SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist looks to get back in the win column Saturday when the Bison travel to take on Henderson State.
Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
OBU enters the game at 2-3 on the season, and a third win would set a new high water mark for the program as a member of NCAA Division II. The Reddies join the Bison and three others in a tie for fifth in the Great American Conference standings through five weeks of action.
Reigning GAC co-Offensive Player of the Week
Preston Haire continues to make his case for being Oklahoma Baptist's all-time best quarterback. Haire passed for school records 472 yards and five touchdowns last week against a strong Southern Arkansas defense. He is second nationally with 29.8 completed passes per game and 11th with 1,458 yards. For the season, Haire is 149 of 235 with a dozen touchdowns aagainst 10 picks. He completes 63.4 percent of his passes and has an efficiency rating of 123.86. He leads the GAC at 291.6 yards passing per game and 313.2 yards total offense per game.
Cagney Roberson leads the 15 Bison who have received passes with 37 catches and 409 yards. Those 37 catches are the most in the GAC and he is ninth in the nation at 7.4 catches per game.
Jacques Henderson leads the team with his four touchdown receptions.
Josh Pettijohn, who missed one game and most of another, has 14 catches for 180 yards and is second at 45 yards per game.
True freshman
Tyler Stuever leads the Bison with 50.8 yards per game, including a 96-yard outing at Harding two weeks ago. He averages 4.0 yards per carry. The Bison average 96.4 yards on the ground per game. No one not named
Isaiah Mallory has rushed for 100 yards in a game since the end of the 2015 season.
OBU is getting 390 yards total offense per game and have allowed three quarterback sacks this season and have kept
Preston Haire's jersey clean in three of five games this year. Center
Zach Blevins, Guards
Creede Wright, John Kent Calhoun and tackles
Jake Foshee and
Brian Cornell have started all five games. OBU is eighth nationally in sacks allowed.
Hayden Ashley, who doubles as a decathlete in the spring, averages 40.3 yards per punt, has put nine balls inside the 20-yard line and has four punts of 50 or more yards.
Luke Wendl's five field goals is tied for second in the league.
Josh Arnold leads the linebacker corps with 47 tackles this season with 24 solos and 23 assists. His 47 takedowns rank sixth in the GAC.
Lane Martin is the third-leading tackler on the team with 33 tackles.
Redshirt freshman
Felipe Alvear leads the Bison with 49 tackles through five games. He also has the team's only interception this season, 1.5 tackles for loss, four pass break-ups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He is fifth in the GAC in tackles.
Henderson State is off to a 2-3 start after snapping a two-game slide with a 24-10 win at Southern Nazarene Saturday. SNU was the first team to not score 30 points against the Reddies.
Henderson State averages 105.8 yards rushing and 287 yards passing per game. They are 18 of 24 in the red zone with 13 touchdowns. Third downs have been converted 23 of 76 times for 30 percent. Richard Stammetti is completing 53.4 percent of his passes for 11 touchdowns and 287 yards per game. His top receiver has been John Murray with 407 yards and Ben Johnson with 323 yards, both on 30 receptions each. Logan Morgane leads with 63.5 yards rushing per game.
HSU allows 184.6 yards rushing and 225.8 yards passing per game this season. Opponents are scoring at a 79 percent clip inside the red zone with 11 touchdowns. The Reddies hold opponents to 35 percent success on third down conversions. Cameron Sonnier leads with 45 tackles to go with four tackles for loss, a sack and an interception. Cameron Schulz and Kahlil Mitchell have 4.5 tackles behind the line apiece, with Jefferson Collins leading the team with two sacks.
