University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

UCO Resumes Season Wednesday

12/29/2014 11:07:00 AM

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Central Oklahoma resumes the 2014-15 season Wednesday when the Bronchos host intrastate rival East Central.

Game-time for the non-conference game at Hamilton Field House is 1:30 p.m. Click here for tickets.

UCO is 9-3 on the season and 3-1 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, having won seven of its last eight games. The Tigers are 8-1 overall and 4-0 in the Great American Conference.

UCO returns to league play Saturday with a 1:30 p.m. home contest against Northwest Missouri.

ABOUT THE SERIES: UCO has a 26-20 lead in the rivalry, though this is the first meeting between the two teams since 2010-11.

The Bronchos have won the last 11 meetings.

ABOUT THE BRONCHOS: UCO hasn't played since a 79-64 road win over conference foe Missouri Western on Dec. 20.

The Bronchos average 73.6 points a game behind a balanced attack and are a perfect 7-0 when scoring 70-plus points.

UCO lost leading scorer Haley Weathers to a season-ending knee injury in the final seconds of its Dec. 18 loss to Central Missouri. Weathers was averaging 11.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals a game.

Sophomore Olivia Mason now leads the team in scoring with 10.8 points a game while adding 4.5 rebounds. She's made a team-high 25 3-pointers and is shooting 44.6 percent from long range.

Senior Kylie Mayes is averaging 10.1 points and 4.1 rebounds a game on 51.1 percent shooting from the field. Junior Julia Mason chips in 9.8 points and a team-high 6.0 rebounds a contest.

ABOUT THE TIGERS: East Central has won its last four games, including a 65-51 victory over St. Gregory's in its last outing on Dec. 20.

The Tigers are averaging 66.2 points a game and allowing just 57.9.

Four players are scoring in double figures, led by Dilan Webster (16.4) and Taylor Fischer (12.7).

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