Women Meet Longtime Rival SNU Thursday

SHAWNEE – The Lady Bison travel to Bethany Thursday night for a Great American Conference matchup against rival Southern Nazarene. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. from the Sawyer Center on the SNU campus.
 
The teams played a double overtime thriller in their first meeting in Shawnee on Jan. 17, with the Crimson Storm pulling out a 78-76 victory despite a season-high 26 points from Lady Bison senior Katy Custer.
 
Live video of Thursday night's game will be streamed on SNU's YouTube channel. 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.
 

Oklahoma Baptist – Women's Basketball Notes
Oklahoma Baptist (10-12, 6-10) vs. Southern Nazarene (12-10, 11-5)
 

THE TEAMS

• Oklahoma Baptist is 10-12 overall and 6-10 GAC, tied for eighth with Northwestern Oklahoma...Playing on the road for the eighth time where they are 3-4…Won road games at NWOSU (92-83), Arkansas Tech (63-59) and Southeastern Oklahoma (74-72)
• Southern Nazarene is 12-10 overall and 11-5 GAC, tied for second with Henderson State, Harding…SNU is playing at home for the 10th time where they are 7-2…Losses were to Central Oklahoma (74-65) and NWOSU (56-66)

• Teams are meeting for the 91st time in a series dating to 1977…SNU leads 58-31 and has won the last two…OBU's last win was 76-67 in Bethany on Jan. 15, 2018…Tasha Edge had 19 points, including five three pointers to lead OBU.
• Last meeting SNU won 78-76 in double overtime on Jan. 17 in Shawnee...Katy Custer had a season-high 26 points, including six three pointers to lead OBU…Irene Perez had 16 for SNU.

COACHES

• Oklahoma Baptist – Casi Bays (Oklahoma Baptist) 131-95 (58.0%), 8th season
• Southern Nazarene – Trent May (Southern Nazarene) 12-10 (55.5%), 1st season SERIES

LAST OUTING

• OBU was beaten 84-77 by Southwestern Oklahoma on Feb. 9…Charissa Price had a season-high 33 points, including seven three pointers to lead the Lady Bison.
• SNU was a 54-46 winner at home against SOSU on Feb. 9…Alexus Jones had 14 points and Madeline Schroepfer had 12 rebounds to pace the Crimson Storm.

OBU KEY STATS

• Autumn Avina ranks among the GAC leaders in three categories…She is sixth in scoring at 16.1 points per game and leads in assists (184) and steals (73).
• Charissa Price made seven three pointers in her last game. It is the second most by any GAC player this year, trailing eight by Henderson's Hailey Estes against Ouachita.
• Katy Custer moved into 27th on the school's career scoring chart with 1,038…She is 23 points short from passing Shana Watters at 1,060 and moving into 26th place.

SNU KEY STATS

• SNU ranks 11th in the GAC in scoring at 61.5 ppg…Have been held to 49 points or less five times, losing four of them…Beat Arkansas-Monticello 48-36 in GAC's lowest scoring game.
• Abby Niehues leads the GAC in block shots with 77…She had 49 more than second-place Hailey Tucker of SWOSU.
• SNU is making 37.5 percent of its shots, second-worst in the GAC…Have shot better than 50 percent only once, a 85-74 win over Henderson State.