SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist returns to the Noble Complex to take on Southern Nazarene in a 7:30 p.m. game Monday.
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Southern Nazarene swept the series last year to snap a nine-of-10 run by OBU. SNU has taken off on a three-game win streak in the series. This game will be No. 100 in the series.
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Vladimir Nemcok scored 13 points and
Kevin Franceschi added 12 points and a team-best eight rebounds in the 88-57 loss at SNU last month. C.J. White scored 18 points and Deshon Portley tacked on 17 for Southern Nazarene, which shot 52.9 percent from the field and canned 10 three-pointers.
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Chandler Rickey leads the Bison with a 15.7 points per game average, followed in that category by Franceschi at 14.1,
Steven Green at 11.5,
Travon Moore at 10.4 and Nemcok at 10.3. Green leads the Bison at 6.9 rebounds per game. Nemcok has a team-high 66 assists and Moore has a team-leading 22 steals. Rickey leads OBU and the Great American Conference with 56 blocked shots.
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Jhonathan Dunn leads the Crimson Storm at 13.4 points per game, followed by LB Willis at 12.4, Portley at 11.3 and Noah Starkey at 10.0. Starkey gets seven rebounds per game. The Crimson Storm have struggled for any kind of a win streak this season. They won four straight in December but haven't put together more than two wins in a row since then.
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