The Braves had their two game winning streak broken with a 71-42 loss to Friends University on Saturday afternoon at the Garvey Center. Ottawa shot 22.9 percent from the floor, nine percent from behind the 3-pt line, and 66.7 percent from the free throw line.
Abbie Sextro led the Braves with 13 points on 6-for-19 shooting from the floor. She had two steals.
Nora Ford finished with eight rebounds and three steals.
This season the Braves are averaging 71.6 points, 37 rebounds, and 12 assists per game. OU is shooting 37.3 percent from the floor, 29.5 percent from behind the 3-pt line, and 72.7 percent from the free throw line.
OU is ranked 43rd in the NAIA in 3-pt field goals attempted per game (24.5), 10th in free throws made per game (16.2), 18th in free throws attempt4ed per game (22.3), and 28th in opponent steals per game (6.8).
Nora Ford leads the Braves in scoring, averaging 12.8 points per game. She is scoring 14.2 points per game in conference play.
Abbie Sextro leads OU in rebounding (6.3),
Janiyah Hendricks is OU's leader in assists (2.6), Sextro is the team's leader in blocks (0.7), and Ford is Ottawa's leader in steals (2.3) per game.
In Ottawa's 18 KCAC games the Braves are scoring 70.9 points per game. OU is shooting 37.7 percent from the floor, 29.6 percent from behind the 3-pt line, and 73.8 percent from the free throw line. Opponents are scoring 77.8 points per game. They are shooting 43.6 percent from the floor, 35.3 percent from behind the 3-pt line, and 75.5 percent from the free throw line.
Ottawa has three players scoring in double figures in KCAC play this season:
Nora Ford (14.1),
Dominique Schutte (12.7), and
Abbie Sextro (11.4).
In the Braves eight wins they are scoring 81.3 points per game, shooting 38.8 percent from the floor and 29 percent from behind the 3-pt line. In its losses, OU is scoring 66.8 points per game, shooting 36.5 percent from the floor, and 29.9 percent from behind the 3-pt line.
Wednesday is the 26th game between Ottawa University and Oklahoma Wesleyan University. OKWU leads the series 14-11 and won the first meeting this season on Jan. 15 in Wilson Field House, 86-80, in overtime. That win snapped OU's four game winning streak against OKWU and it was the second time in three games that the two teams had played a game that went into overtime. Ottawa has won two straight games in the Mueller Sports Center. The last time OU lost to OKWU in Bartlesville, Okla. was on Feb. 12, 2022, 69-49. The Braves have a record of 5-7 in the Mueller Sports Center.
In OU's 86-80 overtime loss in Wilson Field House on Jan. 15, 2024, Ottawa shot 45.3 percent from the floor, 30.4 percent from behind the 3-pt line, and 68.2 percent from the free throw line. OU had four players in double figures, led by
Nora Ford's 29 points. She also had eight rebounds.
Dominique Schutte scored 20 points,
Abbie Sextro finished the game with 12 points, and
Janiyah Hendricks scored 10 points. Hendricks led OU with four assists and Sextro had two blocks.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University has an overall record of 10-13 and is in ninth in the KCAC with a mark of 8-10. The Eagles are 6-5 at home this season and enter Wednesday's game coming off an 81-70 home loss to Sterling last Saturday. OKWU is 2-3 in its last five games.
The Eagles are averaging 70.6 points, 33.8 rebounds, and 12.0 assists per game. They are shooting 40.6 percent from the floor, 28.7 percent from behind the 3-pt line, and 74.3 percent from the free throw line.
OKWU is ranked 35th in the NAIA in field goals attempted per game (66.3), 40th in free throw percentage (.743), 18th in opponent offensive rebounds per game (8.7), 16th in turnovers per game (12.5), 33rd in opponent assists per game (10.9), and 27th in opponent steals per game (6.6).
Haley Meely leads the team in scoring (15.6), Rashaan Smith is OKWU's leader in rebounding (6.3), Meely is the Eagles' leader in assists (3.6), Smith is the team's leader in blocks (1.2), and Meely is OKWU's leader in steals (1.9) per game.
At home this season, OKWU is scoring 71.1 points per game, shooting 43.5 percent from the floor, and 29.3 percent from behind the 3-pt line.
In the Eagles wins, they are scoring 80 points per game, shooting 44.7 percent from the floor, and 33.5 percent from behind the 3-pt line. In their losses, OKWU is scoring 62.8 points per game, shooting 37.1 percent from the floor, and 24.8 percent from behind the 3-pt line.
