn't allow a sack in the Southwestern Oklahoma State contest. That gives OBU a string of three games in which the opponent has not taken down the Bison passer. OBU has allowed just six sacks this season - a mark that ranks them sixth in NCAA Division II.
Sixteen different Bison have receptions this season and half of those players have touchdown catches.
Stephan Turner leads the team and is fourth in the GAC with 40 receptions while
Cagney Roberson has the team lead and is fifth in the GAC with 532 receiving yards and five touchdowns. Roberson also now owns the yards per reception lead at 14.7. Turner, Roberson and
Alex Lewis combine for 12 catches per game.
Isaiah Mallory is third in the Great American Conference at 81.9 yards per game. Mallory missed one game with injury and is tied for fifth in the GAC with 655 yards rushing. He averages 5.2 yards per attempt.
Maurice Wright tops the team with 78 tackles and 9.5 tackles for loss. He also leads with two sacks. Aharon Barnes has a team-best 10 pass breakups and eight different Rangers have logged an interception.
