ALVA, OKLAHOMA - Northwestern Oklahoma State basketball is rapidly approaching with tip-off set for just over a month away. The Lady Rangers will play six non-conference games before jumping into Great American Conference games which will concluded with a 22 game conference schedule for 28 total games.Â
The Lady Rangers will be led by head coach Tasha Diesselhorst entering her seventh season with the program.
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Northwestern will have 15 total home games with 11 of those in conference along with four non-conference games which include Friends University, Bethel, Kansas Christian, Oklahoma Panhandle State. There will be two neutral location games in Bismark, North Dakota in the yearly MIAA/ GAC challenge against Northeastern State and Central Oklahoma.Â
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The Rangers home opener for the 2022-2023 season will take place on Tuesday November 15th against Oklahoma Panhandle State University. This will include a four game home stand continuing with Friends, Kansas Christian, right before the GAC conference opener will tip-off on Thursday December 1st with a 5:30 PM start.Â
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Northwestern will then start a four game stretch with two home and two away right before the New Year. The Lady Rangers will close the 2022 portion of the schedule with @Oklahoma Baptist, at home versus Southern Nazarene, @Southeastern Oklahoma State and concluding with Bethel College on New Year's Eve.
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The Red-and-Black will open the 2023 calendar with two straight home games against Southern Arkansas, and Arkansas Monticello on January 5th and 7th, before heading to Arkansas in Arkadelphia against Henderson State, and Ouachita Baptist. The third straight game away from Percefull Fieldhouse will be at East Central. Northwestern will than have three of the next four in Alva against Oklahoma Baptist, Harding, and Arkansas Tech with the exception being Southwestern in Weatherford, Oklahoma.Â
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The final month of the regular season will begin with two consecutive road games against Arkansas Monticello, and Southern Arkansas before returning home for a three game stretch. This will begin with the final games against Ouachita Baptist and Henderson State for the season. Northwestern will than go to Russellville and Searcy Arkansas to start three on the road finishing at Southern Nazarene. The Lady Rangers will than host the final game of the season on February 25th against Southeastern.
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