Senior Women to Play Final Home Game

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist will host Harding University in a women's basketball game Saturday beginning at 1 p.m. in the Noble Complex in Shawnee. The game will be "Senior Day" as OBU will recognize the graduating seniors prior to the opening tip.

Live video of the game will be streamed on the Bison Sports Network with the "Voice of the Bison", Todd Miller on the call. Live audio will also be available on the web at kgff.com.
 

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Oklahoma Baptist – Women's Basketball Notes
Oklahoma Baptist (10-15, 6-13) vs. Harding (18-7, 13-6)
 
THE TEAMS

• Oklahoma Baptist is 10-15 overall and 6-13 GAC…The Lady Bison are ninth in the GAC and trail Northwestern Oklahoma by two games for the eighth spot…OBU is playing at home for the 17th time where they are 7-9.
• Harding is 18-7 overall and 13-6 GAC…They are in a three-way tie for second with East Central and Southern Nazarene…Playing on the road for the 13^th time…They are 7-5 with wins at Cameron (87-73), Ouachita Baptist (66-45), Arkansas-Fort Smith (70-59), Southern Arkansas (66-46), Northwestern Oklahoma (71-57), Arkansas-Monticello (73-63) and Arkansas Tech (72-48)
   

THE COACHES

• Oklahoma Baptist – Casi Bays (Oklahoma Baptist) 131-100 (56.7%), eighth season
• Harding – Tim Kirby (Science & Arts) 259-118 (68.7%), 13th season

THE SERIES

• Teams are meeting for the 11th time in a series dating to 1987…Harding is 7-3 all time against OBU.
• Harding won 75-65 on Jan. 10, 2019 in Searcy, Ark…Mikayla Shulanberger had 15 points and Autumn Avina added 14 for OBU…Harding's Kennedy Cooper had 16 points to lead all scorers.
   

LAST OUTING

• OBU was beaten 91-65 by Arkansas Tech at home Thursday…Victoria Blankenship had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead the Lady Bison in both categories.
• Harding lost 60-55 at Southern Nazarene Thursday in Bethany…Carissa Caples had 20 points, including four three pointers to lead Harding.
   

OBU KEY STATS

• Victoria Blankenship has averaged 18 points and 11 rebounds over the last three games and has made 16-of-20 (80%) free throws in that span.
• Katy Custer moved into 25^th on the school's career scoring chart with 1,071…She is 18 points shy of passing Layla Schwarz (2003-2005) and moving into 24^th place.
• Autumn Avina became only the third player in school history to have 200 or more assists in a season…She joins Amy Nichols Franke and Carrie Moss (3x) as the only players to do so.
   

HARDING KEY STATS

• Harding's Kelli Lampo is third in the GAC in scoring, averaging 18.4 points…Her 39 points against Henderson State was the most scored by any GAC player this year.
• Harding leads the GAC in rebounding with a +12.9 margin…They have outrebounded their opponents an astonishing 23-of-25 times this year.
• Harding has made the second fewest three-pointers in the GAC with 111..Twice this year they have made one-or-less in games against Henderson State and Southern Arkansas.