ADA – The East Central University women's basketball team will play the final two games of the 2017-18 season at the Kerr Activities Center and are looking to claim one of the eight spots in the Great American Conference Championship Tournament, March 1-4 in Bartlesville, Okla.
The Tigers will first host Northwestern Oklahoma State, Friday, Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m. The game is being sponsored by Tinker Federal Credit Union, who will be giving away a free laptop to lucky ECU students at half time of the men's and women's basketball games. To win you must be an enrolled ECU student with a current ID and you must be present to win.
The Tigers will then host Oklahoma Baptist, Saturday, Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m. for the annual Senior Day. The men's and women's basketball teams will honor their six (three each) seniors between games. The women will be honoring:
Alexa Adair,
Aaliyah Blakley and
Devon Branch.
Tiger Quick Hits
• ECU has two players that are averaging 10.0-or-more points per game this season
• Sr.
Devon Branch: 14.6 ppg; 4.3 rpg; 39 A; 26 S; .331 (104-314) FG%; .331 (56-169) 3PT%
• Jr.
Lakin Preisner: 13.6 ppg; 6.2 rpg; 41 S; .425 (102-240) FG%, .391 (43-110) 3PT%; .953 (61-64) FT%
• The Tigers defeated No. 5/7 Southeastern at home (76-66), Feb. 17
• This is the second-straight season that ECU has defeated at ranked team at home
• Feb. 23, 2017: No. 22 Arkansas Tech - W, 67-55
• In the last five games Sr.
Aaliyah Blakley and Jr.
Tia Williams have picked up their performances
• Blakley - Overall: 5.8 P; 5.3 R; 18 A; 14 S / Last 5: 10.2 P; 8.2 R; 5 A; 4 S
• Williams - Overall: 4.3 P; 2.0 R; 27 A; 11 S / Last 5: 7.4 P; 2.8 R; 7 A; 1 S
• Sr.
Devon Branch was named GAC Player of the Week for Feb. 19
• Second honor for Branch this season
• Averaged 16.5 ppg; 3.0 rpg; .429 (9-21) FG%; .500 (3-6) 3PT FG%; 1.000 FT% (10-10)
• ECU is ranked No. 1 in free throw percentage in the GAC and No. 4 in the NCAA (81.7)
• ECU is ranked in the top-100 in eight NCAA Categories, with five of those in the top-25
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Devon Branch is ranked in the Top-100 in four NCAA Categories
• No. 54 - 3-point field goals attempted (163)
• No. 58 - 3-point field goals/game (2.45)
• No. 79 - 3-point filed goals made (54)
• No. 88 - Free throw percentage (82.6)
• Sr.
Devon Branch was named GAC Player of the Week for Dec. 4
• Averaged 25.0 ppg; 10.0 rpg; .424 (14-33) FG%; .429 (9-21) 3PT FG%; .813 (13-16) FT%
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Lakin Preisner is ranked No. 1 in the NCAA and the GAC in Free Throw Percentage
• .956 (65-68) overall / .968 (61-63) GAC
• ECU leads the all-time series against NWOSU 29-22 overall and is 22-11 when playing as conference opponents
• ECU is 13-5 when playing the Rangers at home
• The Tigers lost in the first meeting of the season on the road (62-75)
• ECU's top performers
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Devon Branch: 16 P; 4 R; 4 A; 1 S
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Lakin Preisner: 16 P; 4 R; 6 A: 1 B; 4 S
• NWOSU's top performers
• Selena McDonald: 15 P; 5 R; 3 B; 1 S
• McKenzie Billy: 12 P; 4 R; 2 A; 1 B; 1 S
• ECU leads the all-time series against OBU 18-13 overall and is 4-1 when playing as conference opponents
• ECU is 9-5 when playing the Bison at home
• The Tigers won in the first meeting of the season on the road (67-74)
• ECU's top performers
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Devon Branch: 21 P; 6 R; 1 A
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Lakin Preisner: 18 P; 8 R; 2 A: 1 S
• OBU's top performers
• McKenzie Cooper: 23 P; 1 R; 1 S
• Shaylan Coleman: 15 P; 8 R; 1 A; 1 S
