SHAWNEE – A pair of 2-2 teams match up Tuesday in non-conference basketball action as Oklahoma Baptist hosts Northeastern State.
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OBU leads the all-time series 71-49. While the teams haven't met in basketball since 1994, the series is 120 games old. It ranks only behind Phillips (150), Southeastern (150), East Central (145) and Southwestern (127) in terms of most games played in a series for OBU. The last nine winners in the series have scored at least 91 points.
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Chandler Rickey had his best scoring game of the season Saturday with 26 points and now averages 25 points per game this season in the Noble Complex. Rickey last season averaged 20.8 points and 8.3 rebounds on the home court. Rickey leads the squad at 17.8 points per game. Rickey is fifth in the Great American Conference in scoring, fourth in rebounding at 6.8 and the leading shot-blocker in the GAC at 2.8 per game. His 11 blocked shots are eighth in NCAA Division II.
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Britt Hammons averages 13 points and
Travon Moore is getting 12.5 points per game.
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Bison freshman Brantley Thompson has been a steady contributor off the bench for the Bison, averaging 7 points per game. He is shooting 57 percent (8-14) from three-point range and actually leads the team with eight three pointers while averaging just over 20 minutes per game.
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OBU leads the Great American Conference at 16.8 assists per game.
Vladimir Nemcok is the leader in the GAC with six assists per game. He is 29th nationally with 24 assists.
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OBU is second in the GAC and 51st nationally with 40 three-pointers with no one in the national rankings for individual three-pointers made. All 10 Bison who has played this season has made at least two three-pointers.
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The RiverHawks are 2-2 on the season, including 1-1 against Great American Conference teams. They lost their only true road game this season at Northwestern, 61-50.
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Jamir Andrews leads the RiverHawks at 14.3 points per game. Josh Bougher, who sat out last game, averages a team-best 8.3 rebounds per game.
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