SHAWNEE - The Oklahoma Baptist men's basketball team returns to the Noble Complex this weekend for a pair of huge games beginning on Thursday evening against Southern Nazarene followed by a Saturday afternoon tilt with East Central.
Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m. between the rival Bison and Crimson Storm on Thursday inside the Noble Complex while the Bison and Tigers tip things off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. The game will feature coverage on KGFF in Shawnee and live video available on obubison.com with Todd Miller and Scott Wanish.
The Bison come in with a 14-8 record and an 9-7 record in GAC play, currently sitting in fifth place, just one game behind East Central who is tied for third. OBU did not fair well in their last meeting with either team on the road, falling to East Central in Ada 97-85 on December 7th. The Bison fell to Southern Nazarene in Bethany by the score of 79-62 on January 16th.
The Bison come off a roller-coaster weekend of their own, knocking off then-No. 1 Southeastern Oklahoma State on a last second basket from
Dishon Lowery for a 64-63 home win, but went ice cold down the stretch on Saturday in a 76-64 loss to Southwestern Oklahoma State.
Lowery comes off a terrific weekend after scoring 20 points to go with eight boards in the win over the Savage Storm and responded with 14 points and 12 boards against the Bulldogs. Lowery averages 9.7 points per game to go with 7.0 rebounds per game.
Jaquan Simms still leads the Bison in scoring with 12.8 points per game while shooting over 40 percent from deep. Simms has struggled recently from the field, but broke out of his slump on Saturday as he scored 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting including five 3-pointers in the loss to SWOSU.
Rashad Lewis checks in with 11.2 points per game to go with nearly 4.0 assists per game. He scored 13 points against the Savage Storm including the game-winning assist to Lowery to finish with six and give the Bison the huge win.
Harrison Stoddart has scored double figures in four straight games including 11 against Southeastern and 15 against Southwestern. He comes in with 11.5 points per game to go with 5.6 rebounds per game. Stoddart is shooting 52 percent from the field.
SNU comes in at 18-6 overall and 12-4 in the GAC, currently all alone in first place. The Crimson Storm have won five games in a row.
Jhonathan Dunn continues his All-American campaign as he averages 27.1 points per game on 53 percent shooting including 47 percent from behind the arc. Micah Speight adds 18.3 points per game to go with 5.3 assists per game. Tyler Williams has returned from injury and pours in 9.7 points per game.
Meanwhile, East Central comes into Shawnee with a 16-6 record including 10-6 in the GAC. The Tigers are led by Cameron Talley with 22.4 points per game including 41 percent from deep while Tylor Arnold adds 11.4 points per game. Gerren Jackson comes in with 10.8 points per game.
Reserved and general admission tickets are available at the Noble Complex box office, or online at
OBUBison.com/Tickets. Tickets will be valid for entry to both games each evening. OBU students and faculty/staff receive free admission with their OBU ID. It will be the White Out Game on Thursday night sponsored by Chick-fil-A. Limited number of t-shirts will be given out to the first students who arrive while all fans are encouraged to wear white for the game.
