Wayland Baptist's Flying Queens will get a chance to avenge a hard-to-swallow loss while the Pioneers will try to repeat a home victory on the road when both teams open Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament play Tuesday.
The 13
th-ranked Flying Queens (23-5), the No. 2 seed in the tournament after finishing 14-4 in the SAC, will host Southwestern Christian (15-12) at 6 p.m. in Hutcherson Center. In addition to normal streaming video and audio and live stats with links available at
www.wbuathletics.com, Ben Catley will broadcast the game locally on 103.9-FM.
Wayland lost to the Lady Eagles on Thursday, 67-65, snapping a 22-game home winning streak.
The winner advances to Oklahoma City where the rest of the tournament will be played out Friday and Saturday.
The tournament champion automatically advances to the NAIA Women's National Tournament in Billings, Mont.
The Pioneers (18-12) finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the conference and wound up with the No. 5 seed, just missing a chance to host a first-round game. Instead, Wayland travels to Chickasha, Okla., to face fourth-seeded Science and Arts of Oklahoma (16-13) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
In addition to USAO's live streaming and live stats, Danny Andrews will be in Chickasha to broadcast the game locally on KVOP-AM and streaming at
www.network1sports.com/station/kvop.
That game is a rematch of a thrilling 113-107 double-overtime win for Wayland in the regular-season finale Saturday afternoon in the Hutch.
The Pioneers-Drovers winner advances to Oklahoma City University for the rest of the tournament Friday and Saturday.
The tournament champion automatically qualifies for the NAIA Men's National Tournament in Kansas City, Mo.
All coverage links for both of Tuesday's games are available on www.wbuathletics.com.
Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament
Women's Bracket
Tuesday, Feb. 28 (Times determined by home team. Seeds are in parenthesis. Highest seed hosts)
(8) Bacone College (10-16, 5-13) at (1) Oklahoma City University (25-2, 16-1)
(5) Texas Wesleyan University (18-11, 10-8) at (4) Mid-America Christian University (19-9, 10-7)
(6) University Science & Arts of Oklahoma (11-15, 9-9) at (3) John Brown University (21-7, 13-4)
(7) Southwestern Christian University (15-12, 7-10) at (2) Wayland Baptist University (23-5, 14-4)
Semifinals
Friday, March 3 at Oklahoma City University – Abe Lemons Arena. Times determined by SAC
USAO/JBU winner vs. WBU/SCU winner
MACU/TWU winner vs. OCU/BC winner
Championship, March 4 at Oklahoma City University – Abe Lemons Arena.
1 p.m. – Championship
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Men's Bracket
Tuesday, Feb. 28. Times determined by home team. Seeds are in parenthesis. Highest seed hosts.
(8) Mid-America Christian University (16-14, 7-11) at (1) Texas Wesleyan University (23-6, 13-5)
(5) Wayland Baptist University (18-12, 10-8) at (4) University of Science and Arts of Okla. (16-13, 11-7)
(6) Oklahoma City University (19-9, 10-8) at (3) Southwestern Christian University (19-11, 11-7)
(7) John Brown University (15-14, 7-11) at (2) Southwestern Assemblies of God University (22-8, 12-6)
Semifinals
Friday, March 3 at Oklahoma City University – Abe Lemons Arena. Times determined by SAC
MACU/TWU winner vs. WBU/USAO Winner
OCU/SCU winner vs. JBU/SAGU winner
Championship, March 4 at Oklahoma City University – Abe Lemons Arena.
4 p.m. – Championship
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