Homestand Continues Saturday

2/4/2016 10:11:00 AM

Madison Lee

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UCO RETURNS TO ACTION: Streaking Central Oklahoma returns to action after a one-week break Saturday when it entertains Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and intrastate rival Northeastern State.

Game-time is 1:30 p.m. at Hamilton Field House.

The Bronchos are 15-6 on the season and 9-6 in the league, having won three straight games. The RiverHawks are 6-15 and 3-12.

UCO finishes its seven-game homestand next week, hosting Northwest Missouri (Thursday) and Missouri Western (Saturday).

UCO AT HOME: The Bronchos are 6-2 at home this season, having won their last three.

UCO has a 257-174 record at Hamilton Field House, including a 78-36 mark under 10^th-year head coach Guy Hardaker.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Saturday's game will be the 59^th meeting between the Bronchos and NSU, with the RiverHawks holding a 36-22 lead. UCO has played just two teams more – Cameron (72 times) and Southeastern Oklahoma (59).

NSU won this season's first meeting, claiming a 74-61 victory on Dec. 19.

ABOUT THE BRONCHOS: UCO has moved up to fifth in the conference standings, with the top four teams earning first-round byes in the MIAA Post-season Tournament. Teams 5-8 host teams 9-12 in opening-round games before the final three rounds shift to Kansas City, Mo.

The Bronchos are averaging 70.9 points a game, the fifth-highest mark in the league. UCO leads the conference in free throw percentage (77.9) while ranking third in steals (9.2/game), 3-point percentage (36.2) and 3-pointers (7.7/game).

Senior McKenzie Solberg continues to pace the team in scoring with a 15.3 average that ranks eighth in the MIAA. She's also among the league leaders in field goal percentage (fifth, 47.3), steals (sixth, 1.8/game) and free throw percentage (ninth, 81.6).

Senior Julia Mason is the second-leading scorer at 9.3 points per game to go with 4.0 rebounds. She has 813 career points, needing 53 to move into UCO's all-time top-20 list.

Senior Haley Weathers adds 8.4 points and 1.5 steals while also leading the team in 3-pointers made (39) and attempted (86). Junior Olivia Mason is averaging 7.9 points and a team-high 5.5 rebounds.

The Bronchos have three players shooting at least 44 percent from 3-point range – freshman Bailey Taylor (46.5, 33-of-71), Weathers (45.3, 39-of-86) and O. Mason (44.2, 23-of-52).

ABOUT THE RIVERHAWKS: Northeastern State has lost seven of its last eight games and fell to Lincoln 59-57 in its last outing.

The RiverHawks are averaging 56.2 points a game and allowing 65.2.

Mary Jane Buschmann leads NSU in both scoring (13.0) and rebounding (5.3), while Kate Bellamy is second in both with 10.5 points and 5.0 rebounds.

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