Bison Set for Road Trip to Arkadelphia

SHAWNEE -- Oklahoma Baptist (7-7, 3-5 GAC) heads to Arkadelphia this week for two key GAC matchups: at Ouachita on Thursday at 5:30 p.m., and at Henderson State on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Bison are currently in a tie for eighth place in the conference and are looking to climb back toward the top half with 14 GAC games remaining.

Series History
Ouachita: The Bison have won the last three matchups versus OUA and are 10-8 all time vs. the Tigers. 
 
Henderson State: OBU is 6–12 all-time vs. the Reddies but won both matchups last year.
 
Bison Notes
·       OBU shoots 40.8 percent from the field, the fifth-best mark in the GAC.
·       The team also makes 7.9 three pointers per contests and hits with 27 percent accuracy. Those are top-three GAC marks as well.
·       Plus, the team's 79.80 free throw percentage is 10th in the nation and third in the GAC.
·       Individually, Jaedyn Getman is the conference leader and No. 6 in the country with a 21.6 scoring average.
·       Getman needs 59 more points to become the tenth Bison player to reach 1,500 career points.
 
Ouachita Notes
·      Ranks fourth in the GAC in scoring (71.3).
·      Like the Bison, Ouachita makes plenty of threes per game. In fact, they are third in the GAC (8.1 p/g) and hit at a 34.3 percentage.
·      Ouachita's biggest negative: turnover margin. They are dead last in the conference (-3.92).
·      Madeleine Tipton is the Tigers' leader, scoring 16.3 points per game. That's slotted sixth in the league.
·      Abbey Harrison leads the GAC in field-goal percentage (57.3).
 
Henderson State Notes
·      The Reddies possess the second-best scoring offense in the GAC at 73.8 points per game.
·      They also are the best three-point shooting squad, converting 36.3 percent while making 7.2 shots from deep per contest.
·      HSU, like the Bison, are also excellent free throw shooters. They make 79.83 percent, the ninth-best mark in the land and second within the GAC.
·      Natalie Cardenas is Henderson's biggest scoring threat, averaging 19.5 points per game. That's slotted second in the league.
 
Broadcast
Todd Miller and Dave Myrick will call both games live on 100.9 FM KGFF.