UAFS will look to sweep its second Heartland Conference series of the season on Thursday when the Lady Lions play the Oklahoma Christian Lady Eagles at the Eagles Nest in Oklahoma City.
Tipoff will be 5:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on KHGG-FM 101.1 and KHGG-AM 1580, and
live statistics and
live stream will be available.
All eight teams will qualify for the conference tournament, which begins on Thursday, March 7, at the Union Multipurpose Activity Center in Tulsa, Okla.
UAFS (9-16, 6-6) is in a three-way tie for third place with St. Edward's (14-12, 6-6) and Rogers State (13-12, 6-6). St. Mary's (16-9, 6-7) and Oklahoma Christian (12-13, 5-7) are tied for sixth place. Texas A&M International (0-24, 0-12) is last.
No. 25 Lubbock Christian (22-5, 12-1) has won the conference and will be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament, and Newman (17-9, 8-4) is second.
UAFS has won two games in a row and are coming off an impressive 63-48 win against St. Mary's in Saturday's home finale at the Stubblefield Center. UAFS beat Oklahoma Christian 98-85 in the first meeting of the season on Jan. 9 at the Stubblefield Center.
The Lady Lions 63 points per game with two players averaging double-figures in scoring – senior forward
Ellie Lehne (11 ppg) and senior guard
Mariah Green (10.1 ppg). Green leads the team in assists (3.8 apg).
UAFS out-rebounds its opponents by almost 3 rebounds per game (35.8-33.1), and junior forward
Tamera Gulley leads the team in rebounding (6.4 rpg). The Lady Lions allow 66 points per game and force 16 turnovers per game. Senior guard
Daijah Brown leads the team in steals (1.8 spg), and Gulley leads the team in blocked shots (1.6 bpg).
Oklahoma Christian has lost two games in a row and is coming off a 93-44 loss to Lubbock Christian on Saturday at the Rip Griffin Center in Lubbock, Texas.
The Lady Eagles average 79 points per game with two players averaging double-figures in scoring – senior guard Addy Clift (27.2 ppg) and sophomore forward Katie Mayo (16 ppg). Sophomore guard Maddison Collyer leads the team in assists (4.8 apg).
Opponents out-rebound Oklahoma Christian by almost 2 rebounds per game (41-39.5), and Mayo leads the team in rebounds (6 rpg). The Lady Eagles allow 77 points per game and force 16 turnovers per game. Clift leads the team in steals (2.2 spg), and Mayo leads the team in blocked shots (1.5 bpg).
It will be the first of two final regular-season games for UAFS, which will play Newman at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Fugate Gymnasium in Wichita, Kan.
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