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SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist faces Arkansas-Monticello in a men's basketball game Thursday that will play an important role in determining the final Great American Conference tournament pairings. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. from Steelman Fieldhouse in Monticello, Ark. OBU won the earlier meeting between the two schools with a 73-72 overtime victory last month in Shawnee.

Live video of the game will be streamed on the UAM Sports Network. The game will be broadcast live on KGFF 1450 AM in the Shawnee/Seminole area, as well as online at KGFF.com, with the "Voice of the Bison", Todd Miller on the call.

Oklahoma Baptist – Men's Basketball Notes

Oklahoma Baptist (14-12, 13-7) vs. Arkansas Monticello (15-11, 11-9)

TEAMS

Oklahoma Baptist is 14-12 overall and 13-7 GAC, tied with East Central and Henderson State in fourth…OBU is in a three-way tie for third with Southern Arkansas and East Central…OBU is playing on the road for the 11th time…They are 4-6 with victories over Southwestern (87-74), Harding (70-67), Arkansas Tech (99-63) and East Central (66-64)

Arkansas-Monticello is 15-11 overall and 11-9 GAC, alone in seventh place…They are playing their 13th home game where they are 10-2…The have home losses to East Central (69-64) and Southern Arkansas (74-70).

COACHES

Oklahoma Baptist – Jason Eaker (Texas-Pan American) 14-12 (53.8%), first season

Arkansas-Monticello – Kyle Tolin (Oklahoma Baptist) 65-50 (57.1%), fourth season

SERIES

Teams are meeting for the eighth time since beginning series in 2016…UAM leads 6-1.

Last meeting OBU won 73-72 in overtime Saturday, Jan. 26 in Shawnee…Dishon Lowery had 17 points…Keelin Jackson missed the would-be-game-winner at the buzzer.

LAST OUTING

OBU beat Harding 94-65 Saturday, Feb. 23 in Shawnee…Dishon Lowery and Antonio Wade each had 20 points to lead the Bison in scoring.

Arkansas-Monticello lost for the third time in four games falling 79-72 Saturday, Feb. 23 in Durant…Marcus Gilbert had 19 points to lead the Boll Weevils

OBU KEY STATS

Antonio Wade is averaging 22 points and 4.5 rebounds in the last two games…He is shooting 15-of-24 (62/5%) from the field and is 11-of-12 (91.7%) from the line

Dishon Lowery ranks second in the league in rebounding averaging 9.1 boards per game…He has nine double-doubles, second to Southeastern's Kevin Buckingham's 11.

OBU ranks second in the league in rebound margin at +5.4…OBU has outrebounded its opponent 15 of the team's 26 games…They are 10-5 when collecting the most rebounds.