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Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Women's Basketball (5-3, 3-1 GAC) looks to bounce back after having their three-game winning streak snapped at Oklahoma Christian on Thursday night
- The Lady Dawgs welcome Lubbock Christian, the defending national champion, to Weatherford for a 1:00 pm tipoff inside Pioneer Cellular Event Center
- The game marks the final contest of 2016 for the Lady Bulldogs who won't play again until January 2
- SWOSU fell to LCU 93-71 back on November 10, 2012 in their first matchup since 2000 and trails the overall series 2-1 dating back to 1992
- Coach Musick has faced the Lady Chaps one time in her tenure back on November 10, 2012, losing to LCU 93-71 in Weatherford

The Opponent
Lubbock Christian (4-5)
- A season removed from winning the D2 National Championship, LCU holds a 4-5 record heading into their game against SWOSU
- The Lady Chaps were preseason ranked #11 by WBCA and tabbed as the 'Top Dog' in the Heartland Conference prior to the start of the 2016-17 season
- LCU has lost two-straight games and is coming off a 10-point loss to No. 1-ranked Emporia State on December 3
- Tess Bruffey currently is Lubbock Christian's only double-digit scorer, averaging 11.4 points and 10.6 rebounds per game (double-double)
-  As a team, the Lady Chaps are shooting nearly 41% as a team while holding opponents to 31% shooting
- LCU is also averaging more than 17 turnovers per game
 
The Coaches
SWOSU: Kelsi Musick (112-93, 8th season)
- Coach Musick is a two-time GAC Coach of the Year, winning back-to-back honors for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons
- A great developer of talent, Musick has coached one All-American and 15 All-GAC selections, including one Player of the Year recipient
- She earned her 100th win as a head coach last season against rival Northwestern Oklahoma State on January 18, 2016
- Musick has won GAC Tournament Championships in two of the last five years, and made consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2012-13 and 2013-14
- Coach 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
 
Lubbock Christian: Steve Gomez (319-109 overall, 85-13 Div II, 14th season)
- Gomez claimed the 2016 WBCA NCAA Div. II National Coach of the Year honors
- He spent a portion of this past offseason as a court coach at the USA Basketball Women's U17 World Championship Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo
-An LCU graduate, Gomez was a standout perimeter player for Coach John Copeland in the late 1980s, and to this day, he still holds the school record for career free throw percentage at .855

Checking the Standings
- Harding and Henderson State sit atop the GAC standings with 4-0 records in league play
- SWOSU, Arkansas Tech, and Southeastern are next in the rankings with 3-1 records in the conference
- Ouachita and Northwestern hold 2-2 records while Arkansas-Monticello, East Central, and Southern Arkansas have won a single game and hold 1-3 slates
- Southern Nazarene and Oklahoma Baptist round out the standings with 0-4 league records
 
The Series
SWOSU vs. Lubbock Christian
LCU leads series 2-1 (all-time)
 
Date                 Location                       Score
12/05/1992        Wichita Falls, Texas       W 89-53
11/25/2000        Plainview, Texas             L 63-97
*11/10/2012       Weatherford, Okla.          L 71-93
 
*Coach Musick's only game against Lubbock Christian
 
SWOSU Notes
- After their 94-77 loss to Oklahoma Christian on Thursday, SWOSU now sits at a 5-3 overall record with one game left before taking three weeks off from competition
- Savannah Gray tied the team high for made three-point shots in a game after draining four deep balls in the first half against the Lady Eagles
- Thursday's game against OC marked the second time this season SWOSU had at least four players post double-digit scoring numbers (Priddy 15, Gray/Tucker 14, Dunn 13) with the other coming against Missouri Southern State when five players posted double figures (Tucker 20, Gray 16, Hedrick 14, Dunn 12, Priddy 10)
- Gray now is shooting a team-best 35% from beyond the arc on 15-of-43 attempts followed closely by Hailey Tucker at 33% on 16-of-48
- The Lady Bulldogs average nearly 25 three-point shots per game so far this season and are knocking them down at a 30.5% rate
- The Dawg defense has now forced 11 more steals than opponents so far this season (73-62) but are tied 135-135 in overall turnovers against the opposition
- SWOSU is losing the battle of the boards on the season by a -5.1 margin averaging 41.5 rebounds per game while giving up 46.6 per game
- Saturday's game against LCU will mark the second-straight contest against a non-conference opponent this week
- SWOSU is an even 2-2 so far this season against out of conference competition

Looking Ahead
- The Lady Bulldogs won't play another game until Monday, January 2 when they host University of Science and Arts (USAO) at 5:30 pm
- Thursday (Jan. 5) SWOSU will get GAC play started again when they travel to Arkadelphia, Ark. to take on Henderson State for the first conference game in over a month