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Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Women's Basketball (18-9, 14-7 GAC) wraps up the regular season against Henderson State on Saturday at noon with GAC Tournament seeding implications on the line with different scenarios currently in play
- With a win, the Lady Bulldogs will clinch the number three seed in the upcoming postseason tournament while a loss and a Southeastern win will drop SWOSU to the number four seed
- A loss and a Southeastern loss would still result in obtaining the third seed
- The Dawgs defeated Henderson State 85-80 back on Jan. 5 after overcoming a 16-point second quarter deficit in Arkadelphia to earn only their second victory in the Reddie gym
- Henderson State is playing for their postseason hopes on Saturday, as the Reddies are currently tied for eighth place with Arkansas-Monticello at 8-13 league records with a game left on the schedule

The Opponent
Henderson State (8-19, 8-13 GAC)
- HSU enters Saturday on a three-game slide with losses to rival Ouachita and the top two teams in the conference in Harding and Arkansas Tech
- If the postseason tournament were to start tomorrow, the Reddies would be left out due to their two losses to Monticello who now holds the tiebreaker over HSU since the teams are tied in the eighth spot
- The Reddies are led offensively by Pink Jones who is averaging 13.6 points per game alongside three other teammates who average in double figures
 
The Coaches
SWOSU: Kelsi Musick (128-100, 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 128-100, including a mark of 9-5 against HSU all-time
 
Henderson State: Jill Thomas (45-65, 4th season)
- During her three seasons at Henderson State, she has led the Reddies to the GAC
Tournament each season and coached four All-GAC selections
- Prior to Henderson, Thomas spent four seasons as the head coach at Pfeiffer University in
North Carolina, compiling a 65-48 record
 
Checking the Standings
- Harding has solidified the number one seed while Arkansas Tech now has claimed the second seed heading into the postseason tournament
- East Central is the only other team to know their seed prior to Saturday as they have locked up the fifth seed
- SWOSU and Southeastern are knotted for third with one game left to play with 14-7 conference records
- Southern Nazarene and Ouachita are tied for sixth at 9-12
- Henderson and Monticello are tied for eighth with 8-13 records
 
The Series
Date           Location                       Score
*1/5/2012    Arkadelphia, Ark.           L 69-82
*2/2/2012    Weatherford, Okla.        W 77-56
*1/17/2013   Arkadelphia, Ark.           W 90-81
*2/21/2013   Weatherford, Okla.        W 76-70
3/7/2013      Bartlesville, Okla.          W 69-59
*1/16/2014   Weatherford, Okla.        W 90-82
*2/20/2014   Arkadelphia, Ark.           L 97-101 (2 OT)
3/7/2014      Bartlesville, Okla.          W 66-60
*1/15/2015   Arkadelphia, Ark.           L 73-85
*2/21/2015   Weatherford, Okla.        W 116-108
*1/7/2016    Weatherford, Okla.        W 97-87
*2/25/16      Arkadelphia, Ark.           L 76-87
*1/5/2017    Arkadelphia, Ark.           W 85-80
 
All-Time: SWOSU leads 9-5             In Weatherford: SWOSU leads 5-0
GAC Era: SWOSU leads 9-4            In Arkadelphia: HSU leads 5-2
 
SWOSU Notes
- The Lady Bulldogs shot just above their season average of 42.0% on Thursday evening in their 79-70 victory over Ouachita by shooting 42.4% from the field
- Hayden Priddy tallied her fourth double-double of the season after her 11 points and 11 rebounds
- Priddy played in all 40 minutes for the 15th time this season and the sophomore still leads the conference in minutes per game at 37.4 
- Savannah Gray stretched the defense with the three ball, hitting a career high six treys for all 18 of her points after knocking down 6-of-8 (75%) from downtown  
- Hailey Tucker was a rebound shy of a double-double herself, scoring a game high 24 points and blocking three shots to total 52 swats this season ranking third in the GAC averaging 1.9 per game
- Tucker is now 21 points shy of reaching the 1,000 point club entering the final game of the regular season of her sophomore campaign
- Whitney Dunn added 14 points to the stat sheet against the Tigers on 6-for-13 from the field (46.1%) as the senior ranks second in the league in scoring efficiency by shooting an overall 57.8% this season
- The last time SWOSU faced off against Henderson State, Tyra Aska led the way with a game high 23 points in the Dawgs' five-point victory in Arkadelphia

Looking Ahead
- Tournament play begins on March 2 in the Bartlesville Sports Commission/Bruin Fieldhouse located in Bartlesville, Okla. and goes through the 5