Women Finish Basketball Season at SAU

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist faces Southern Arkansas the final women's basketball game for both teams Saturday. The game is scheduled for 1 p.m. from the Watson Gymnasium in Magnolia, Ark. OBU won the earlier meeting between the two schools with an 88-72 victory last month in Shawnee.

Live video of the game will be streamed on the SAU 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 (10-17, 6-15) vs. Southern Arkansas (2-25, 1-20)
 
TEAMS

• Oklahoma Baptist is 10-17 overall and 6-16 GAC…The Lady Bison are in a two-way tie for ninth with Arkansas-Monticello …OBU is playing on the road for the 11th time where they are 3-67…OBU has road victories at Northwestern Oklahoma (92-83), Arkansas Tech (63-59) and Southeastern Oklahoma (74-72)
• Southern Arkansas is 2-25 overall and 1-20 GAC…They will finish 12^th in the league for the second time in three years…Playing at home for the 16th time where they are 1-14…SAU has lost its last 12 consecutive games.

 
 COACHES

• Oklahoma Baptist – Casi Bays (Oklahoma Baptist) 131-102 (56.2%), eighth season
• Southern Arkansas – Adam Collins (Charleston southern) 2-25 (7.2%), first season

SERIES

• Teams are meeting for the seventh time in a series dating to 2016…OBU is 6-1 with only a 74-71 loss coming in February of 2017.
• 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.
   

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.