Women Look for Series Sweep of UAM

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist makes its last basketball trip to Arkansas as the Lady Bison play Arkansas-Monticello Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. from Steelman Fieldhouse in Monticello, Ark. OBU won the earlier meeting between the two schools emerging with a 75-70 victory last month in Shawnee.

Live video of the game will be streamed on the UAM Sports Network. 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.
 

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Oklahoma Baptist Women's Basketball Notes
Oklahoma Baptist (10-16, 6-14) vs. Arkansas Monticello (6-19, 5-15)
 
TEAMS

• Oklahoma Baptist is 10-16 overall and 6-14 GAC…The Lady Bison are ninth in the GAC one-game ahead of Ouachita Baptist and Arkansas Monticello…OBU is playing on the road for the 10th time where they are 3-6…OBU has victories at Northwestern Oklahoma (92-83), Arkansas Tech (63-59) and Southeastern Oklahoma (74-72)
   
• Arkansas-Monticello is 6-19 overall and 4-15 GAC…They are in a two-way tie for 10^th with Ouachita Baptist…Playing at home for the 18th time where they are 7-10…UAM has lost its last five games, including three at home.

 
 COACHES

• Oklahoma Baptist – Casi Bays (Oklahoma Baptist) 131-101 (56.5%), eighth season
• Arkansas-Monticello – Tanya Ray (St. Mary's, Texas) 76-137 (68.7%), eighth season
   

SERIES

• Teams are meeting for the 11th time in a series dating to 1982…Series is tied 5-5.
• OBU won 75-70 on Jan. 26, 2019 in Shawnee…Victoria Blankenship had a season-high 36 points and 13 rebounds to lead all scorers…McKenzie Johnson had 24 points to lead UAM.
   

LAST OUTING

• OBU was beaten 92-63 by Harding Saturday in Shawnee…Autumn Avina had 21 points and seven rebounds to lead the Lady Bison in both categories.
• UAM lost its ninth game in 10 outings falling 53-40 at Southeastern Oklahoma…Jaida Harden had 14 points to lead the Cotton Blossoms.
   

OBU KEY STATS

• Victoria Blankenship has averaged 16.5 points and 9.3 rebounds over her last four games…She has 10 double-doubles, one more than ECU's Lakin Preisner who has nine.
• Katy Custer is 25^th on the school's career scoring chart with 1,078…She is 11 points shy of passing Layla Schwarz (2003-2005) and moving into 24^th place.
• Autumn Avina leads Division II in assists with 212, one more than Merrimack's Karlee Alves.
   

UAM KEY STATS

• UAM is next-to-last in scoring averaging 61.4 points per game…They have scored fewer than 60 points 10 times where their only win was a 52-41 victory over last-place Southern Arkansas.
• MacKenzie Johnson is UAM top scorer (15.7 ppg) which ranks her sixth in the GAC…She scored a season-high 32 points in a 50-point win over Southeastern Baptist.
• UAM ranks seventh in field goal accuracy…Three times they have made 30% or less of their shots – Southeastern Oklahoma (27.1% and 29.4%) and Southern Nazarene (21.4%)