Bison Set to Host East Central

EAST CENTRAL (3-3, 1-1 GAC) AT OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (2-4, 1-1 GAC)

Tuesday, Dec. 3 | 7:30 p.m.

Mabee Arena at the Noble Complex | Shawnee, Okla.

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SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist plays host to East Central on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. with a chance to move to 2-1 in league play for the first time since joining the Great American Conference ahead of the 2015-16 season.
 
Last Time Out

• Oklahoma Baptist suffered last-second heartbreak after falling to Northwestern Oklahoma State, 78-77, on a buzzer-beating shot by the Rangers last Saturday
• Antonio Wade led OBU with 19 points and seven assists while going 4-of-4 from beyond the arc
• Dishon Lowery and Davion Turner each poured in 17 points. All five of Turner's makes from the field were behind the 3-point line
• Lowery led all Bison with six rebounds
• The Bison shot 47.6 percent from the field, including 30.8 percent from the 3-point line

Scouting the Tigers

• East Central ranks fourth in the league with an average of 84.8 points and are outscoring opponents by 7.2 ppg. Camron Talley paces the Tigers with 22.3 ppg
• ECU is the most accurate team in the GAC, shooting 52.7 percent from the field, including 42.8 percent from long range. Talley averages four 3-pointers/game, the best mark in the conference
• The Tigers have the slightest advantage over their opponents on the boards with a plus-0.2 rebounding margin. Jalan Brown leads ECU at 4.7 rpg
• Gerren Jackson owns the team lead with an average of 3.5 assists/game

Bison Offensive Report

• The Bison lead the GAC in scoring at 87.0 ppg. Four Bison average double figures, led by Wade's 17.2 ppg. The other three Bison are: Turner (14.8), Lowery (12.7) and Julian Daughtry (11.3)
• OBU is the second-most accurate team in the league with a field goal percentage of 50.8 percent, including 39.6 percent from beyond the arc. However, OBU is last in free throw percentage, making just 62.8 percent of their free throw attempts
• One of three conference teams to average exactly 16.0 assists, the Bison are led in the category by Wade who averages 5.2. Brantly Thompson isn't far behind with a mark of 4.2 apg
• The Bison are 1-3 in games decided by three points or fewer this year, and 0-3 in such games when on the road. Oklahoma Baptist is 2-0 on their home court

Bison Defensive Report

• The Bison have outscored their opponents by 5.8 ppg while opponents are shooting 44.0 percent from the field
• OBU has the third-best rebounding margin in the league at plus-4.8. Lowery ranks second in the GAC at 9.5 rpg
• With 4.5 blocks/game, OBU ranks second in the category. Harrison Stoddart leads all Bison with one block/game, followed by Daughtry and Mohammed Abubakar at .8 blocks/game
• OBU holds a minus-2.83 turnover margin on the year