Oklahoma Baptist – Women's Basketball Notes
Oklahoma Baptist (6-7, 2-5) vs. Arkansas Tech (5-8, 2-5)
TEAMS
- Oklahoma Baptist is 6-7 overall and 2-5 GAC, tied with ATU for 8th place…Lost 75-65 Thursday at Harding University…Won two of their last three…Playing their third road game, where they are 1-2 overall…Lone road victory was 92-83 over Northwestern Oklahoma on Nov. 1, 2018
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- Arkansas Tech is 5-8 overall and 2-5 GAC, tied with OBU for 8th place…ATU has lost four straight dating back to its last win 81-57 over Lane College.
- ATU was 26-4 last season, 19-3 in GAC (2nd)…The Golden Sun won their second straight GAC Tournament title with a 63-62 victory over Harding in the championship game…
Tech has one returning all-conference player senior Jayana Sanders who was named to the second team after averaging 12.3 points per game.
COACHES
Oklahoma Baptist –
Casi Bays (Oklahoma Baptist) 127-98 (56.4%), 8
th season
Arkansas Tech – Dave Wilbers (Oklahoma Christian) 271-74 (78.5%), 12
th season
SERIES
- Arkansas Tech leads 7-2…Tech has won all six meetings as an NCAA Division II member.
- In the last meeting, ATU won 74-69 on Feb. 10, 2018 in Russellville, Ark. Autumn Avina had 15 points for OBU in the loss while Jayna Sanders had 14 in the Tech win.
LAST OUTING
- Oklahoma Baptist lost 70-67 to Harding Thursday night in Searcy, Ark….Mikala Shulanberger had a season-high 15 points while Avina finished with 14 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.
- ATU was beaten 68-54 to Southern Nazarene Thursday night at home…Kiara Moses and Jacie Wiggins had 12 points apiece to lead the Golden Suns in scoring.Â
OBU KEY STATS
- Oklahoma Baptist ranks fourth in the GAC in scoring, averaging 73.2 points a game…The Bison are unbeaten in three games when they score 77 or more points.
- OBU ranks fourth in field goal accuracy, connecting at 42.5 percent…The Bison are 3-1 when they shoot at least 45 percent or better.
- Autumn Avina ranks third in the GAC in scoring (18.4 ppg.), first in assists (8.5) and first in steals (4.3 pg.)…She recorded a triple-double (18 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists) on Jan. 5 against Ouachita Baptist.Â
ATU KEY STATS
- ATU is sixth in the GAC in scoring, averaging 70.8…ATU is 5-0 when they score at least 70 points
- Tech is eighth in the GAC in shooting accuracy at 40.8…ATU is 5-0 when they shoot better than 40 percent from the field.
- Jacie Higgins leads Tech in scoring averaging 12.1 ppg…She hads led ATU in scoring five times, including the last two.
