ALVA, OKLAHOMA - Northwestern Oklahoma State hits the road for the first of three straight games away from Percefull Fieldhouse. The first is Thursday evening with tip-off set for 5:30 PM in Arkadelphia, Arkansas against Henderson State Reddies.
This is the first of two meetings between the two programs this season. Northwestern Oklahoma State enters Thursday with a 7-3 overall record and a 3-3 Great American Conference mark. Henderson State comes in with the same conference record at 3-3 with a 6-6 overall record.Â
Overall this will be the 19th meeting between the two teams dating back to 2012. Henderson State leads the series 11-7 overall over the last 11 years. Last season Henderson State and Northwestern split the season series 1-1 each protecting their homecourt. The Reddies are 6-4 in the last 10 meetings and won the most recent matchup.
The Lady Rangers come into Thursday's matchup winning their last outing after splitting last week 1-1. Northwestern bounced back after a loss to Southern Arkansas with a 59-52 win over Arkansas Monticello. Camille Thomas led the Lady Rangers 25.5 points per game last week on 76% shooting while Nikya Orange averaged 17.5 points per game with 10 rebounds.
Northwestern this season has four players averaging double figures led by Faith Simpson at 17.6 points per game scoring at least 10 points in all eight games she has played in this season. Thomas is second on the team averaging 13.3 points a game. Carly Craig and Nikya Orange each are averaging 10 points a game. Criag leads the team with 60 assists on the season for 6.0 per game.
The Lady Ranger defense has caused a lot of problems for opponents as Northwestern is 20th in Division II and first in the conference allowing 55.9 points per game. Northwestern is 15 in DII and second in the conference averaging 12.7 steals per game. Simpson leads the Lady Rangers with 28 steals on the season followed by Craig with 26 and Talayah Thomas 19. Northwestern is fifth in the conference with 2.7 blocks per game led by Simpson with eight and C. Thomas with six.
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The Reddies enter play Thursday on a three game losing streak after losing two last week to Oklahoma Baptist and Southern Nazarene. In the most recent loss to Southern Nazarene Sonni Martin led the Reddies with 18 points.Â
On the season Henderson State has two players averaging double figures in Ashley Farrar at 19.0 points per game followed by Abbie Jiles at 13.3 points a game. Henderson State has two players in Jasmine Bailey and Abbie Jiles each with 23 assists but are led by Sonni Martin with 40 on the year.Â
The defensive side of the ball Abbie Jiles leads the Reddies with 26 steals on the year with the next closest being Raby and Martin with 13. Jiles leads the team with six blocks on the year. Farrar and Jiles each lead the team with 6.1 rebounds per game.Â
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