Setting the Scene
- Bulldog Basketball plays their final home game of the 2018-19 season on Saturday as they host Ouachita for Senior Day
- SWOSU enters the game on a seven-game slide following a 104-78 loss to Henderson State on Thursday night while Ouachita has won two straight games to improve to 9-10 in GAC play, where they currently sit in eighth place
- SWOSU guard Tre Evans set the single-season record for scoring on Thursday, scoring 29 points against Henderson State to give him 581 points scored this season which is good for a league-leading 24.2 points per game
- Ouachita has won the last four meetings in the series and they are 4-0 all-time at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center while leading the series 13-12 over SWOSU in the NCAA Division II era
 

After scoring 29 points in last night's contest against Henderson State, SWOSU junior guard Tre Evans has eclipsed the Bulldogs NCAA era record for single-season scoring!

🐶🏀#GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/mU2uXyLUDB

— SWOSU Athletics (@SWOSUAthletics) February 22, 2019

 
About the Opponent
Ouachita (12-11, 9-10 GAC)
- The Tigers have won four of their last five games to move into contention for the final spot in the GAC Tournament
- Ouachita ranks eighth in the league with an average of 73.3 points per game while allowing 73.5 points per game, which ranks sixth in the conference
- Mahlon Martin leads the Tigers and ranks sixth in the GAC in scoring with an average of 16.2 points per game this season
- Former NBA player Dennis Nutt is in his eighth season leading the Tigers and he's led Ouachita to two GAC Tournament championships
 
The Series

1/7/12	*Arkadelphia	L, 56-68
2/5/12	*Weatherford	W, 79-53
1/19/13	*Arkadelphia	L, 52-58
2/23/13	*Weatherford	W, 75-63
1/18/14	*Weatherford	W, 72-68
2/22/14	*Arkadelphia	W, 67-63
1/8/15	*Weatherford	L, 58-66
2/12/15	*Arkadelphia	L, 63-89
3/6/15	Bartlesville, Okla.	W, 71-67 (OT)
1/9/16	*Weatherford	L, 62-73
2/27/16	*Arkadelphia	W, 81-74
1/7/17	*Arkadelphia	L, 62-80
2/23/17	*Weatherford	L, 85-88
11/16/17	*Weatherford	L, 61-63
1/27/18	*Arkadelphia	L, 87-97 (OT)
1/10/19	*Arkadelphia	L, 67-75
NCAA Division II Era: Ouachita Leads 13-12
In Weatherford: Series Tied 5-5
In Arkadelphia: Ouachita Leads 7-4
Neutral: SWOSU Leads 3-1
at Pioneer Cellular Event Center: Ouachita Leads 4-0

 
SWOSU Notes
- Five Bulldog seniors will play their final home game for SWOSU on Saturday: Jefkins Agyeman-Budu, Daniel Eibel, Cheikh Fall, Luke Lewallen and Nick Shoemaker
- Agyeman-Budu has played out his final two seasons for the Bulldogs and was averaging 5.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game before suffering a season-ending injury earlier this season
- Eibel has played three seasons at SWOSU after transferring in as a sophomore and he's connecting on 97 three-pointers while wearing a Bulldog uniform
- Fall has played his senior season wearing the navy and white, scoring 5.9 points per game while ranking second on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game this season
- Lewallen is a five-year member of the Bulldog Basketball program and he's appeared in 108 games for SWOSU, making 21 starts
- Shoemaker has earned the nickname of 'Shot Maker' as he became the most prolific three-point shooter in program history earlier this season
- Shoemaker has made a school-record 206 three-pointers in his career, while starting 50 games in his four-year career
- Junior guard Tre Evans has scored more points this season than any SWOSU player in the NCAA era after adding 29 points in the loss to Henderson State on Thursday
- Evans has scored 581 points this season - an average of 24.2 points per game - which surpasses the previous record of 569, which was set by Charles Beauregard last season
 
Looking Ahead
- SWOSU heads to Harding next Thursday before closing out the season on Saturday, March 2nd, at Arkansas Tech