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Setting the Scene
- The Lady Bulldogs (16-9, 12-7 GAC) play their final three games in the friendly confines of the Pioneer Cellular Event Center to close out the regular season starting first against Southern Nazarene on Monday at 5:30 pm
- SWOSU is 9-1 at home this season including a 7-1 mark in Great American Conference play as opposed to a 6-8 road record and 5-6 in the GAC 
- Back on February 9, the Dawgs fell to the Crimson Storm 81-67 after shooting the second lowest percentage (32%) and scoring the second fewest points (67) this season
- Following their loss against Southeastern, the Lady Bulldogs now trail the Savage Storm by a game and a half with three games remaining on the schedule and sit as it stands now as the fourth seed in the GAC Tournament
- The Dawgs are now one of five teams that has solidified their spot in Bartlesville for the GAC Postseason Tournament with three spots still up for grabs

The Opponent
Southern Nazarene (11-12, 8-11 GAC)
- SNU sits in seventh place in the league standings and will either be tied for sixth with Ouachita or fall back to a three-way tie for eighth place with Arkansas-Monticello and Henderson State depending on the result on Monday
- Since their last meeting with the Lady Bulldogs, SNU is 1-3 in their last four contests heading into the rematch with SWOSU
- Abby Boyd ranks fourth in the conference averaging 14.1 ppg
- The Crimson Storm rank second in the GAC in assists per game, averaging 15.3 apg
 
The Coaches
SWOSU: Kelsi Musick (126-100, 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 126-100, including a mark of 7-2 against SNU all-time
 
Southern Nazarene: Derek Dorris (58-73, 5th season)
- After starting his first year at SNU at 4-7, the Dorris and the Crimson Storm went 17-3 over
the final 20 games and won the NCCAA National Championship
- The SNU alumni came back to SNU after spending the last two seasons at Southmoore
High School where he was named the 2011-12 Mid-State Conference Coach of the Year)
 
Checking the Standings
- Harding, Arkansas Tech, Southeastern, SWOSU and East Central all have punched their tickets to Bartlesville but only Harding has solidified their seeding as the No. 1 seed
- Harding holds the longest winning streak at the moment having won their last eight contests, followed by East Central who now has been victorious in their previous six games
- Four teams are separated by just one game in spots six through nine as OUA, SNU, UAM and HSU are battling for positioning with just one week remaining on the schedule
- The top eight teams participate in the conference tournament, so one of the above teams will not make the cut for the postseason

The Series
Date               Location                                Score
*12/15/2012  Bethany, Okla.                       W 91-81
 *1/24/2013   Weatherford, Okla.                 W 86-74
 *1/23/2014   Bethany, Okla.                       W 96-83
 *2/25/2014   Weatherford, Okla.                W 101-66
 *12/13/2014 Weatherford, Okla.                   L 65-74
 *1/29/2015   Bethany, Okla.                       W 88-71
 *1/16/2016   Bethany, Okla.                       W 77-65
*2/13/2016    Weatherford, Okla.                  W 88-78
*2/9/2017      Bethany, Okla.                        L 67-81
 
*GAC Conference Meeting
GAC Era: SWOSU leads series 7-2
In Weatherford: SWOSU leads 3-1
In Bethany: SWOSU leads 4-1
 
SWOSU Notes
- Saturday's 20-point loss to Southeastern was SWOSU's third worst margin of the season, behind losing to Emporia State by 22 and Ouachita by 35 and all of which were away from home
- The Lady Dawgs shot the ball well in the game against SE at 43%, but allowed the Savage Storm to connect on greater than 50% of their shooting tries in the contest which led to the loss
- Four starters scored in double figures led by Tyra Aska's 16, tying for her third highest scoring number this season
- Hayden priddy tallied 13 points while dishing out five assists and grabbing six rebounds on the afternoon
- Hailey Tucker managed to score 12 points, tying for her lowest point total of the season while also only coming down with five rebounds, her second worst rebounding total of the season
- Savannah Gray chipped in 10 points to round out the double digit scorers for the Dawgs
- After only committing 12 turnovers, SWOSU lost their first contest in which they turn the ball over 12 or less times falling to 5-1 during those circumstances
- SWOSU shot 12-of-19 (63.2%) from the foul line, ending lower than their season average of 68.5% which ranks them ninth out of twelve teams in the conference in that statistic

Looking Ahead
- The Lady Dawgs will play two more home games this week to conclude the regular season against Ouachita and Henderson State on Thursday and Saturday
- SWOSU will then travel to Bartlesville, Okla. to play in the GAC Tournament March 2-5