Setting the Scene
• Lady Bulldog Basketball embarks on a stretch of four consecutive games against in-state rivals this weekend, playing once on the road and once at home
• SWOSU heads to Ada on Thursday night in search of the season sweep of East Central, who the Lady Bulldogs took down 76-39 back on November 21st in their conference opener
• Saturday will see SWOSU as home to host Oklahoma Baptist, who the Lady Bulldogs defeated 85-79 on December 14th in Shawnee
• Tipoff of the matchup with OBU on Saturday has been moved up to 11:00 am to accommodate for another event taking place at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center later in the day
• SWOSU enters the game on a two-game winning streak after defeating Southern Arkansas and Arkansas-Monticello last weekend in Weatherford to improve to 9-5 in conference play
• The Lady Bulldogs are currently tied with Henderson State for fifth place in the GAC standings, but the teams are both one game out of a four-way tie atop the conference leaderboard
 
About the Opponent
East Central (4-16, 2-12 GAC)
• The Tigers have dropped two straight games and 10 of their last 11 games and they enter the weekend alone in 10th place in the league standings
• ECU is 2-5 this season at the Kerr Activities Center, a place where they are 3-5 against SWOSU since the formation of the Great American Conference
• East Central is the second-lowest scoring team in the league (60.6 ppg), but their scoring defense is fifth and allowing just 66.6 points per game to opponents
 
Oklahoma Baptist (5-15, 1-13 GAC)
• The Lady Bison snapped an eight-game slide last Thursday with a 72-65 victory over Ouachita, their first conference victory of the season
• OBU is 2-8 away from home this season, including an 0-8 mark in conference road games
• McKenzie Cooper leads the way for OBU with 14.8 points per game, a mark that ranks her fourth in the conference
 
SWOSU Notes
• SWOSU reached the century mark for the first time this season with a 103-85 victory over Southern Arkansas on Thursday and they remain the highest-scoring team in the conference at 77.7 points per game for the year
• Senior guard Tyra Aska knocked down 10-of-17 field goals for a season-high 24 points against Southern Arkansas and she enters the weekend needing six points to surpass Michelle Fisher (1,446; 2010-14) for sixth place on SWOSU's career scoring list
• Makyra Tramble is leading the way for SWOSU with 14.3 points per game and she's scored at least 10 points in 12 straight games
• Tramble has joined the starting lineup for the Lady Bulldogs and recorded two double-doubles in the past three games, giving her four for the year
• Freshman guard Regan Crawford has established a new career high in scoring in each of the past three games, scoring 7 points at Harding, 11 against Southern Arkansas and 13 last Saturday against Arkansas-Monticello
• Maddie Sperle came off the bench against UAM and scored a team-high 14 points, snapping a four-game streak of being held to five points or fewer
• Taylor Hedrick scored a season-high 15 points on Thursday night against Southern Arkansas and moved into 17th on SWOSU's all-time scoring list and she's now three points away for passing Kristi Dickerson (926; 1995-00) for 16th on the list
• Taber Beer has now scored 10 or more points in 10 straight games and she's hit at least one three-pointer in 10 of the Lady Bulldogs last 11 contests
• SWOSU enters the weekend with five different players averaging double figures in scoring: Tramble (14.3), Sperle (12.3), Beer (10.6), Aska (10.5) and Bethany Franks (10.2)
 
Looking Ahead
• The Lady Bulldogs are on the road for their next four games, a stretch that starts with in-state road trips to Northwestern Oklahoma State (Thursday) and Southern Nazarene (Saturday) next weekend
• The following week, SWOSU heads to Arkadelphia, Ark., to face Henderson State (Feb. 20) and Ouachita Baptist (Feb. 22)
• SWOSU will close out the regular season with two games at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center, hosting Harding (Feb. 27) and Arkansas Tech (Feb. 29)