ALVA, Okla. -- The Northwestern Oklahoma State men's basketball team is on the cusp of making its first Great American Conference tournament and it all begins with a game at Ouachita Baptist, Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m.
THE SERIES:
Ouachita Baptist leads the series 5-2 (OBU leads the series 2-1 in Arkadelphia)
Last OBU win: 1/7/16 - 87-73
Last NW win: 2/24/13 - 87-80
THE COACHES:
Brad Franz (9-15, 9-11 GAC) 1st Season at Northwestern
(9-15) 1st Season Overall (NCAA DII)
Dennis Nutt
75-58, 5th Season at OBU
152-157, 11th Season Overall
LAST MEETING: 1/7/2016 – OBU 87 vs NW 73
LAST TIME OUT: 2/20/2016 - NW 62 vs ECU 81The BasicsScore: Northwestern 62 - East Central 81
Records: ECU (20-6, 16-4 GAC) - NW (9-15, 9-11 GAC)
Location: Kerr Activities Center - Ada, Okla. ADA, Okla. - The Northwestern Oklahoma State men's basketball team was unable to contain the Tigers of East Central this afternoon, falling in the contest 81-62.Individual Leaders- The Rangers only had two players in double figures on the afternoon, as seniorLaakeem Henderson led the way with 13 on 5-of-12 shooting. He was also 2-for-3 from the line.
- Deiondray Martin was the other member of the team with double figures, putting up 10 in the contest. He was efficient in his efforts, shooting 4-for-6 from the field, two of which were three pointers.
- Sophomore guard, Brandon Green once again had a quality stat line as he posted nine points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals.
Game Changer- Efficiency was a large difference in the game as the Tigers were just under 54 percent from the field compared to the Rangers 35 percent.
- East Central dominated in the paint with 46 points compared to Northwestern's 26.
- Northwestern was able to outscore the bench of the home team as the Black-and-Red finished with 28, while the Tigers posted 21 on the day.
