Women's Basketball February 04, 2021 Emma Sporleder, Athletic Communications

The Lady Rangers take on the Bison at 5:30 p.m.

ALVA, Okla. – The Lady Rangers look to grab their sixth straight victory over the Bison of Oklahoma Baptist, today at 5:30 p.m. inside Percefull Fieldhouse.

On Jan. 21 the Red-and-Black defeated the Bison (68-62) in Shawnee. Mya Johnson led Northwestern with 13 points, 20 rebounds and three blocks. Josena Frame finished with 11 points on 4-of-9 shooting. Bailey Brown tallied nine points, 11 rebounds, two steals, one block and eight assists. Kaylee Jo Neeley and Kiana Walker both put up nine points apiece.

Northwestern enters the contest 4-7 overall and 2-7 in GAC play.
OPSU 70-60 (W)
TABOR 57-54 (W)
OBU 65-56 (W)
@SWOSU 47-93 (L)
SOSU 64-75 (L)
@ECU 48-58 (L)
@OBU 68-62 (W)
@SNU 66-90 (L)
SWOSU 77-87 (L)
ECU 53-58 (L)
@SOSU 63-76 (L)

LADY RANGERS

After 11 games, the Lady Rangers are led by double-digit scorers: Johnson, Neeley and Brown.

Johnson enters the contest averaging a double-double with 13.5 points and 10.2 rebounds. She's completing 65% of her shots and 46.9% of her free throws. Johnson has amassed 14 blocks and 112 rebounds on the season so far.

Neeley is averaging 12 points and 6.1 rebounds. She's shooting 54.4% overall and 70.8% from the free-throw line.

Brown will face the Bison averaging 10.9 points and 9.3 rebounds. She's draining 77.3% of her free throws and leads the team in steals with 14.

NWOSU team statistics (4-7) (2-7):
FG – 40.6%
3PT – 27.6%
FT – 64.1%
Points per game – 61.6
Rebounds per game – 41.6
Assists per game – 12.5
Turnovers per game – 21.2
Steals per game – 6.5
Blocks per game – 2.3

BISON

During their previous meeting Andreja Peciuraite led OBU with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and three steals. Jaylin Stapleton scored 13 points, assisted six teammates and stole the ball once. Kayla Highfill finished with 10 points and three steals.

Oklahoma Baptist travels to Alva coming off their first win in 19 games. The Bison defeated the Eagles of Oklahoma Christian on Monday, 61-58.

OBU is 1-10 overall and 0-9 in the Great American Conference.
SOSU 56-61 (L)
@NWOSU 56-65 (L)
@#22 WEST TEXAS A&M 50-74 (L)
ECU 50-57 (L)
@#21 SWOSU 58-91 (L)
NWOSU 62-68 (L)
@SOSU 55-65 (L)
SNU 63-71 (L)
SWOSU 64-88 (L)
@ECU 57-79 (L)
@OC 61-58 (W)

The Bison are led by three players that are posting double-figures.

Kalifa Ford travels to Northwestern averaging 16 points and five rebounds. She's shooting 92.9% from the free-throw line (13-of-14)

Peciuraite posts 11.3 points with 7.3 rebounds. She's finishing 50.6% of her shots from the field.

Stapleton rounds out the Bison double digit scorers with 10 points and 3.8 rebounds.

OBU team statistics (1-10) (0-9):
FG – 36.2%
3PT – 26.8%
FT – 79.5%
Points per game – 57.5
Rebounds per game – 36.3
Assists per game – 11.5
Turnovers per game – 20.5
Steals per game – 8.7
Blocks per game – 2.7

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Players Mentioned

#23 Mya Johnson: C; 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior

#30 Bailey Brown: F; 6' 0"; Senior

#21 Kaylee Jo Neeley: F; 6' 0"; Freshman

#2 Kiana Walker: G; 5' 9"; Junior

#20 Josena Frame: G; 5' 9"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#23 Mya Johnson
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior
: C

#30 Bailey Brown
: 6' 0"; Senior
: F

#21 Kaylee Jo Neeley
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: F

#2 Kiana Walker
: 5' 9"; Junior
: G

#20 Josena Frame
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: G