SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist men's basketball bids adieu to four seniors Saturday as the Bison take on Southern Arkansas on Senior Day.
The game begins at 3 p.m.
It will be the last college game for Bison seniors
Kevin Franceschi,
Jansen Hight,
Steven Green and
Timotis Kuckailis.
Southern Arkansas won both games of the series last year and took the game earlier this season to lead the young series 3-0.
OBU's
Chandler Rickey joined the 1000 Point Club for men's basketball Thursday and sits in 48th place at 1,003. He needs 4 to pass Robert Hart, 14 to catch current Mercer Head Coach Bob Hoffman and 22 to catch current Arkansas-Monticello head coach Kyle Tolin.
Southern Arkansas scored a 75-65 win over the Bison in Magnolia. Franceschi scored 19 points and Kuckailis added 10. Green collected 10 rebounds. CJ Elkins led Southern Arkansas with 29 points while Denarious Lockhart had a 10-10 double-double.
Rickey leads the Bison at 16.1 points per game with Franceschi checking in at 14.6.
Travon Moore stands at 10.7, followed by Green and
Vladimir Nemcok at 10.6 each. Rickey averages a team-leading 6.9 rebounds per game.
Southern Arkansas comes in at 12-15 overall and 10-11 in the Great American Conference. They will be the seventh or eighth seed in the GAC Tournament thanks to recent wins over Harding and Arkansas-Monticello. Elkins leads the team at 16.7 points per game.
