Women's Basketball 02.08 Justin Tinder | Director of Athletics Communications

Women Take Aim at League Leader SWOSU

Oklahoma Baptist – Women's Basketball Notes
Oklahoma Baptist (10-11, 6-9) vs. SWOSU (20-1, 15-0)

THE GAME

Oklahoma Baptist hosts Southwestern Oklahoma State at the Noble Complex with tip off scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday

FOLLOWING THE LADY BISON

Live video of the game will be streamed live at OBUBison.com/watch.
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 10-11 overall and 6-9 GAC, tied for seventh with Arkansas Tech and Northwestern Oklahoma...Playing at home for the 15^th time this year where they are 7-7.
Southwestern Oklahoma is 20-1 overall and 15-0 GAC…Their only loss was a 68-60 setback in the opener against Emporia State…The Bulldogs are ranked No. 14 in the latest WBCA Division II poll

COACHES

SERIES

Teams are meeting for the 41^st time in a series dating to 1977…SWOSU leads series 33-7 and has won four straight…OBU's last win was 81-79 on Jan. 21, 2017 in Shawnee…Katy Custer had a career-high 24 points, including making two free throws in the final seconds for the win.
Last meeting SWOSU won 83-71 on Dec. 15, 2018 in Weatherford…OBU's Charissa Price had a season-high 22 points, including making six three-pointers…Hailey Tucker had 15 points and Tyra Aska added 14 to lead SWOSU.

LAST OUTING

OBU was 74-72 winner at Southeastern Thursday in Durant…Autumn Avina had 16 points, including hitting a driving layup at the final buzzer for the win.
SWOSU was a 91-76 winner against East Central at home Thursday. Hailey Tucker had 27 points, and SWOSU made 12 three-pointers in the runaway romp.

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 (172) and steals (71).
Katy Custer enters with 1,036 career points…She ranks 27^th on the school's all-time and is 25 points shy of passing Shana Waters (1986-89) and moving into 26^th place.
Victoria Blankenship is averaging 22.2 points and 10.4 rebounds in her last five games, including a season-best 36 in a win over Northwestern Oklahoma earlier last month.

SWOSU KEY STATS

Hailey Tucker is the all-time leader scorer in GAC history…She enters today's game with 2,065 points in 113 games, an average of 18.3 points per game.
Hayden Priddy enters with 1,587 career points (14.3 ppg) and 444 (4.0 apg) career assists.
Tyra Aska is the third active SWOSU player with 1,000 or more career points…She has 1,089 in two-plus years of playing time.

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