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Ouachita Baptist (5-6, 2-3 GAC) at SWOSU (6-5, 2-3 GAC) Saturday, January 9, 1:00 pm Weatherford, Okla. (Pioneer Cellular Event Center) Live Stats  |  Watch Live  |  Listen Live SWOSU Game Notes (pdf)

Setting the Stage
- The Lady Bulldogs have now won five straight games heading into Saturday's Great American Conference contest against Ouachita Baptist
- The two teams will tipoff at 1:00 pm on Saturday afternoon at SWOSU's Pioneer Cellular Event Center in Weatherford
- SWOSU has defeated the Tigers three straight times in games played in Weatherford and the two teams have split their season series in each of the past two seasons
- Ouachita Baptist comes to town with wins in their last two games, including a 73-60 victory at Northwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday night in Alva
- The Bulldogs overcame a 17-point first-half deficit to defeat Henderson State on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory and second straight conference win
- SWOSU is 4-0 in their current six-game home stand and 5-4 overall on their home court this season
 
The Opponent
Ouachita Baptist (5-6, 2-3 GAC)
- Have won two straight games and five of their last seven after opening the season with four consecutive defeats
- Just 1-3 in true road games, coming off their first road win of the season on Thursday night at Northwestern Oklahoma State
- Scoring an average of 66.9 points per game while allowing 66.6 points, good for a scoring margin of +0.3, which ranks eighth in the league
- Top free throw shooting team in the GAC, having hit 75.9% (164-of-216) of their attempts from the stripe this season
- Defensively they hold teams to just 37.3% shooting from the field, a mark that ranks third in the GAC behind Harding and SWOSU
- Led in scoring by Katie Kapler, who is averaging 15.0 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while Breanna Harris (13.3 ppg) and Kori Bullard (10.4) are other top scorers
- Bullard leads the team in assists (25) and blocked shots (14) while Bria Caldwell has a team-leading 15 steals this season
 
The Coaches
SWOSU: Kelsi Musick (96-85; 7th season)
- Two-time GAC Coach of the Year has been the model of consistency, winning GAC Tournament titles in two of the last four years and earning back-to-back NCAA Division II National Tournaments during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons
- Her high-energy style of play has led the Lady Dawgs to rank in the top four in the nation in scoring, and top ten in three points made in three of the last four seasons
- A great developer of talent, Musick has coached one All-American and 12 All-GAC selections, including one Player of the Year recipient
- Musick has also spent time as an assistant coach at Fresno State, where they won two Western Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles, as well as qualified for the NCAA Division I National Tournament in the 2008-09 season
- Has a record of 6-3 against Ouachita Baptist as the head coach of the Lady Bulldogs, including a record of 3-1 at home with three consecutive victories in over OBU in Weatherford
 
Ouachita Baptist: Garry Crowder (314-248; 21st season)
- In his 37th year of coaching and his 21st year as the head coach at Ouachita Baptist, where he is the Tigers all-time winningest coach
- During his previous seasons, Crowder's teams have either been ranked in the NCAA Division II Top 25 or receiving votes in the poll 11 times and his 2008-09 squad set a new school record with 23 wins
- Prior to coming to Ouachita, he spent 16 years in Arkansas high school basketball, where he won more than 400 games and had a 78.8 winning percentage
 
The Series
      Date                Location                            Score             
      *1/7/2012         Arkadelphia, Ark.              W 73-68
      *2/5/2012         Weatherford, Okla.           L 87-88
      3/3/2012          Bartlesville, Okla.              W 83-67         
      *1/19/2013       Arkadelphia, Ark.              W 96-89
      *2/23/2013       Weatherford, Okla.           W 88-62
      *1/18/2014       Weatherford, Okla.           W 93-72
      *2/22/2014       Arkadelphia, Ark.              L 72-86
      *1/8/2015         Weatherford, Okla.           W 85-61
      *2/12/2015       Arkadelphia, Ark.              L 77-80
*GAC Conference Meeting
 
Last Time Out
- The Lady Bulldogs erased a 17-point deficit in the first half and outscored Henderson State 37-26 in the fourth quarter as they defeated the Reddies 97-87 on Thursday night
- SWOSU set a new school and Great American Conference record with 16 blocked shots, the most by a team in NCAA Division II this season
- Korina Chapman led the charge, finishing with a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Jennifer Williams scored 25 points, one off her career high
 
SWOSU Notes
- With 16 blocked shots against Henderson State, the Lady Bulldogs upped their league-leading total of blocks to 62, an average of 5.6 per game
- Korina Chapman (17) and Hailey Tucker (16) rank second and third, respectively, in the GAC rankings for blocked shots
- Chapman secured her second double-double of the season against HSU, but she has reached double figures in rebounds on four occasions
- Hayden Priddy has scored in double figures in three of the last five games, including 13 points on Thursday against HSU, and she is now averaging 7.0 points per game for the year
- Jade Jones is SWOSU's leading scorer, averaging 12.5 points per game, but she also leads the GAC in assists (5.4/game) and ranks fifth in steals (1.7/game)
- Reigning GAC Player of the Week Jessica Penner is 20-for-23 (86.9%) from the field over the past three games and she's averaging 14.7 points per game in that span
- SWOSU is 6-1 since Kylie Franz moved into the starting lineup on November 24 against Oklahoma Christian
- Franz ranks second on the team with 34 assists, fourth with seven blocks and fifth with seven steals while also averaging 4.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game
- Hailey Tucker ranks second on the team with an average of 12.3 points per game and she's second in the league with 30 made 3-pointers this season
 
Looking Ahead
- The Lady Bulldogs conclude their six-game home stand on Thursday evening with an in-state showdown against East Central
- SWOSU will then go on the road to face Southern Nazarene next Saturday before rivalry basketball against Northwestern Oklahoma State at home on January 18