Men Conclude Road Swing at ATU

Oklahoma Baptist – Men's Basketball Notes
Oklahoma Baptist (7-6, 6-1) vs. Arkansas Tech (3-10, 1-6)

TEAMS

• Oklahoma Baptist is 7-6 overall and 6-1 GAC, tied with Arkansas-Monticello and Southern Arkansas for first…Defeated Harding 70-67 Thursday in Searcy, Ark.…Have won three straight after 4-6 start…Bison are 2-2 on the road with their first an 87-74 victory at Southwestern Oklahoma on Dec. 15, 2018.
   
• Arkansas Tech is 3-10 overall and 1-6 GAC, tied with Northwestern Oklahoma for 10^th…ATU's 85-74 victory over Southern Nazarene Thursday in Russellville, Ark. ended a nine-game losing skid.
  • ATU was 18-11 last season, 12-10 in GAC (T/4th)…The Wonder Boys were beaten 85-83 by Southeastern Oklahoma in the first round of the SAC Tournament…R.J. Glasper was named the GAC Freshman-of-the-Year, finishing second in scoring at 19.9 ppg.

COACHES
Oklahoma Baptist – Jason Eaker (Texas-Pan American) 7-6 (54.7%), 1st season
Arkansas Tech – Chad Kline (Fort Hays State) 76-57 (57.1%), 5^th season

SERIES

• Arkansas Tech leads 6-5…ATU has won three straight…OBU's last win was 93-87 victory Dec. 8, 2016 in Shawnee.
• In the last meeting, ATU won 97-67 on Feb. 10, 2018 in Russellville, Ark…Tech made a school record 20 three-pointers…ATU's Alex Brown scored 41 points, including making a GAC record 12 three pointers.

LAST OUTING

• Oklahoma Baptist won 70-67 to Harding Thursday night in Searcy, Ark...Brantly Thompson scored a team-best 20 points while Dishon Lowery added 14.
• ATU was an 85-74 winner over Southern Nazarene Thursday night at home…Will Adler had 20 points while teammate Ramses Sandifer added 19…Brown finished with 11 points and had one three pointer.

 
OBU KEY STATS

• Oklahoma Baptist ranks first in the GAC in scoring, averaging 82.8 points a game…The Bison are are 5-1 in games which they score 80 or more points.
• Antonio Wade leads the team in scoring (16.2 ppg.), assists (70), steals (15) and three-point accuracy (47.8).
• Dishon Lowery ranks second in the GAC in rebounding at 8.9 per game…He has four double-doubles... His last double-double was Dec. 22 against Central Oklahoma (22 pts., 10 reb.)
• Brantly Thompson leads the team with 23 three-pointers…He has made at least one three-point basket in six consecutive games.

 
ATU KEY STATS

• ATU is fifth in the GAC in scoring, averaging 79.8…Their highest was 113 in a triple-overtime loss (118-113) against Concordia St. Paul in November
• Tech is 12th in the GAC in shooting accuracy at 41.0 percent…ATU has not shot better than 47 percent in any of their 13 games this year.
• Tech has made 163 three-point shots, 35 more than second-place Southeastern Oklahoma…Will Adler leads the league with 49…Glasper and Brown are both tied for fifth at 29 triples.