OBU Faces First Road Test

OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (3-3, 0-1 GAC) AT NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE (3-4, 1-0 GAC)

Saturday, Dec. 1 | 1 p.m.

Percefull Fieldhouse | Alva, Okla.

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SHAWNEE – After completing a six-game homestand to begin the season the Lady Bison are set to hit the road for the first time when they take on Northwestern Oklahoma State inside Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m.
 
Last Time Out

• Oklahoma Baptist suffered their second-straight fourth-quarter set back, dropping their Great American Conference opener to Southeastern Oklahoma State, 78-76
• Autumn Avina tied the GAC single-game record with 14 assists, while also pouring in 13 points and pulling down seven boards
• Victoria Blankenship scored a team-high 17 points on 70 percent shooting, her best shooting performance of the season
• OBU shot 44.3 percent from the field, but averaged just one 3-point attempt made per quarter through the final three periods

Scouting the Rangers

• Northwestern opened conference play on Thursday night as well, recording a 63-54 victory over a winless Southern Nazarene in Alva. The Rangers are now 3-4 on the season
• The Rangers are averaging 65.1 ppg, but are outscored by their opponents by 8.5 ppg. Kalea King leads Northwestern while averaging 17.0, followed by Bailey Brown's 14.0
• Jade Jones leads the team with 21 assists, but the Rangers have just a .71 assist/turnover ratio while averaging 10.9 assists
• The Rangers have struggled on the boards, getting out-rebounded by opponents by an average of 7.4 per game. Brown has a team-leading 6.1 rpg
• Northwestern shoots 34 percent from the field, and 31.3 percent from long range

Lady Bison Offensive Report

• Avina leads the team offensively with 20.3 ppg while Blankenship (12.3) and Custer (11.0). The Lady Bison are averaging 75.7 ppg and are outscoring opponents by 12.5 ppg
• With an average of 9.2 assists, Avina is averaging nearly a double-double per game. She has an assist/turnover ratio of 1.89
• The Lady Bison have been strong on the offensive glass, pulling down 13.3 offensive rpg. Blankenship leads the way with 13 for the season, while Mikayla Shulanberger and Imari Bell each have 10
• OBU shoots 45.3 percent from the field, but is hitting just 25.5 percent from long range and 60.2 percent from the line

Lady Bison Defensive Report

• OBU has held opponents to an average of 63.2 ppg while shooting just 39.3 percent from the field
• The Lady Bison hold a plus-3.4 rebound margin, led by Custer's 7.0 rpg. Avina and Blankenship are second on the team with 5.5 rpg apiece
• Active hands have helped OBU play fast this season. Both Avina and Shulanberger have at least 23 steals this season, with Shulanberger recording a team-high 26
• The Lady Bison are giving up an offensive rebound on just 27.2 percent of the time