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Setting the Scene
- The Lady Bulldogs (15-8, 11-6 GAC) will play another in-state foe who got the better of them the last time they met, as SWOSU will welcome Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday for a 5:30 tip
- The Dawgs fell to the Lady Bison 81-79 back on January 21 after failing to get a potential game-tying or game winning shot away with just seconds left on the clock
- In that game, SWOSU trailed by as many as 23 in the second quarter before making their run towards OBU but falling short
- After that loss, the Lady Bulldogs have now lost their previous two matchups to the Lady Bison but both defeats came in Shawnee
- In Weatherford, SWOSU is 1-0 against OBU as a member of the GAC
- Currently in fourth place in the conference standings, the Dawgs are next in line to clinch their spot in Bartlesville for the postseason tournament and can do so with a win on Thursday

The Opponent
Oklahoma Baptist (7-17, 4-14 GAC)
- OBU is ranked 11th in the conference standings coming into their matchup with the Lady Bulldogs with a 4-14 league mark
- The Lady Bison are coming off of a 83-79 victory over Southern Nazarene, a game that snapped a previous five-game losing skid against a team that SWOSU has already lost to once this season
- Five players average double figures in scoring for OBU led by Tasha Edge's 14.2 ppg, the seventh best average in the GAC

The Coaches
SWOSU: Kelsi Musick (125-99, 8th season)
- Two-time GAC Coach of the Year, winning back-to-back honors for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons and she has led the Lady Bulldogs to three 20-win seasons
- Musick has coached one All-American and 15 All-GAC selections, including one Player of the Year (Darcie Dick, 2012) and one Freshman of the Year (Hailey Tucker, 2016)
- Musick has led SWOSU to the GAC Tournament Championship games with two GAC Tournament Championships (2012, 2014) and two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances (2013, 2014) to her credit
- In eight seasons at SWOSU, Musick has a career record of 125-99, including a mark of 2-3 against OBU
 
Oklahoma Baptist: Casi Bays (93-59, 5th season)
- In her 2nd season at the helm, Bays was named Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the
Year, leading her team to a SAC Tournament Championship and NAIA National Tournament
- As a player at OBU, she was the SAC Freshman of the Year and a 4-time All-Conference
selection
 
Checking the Standings
- Harding still has only one loss at the hands of SWOSU but ranks atop the GAC standings, followed by Arkansas Tech with four league losses and Southeastern with six (all teams the Lady Bulldogs have previously defeated at least once)
- SWOSU ranks fourth, followed by East Central with a .500 league record and then Southern Nazarene in the sixth spot
- Arkansas-Monticello and Henderson State are deadlocked in the seventh spot and round out the tournament field if it started tomorrow
- OUA ninth, NWOSU tenth, OBU eleventh and Southern Arkansas twelfth
 
The Series
Date           Location                       Score
*1/23/2016   Weatherford, Okla.     W 84-77
*2/20/2016   Shawnee, Okla.           L 81-85
*1/21/2017   Shawnee, Okla.           L 79-81
 
*GAC Conference Meeting
 
OBU leads GAC series 2-1
SWOSU leads series 1-0 in Weatherford
OBU leads series 2-0 in Shawnee
 
SWOSU Notes
- Whitney Dunn returned to the starting lineup against the Rangers after missing her first game of the season last Saturday against ECU
- Dunn managed to score a career high in points on Monday after collecting 18 on 9-of-13 (69%) shooting from the floor while also managing to earn her third double-double of the season with 10 rebounds to her stat line
- Dunn still ranks second in the GAC in shooting percentage, holding a 58.2% mark from the field overall this year
- Hailey Tucker also ended the contest with the ninth double-double of her season with 17 points and 11 rebounds
- The Lady Bulldogs held Northwestern to just 27.9% shooting from the field in the game, the lowest shooting percentage SWOSU has held any opponent to this season
- The Dawgs also shot a season worst 46.9% from the charity stripe, only going 15-for-32
- SWOSU is 10-1 this season when leading by any margin at halftime, with their only loss to Oklahoma Christian after leading by five at the break against the Lady Eagles
- Hayden Priddy ranks second in the GAC in assists by averaging 4.7 of them per game while also ranking seventh in steals (1.6 spg)
- SWOSU holds the highest scoring offense (79.5) and the second lowest scoring defense (76.9) in the league 

Looking Ahead
- Saturday marks the final road game of the season against Southeastern, a game in which can determine seeding between the two teams
- Next week SWOSU will play three home games to conclude the regular season, all of which are conference contests