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Oklahoma Baptist – Men's Basketball Notes
Oklahoma Baptist (11-8, 10-3) vs. Henderson State (12-7, 7-6)


FOLLOWING THE BISON

• Live video of the game will be streamed at https://tinyurl.com/yan5pzoo
• The game will be broadcast live on KGFF 1450 AM in the Shawnee/Seminole area, as well as online at KGFF.com, with the "Voice of the Bison", Todd Miller on the call.

TEAMS

• Oklahoma Baptist is 11-7 overall and 10-3 GAC, tied with Southern Arkansas for second…OBU has won seven of its last nine after a 4-5 start…The Bison are 3-3 on the road winning games at Southwestern Oklahoma (87-74), Harding (70-67) and Arkansas Tech (99-63).
   
• Henderson State is 12-7 overall and 7-6 GAC, tied for sixth with Arkansas Monticello…Henderson has lost its last two games after a four-game winning streak…The Reddies are 7-2 at home…Only losses were to Arkansas-Monticello (73-58) and Southern Nazarene (70-64)

 
COACHES
Oklahoma Baptist – Jason Eaker (Texas-Pan American) 11-8 (57.9%), first season
Henderson State – Jimmy Elgas (Illinois State) 39-36 (52.0%), seventh season

SERIES

• Teams are meeting for the 14^th time since first beginning series in 1967…OBU leads 8-5
• The Bison were 89-77 in the last meeting on Jan. 3, 2019 in Shawnee…Brantly Thompson had 20 points, including two three pointers to lead the Bison…Josh Jones topped HSU with 16.

 
LAST OUTING

• Harrison Stoddart had a season-high 21 points, including three three-pointers to lead OBU in a 77-71 loss to Ouachita Baptist Thursday in Arkadelphia.
• Henderson lost 70-64 to Southern Nazarene at home Thursday…Chris Parker made five three-pointers to finish with 17 points to lead the Reddies.

 
OKBU KEY STATS

• OBU is first in the GAC in scoring averaging 82.2 ppg…The Bison have scored 90 or more points four times this year, winning three.
• Antonio Wade leads the team in scoring (16.1 ppg.), assists (90) and steals (25)…His 36 points against NWOSU last month is the fourth highest of any GAC player this year.
• Harrison Stoddart is averaging 16.8 points over the last four games…He has made 23-of-43 (53.4%) including seven three pointers in that span.
• Dishon Lowery's 13 rebounds against Ouachita moved him into second place in the GAC averaging 8.6 per game.

 
HENDERSON KEY STATS

• Rel Johnson is HSU's top scorer averaging 13.1 ppg…He has scored 20 or more twice with 24 against Arkansas Tech as his high point total.
• Henderson has scored 80 or more points seven times this season…The Reddies are unbeaten in each of those games.