Setting the Scene
- SWOSU Women's Basketball puts their 20-game win streak on the line in Shawnee on Saturday afternoon with an in-state showdown against Oklahoma Baptist
- The Lady Bulldogs won their 20th straight game on Thursday night, defeating East Central 91-76 to extend their home winning streak to 29 consecutive games
- The Noble Complex in Shawnee has been one of the more difficult road venues for the Lady Bulldogs, who are 1-2 against OBU on their home floor since the Lady Bison joined the GAC
- SWOSU's lone defeat of the 2018-19 season came on the floor at the Noble Complex in a neutral site game against Emporia State in the season opener
- The Lady Bulldogs are the lone team to clinch a spot in the GAC Tournament at this point and they enter Saturday with a five-game lead in the conference over Harding, Henderson State and Southern Nazarene
- At 6-9 in league play, Oklahoma Baptist is currently tied with Arkansas Tech and Northwestern Oklahoma State in seventh place in the GAC
 
About the Opponent
Oklahoma Baptist (10-11, 6-9 GAC)
- The Lady Bison picked up a big road win on Thursday night, defeating Southeastern Oklahoma State 74-72 in Durant to improve to 6-9 in GAC play
- OBU features the fourth-highest scoring offense in the conference at 71.1 points per game while holding their opponents to an average of 68.0 points per
- In addition to leading the Lady Bison with 16.1 points per game, Autumn Avina leads the conference and ranks second nationally with an average of 8.2 assists per game
- Casi Bays has led OBU to more than 110 wins in her seven seasons at the helm, including back-to-back 20-win seasons at the NAIA level before the transitioned to NCAA Division II
 
The Series

Date	Location	Score
11/21/09	Weatherford	L, 66-70
11/11/11	Weatherford	W, 81-50
*1/23/16	Weatherford	W, 84-77
*2/20/16	Shawnee	L, 81-85 (OT)
*1/21/17	Shawnee	L, 79-81
*2/16/17	Weatherford	W, 87-59
*1/20/18	Shawnee	W, 91-78
*2/23/18	Weatherford	W, 100-72
3/1/18	Bartlesville	W, 80-72
*12/15/18	Weatherford	W, 83-71
NCAA Division II Era: SWOSU Leads 7-3
in Weatherford: SWOSU Leads 5-1
in Shawnee: OBU Leads 2-1
in Bartlesville: SWOSU Leads 1-0

 
SWOSU Notes
- With 20 consecutive victories, the Lady Bulldogs have set a new Great American Conference record for the longest winning streak, surpassing the previous record of 18 set by Harding during the 2013-14 season
- SWOSU surpassed the 90-point mark for the 10th time this season on Thursday night, upping their scoring average to 87.6 points per game, which ranks third among all NCAA Division II institutions
- Senior guard Hailey Tucker poured in a game-high 27 points against East Central, upping her scoring average to 18.8 points per game
- With 19 points against ECU, Hayden Priddy moved into third place on the GAC's all-time scoring list with 1,587 career points
- Tyra Aska moved up one spot on the Lady Bulldogs all-time scoring list on Thursday, scoring 12 points to surpass Jana Hilbert (1,078 points; 1994-98) for 11th in school history
- Taber Beer was perfect from the field on Thursday night, hitting all five of her field goal attempts - including 3-of-3 shooting from three-point range - along with a pair of free throws to finish with a career-high 15 points
- In her return to the starting lineup, Bethany Franks hit 1-of-2 field goal attempts and two free throws for four points to go along with a team-high seven rebounds against ECU
- For the year, Franks leads the GAC in rebounding (8.8 per game) while ranking third in field goal percentage, having connected on 61-of-102 (59.8%) attempts this season
- In the latest national rankings, released on Tuesday, the Lady Bulldogs climbed one spot to sit tied for #14 in the WBCA Coaches Poll while moving up three spots to #11 in the D2SIDA Media Poll
 
Looking Ahead
- Rivalry action returns to the Pioneer Cellular Event Center next Thursday evening as the Bulldogs host the rival Rangers from Northwestern Oklahoma State at 5:30 pm
- Next Saturday, the Lady Bulldogs head to Bethany for a meeting with Southern Nazarene, who is another team currently tied for second place in the league standings