The women’s basketball team won its sixth consecutive Sooner Athletic Conference regular-season championship with an 87-44 victory over Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) Feb. 26 at the Sheaffer Center. The Stars, ranked second in NAIA Division I, won its 16th SAC regular-season crown, and improved to 21-2, 16-1 in conference. Coach Latricia Trammell pointed out senior…
Women’s basketball reaches season-highs
The women’s basketball team defeated St. Gregory’s 115-50 Feb. 19 at Abe Lemons Arena. The Stars set a season high in 3-pointers made with 14 in total, and tied a season high in with 27 assists, but committed a season low in turnovers with only nine. The Stars improved to 19-2, 14-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference women’s basketball. The…
Women’s basketball on winning streak
The women’s basketball team beat Wayland Baptist (Texas) 80-78 Feb. 12 at the Hutcherson Center in a clash of top 25-ranked teams in NAIA Division I. The Stars kept Wayland Baptist without a point in the final 1:22. Second-ranked Oklahoma City kept its win streak alive in moving to 18-1, 13-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference, while 25th-ranked Wayland…
Women’s basketball victory
The women’s basketball team rallied past Texas Wesleyan 84-77 Jan. 31 at Abe Lemons Arena in the Henry J. Freede Activity and Wellness Center. Senior Rateska Brown led the team with 21 points. The Stars, ranked second in NAIA Division I women’s basketball, extended its winning streak to 15 points in going to 15-1, 10-0 in…
Fall 2014 Athletic Director’s List
The Fall 2014 Athletic Director’s List names169 student-athletes for achieving a 3.0 grade point average. Eighty nine had at least a 3.50 GPA, while 17 made a 4.0 or better. The 169 students averaged at a 3.132 GPA for the semester. “Balancing the rigors of academic requirements and athletic competition requires commitment, perseverance and time management,” Athletic…
Women’s basketball makes coach ‘proud’
The women’s basketball team beat Mid-America Christian 80-66 Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena. The Stars held Mid-America to 26.9 percent (7-of-26) shooting from the floor in the second half. OCU, ranked second in NAIA Division I women’s basketball, improved to 9-1, 4-0 in Sooner Athletic Conference play, while Mid-America went to 9-4, 2-2 in the SAC….
Women’s basketball team continues in SAC play
The women’s basketball team defeated USAO 87-51 Thursday, Jan. 8 at USAO Fieldhouse. The Stars started the game on a 20-0 run. OCU, ranked second in NAIA Division I women’s basketball, improved to 8-1, 3-0 in Sooner Athletic Conference play, while USAO went to 5-6, 2-1 in SAC play. Senior Ouleymatou Coulibaly led all scorers with 24…
Women’s basketball victory
The women’s basketball team beat Lubbock Christian University 85-81 Thursday, Jan. 1 at the Rip Griffin Center. The Stars erased an 18-point deficit and trailed 79-69 with 3:22 to go. OCU, ranked second in NAIA Division I women’s basketball, rallied for its seventh consecutive win to go to 7-1. Senior Rateska Brown led for the Stars with 21 points,…
Women’s basketball moves to 6-1
The women’s basketball team moved to 6-1 with their win against Evangel University 81-52 Tuesday at Abe Lemons Arena. Senior Rateska Brown scored 26 points for the Stars. Brown had six rebounds and five 3-pointers while shooting 10-for-12 from the field. Senior Janay Borum had 17 points, four assists and three steals and hit 6…
Brown’s 2nd week as SAC player of the week
Senior Rateska Brown took Sooner Athletic Conference women’s basketball player of the week for the second consecutive week. Brown provided the Stars with 29.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.00 steals for the week of Dec. 1-7. Brown led OCU, ranked No. 1 in the NAIA, to wins over Texas Wesleyan University 84-69 and Wayland Baptist…
Women’s basketball victory
The women’s basketball team defeated Wayland Baptist University 86-74 on Saturday at Abe Lemons Arena. Senior Rateska Brown was the game’s leading scorer with 28 points. The Stars improved to 5-1, 2-0 in Sooner Athletic Conference play, Wayland Baptist University fell to 4-4, 1-1. The Stars had an 11-point lead with 14:39 to play in…
Women’s basketball victory
The women’s basketball team beat Texas Wesleyan University 84-69 Thursday at the Sid Richardson Center. The Stars improved to 4-1, 1-0 in Sooner Athletic Conference play, Texas Wesleyan University fell to 6-4, 0-1 in women’s basketball. The Stars jumped out to a 12-2 lead three minutes into the game. In the first half senior Ouleymatou…
Brown Collects Player of the Week
Senior Rateska Brown collected her first Sooner Athletic Conference player of the week award Dec. 1. Brown is the second one to earn the award this season. Senior Yvonte Neal was SAC player of the week Nov. 17-23. Brown averaged 27.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.00 steals in OCU’s victories this weekend. She had 31 points…
Women’s Basketball Beats MidAmerica Nazarene University
The women’s basketball team beat MidAmerica Nazarene University 78-63 Saturday at the Noble Complex in the Oklahoma Baptist Holiday Classic in a battle of top 25-ranked women’s basketball teams in NAIA Division I. Senior Rateska Brown rang up 31 points while burying seven 3-pointers. The Stars improved to 3-1. Senior Ouleymatou Coulibaly supplied the Stars…
Women’s Basketball Wins Against Our Lady of the Lake University
The women’s basketball team, which is No. 1-ranked won against Our Lady of the Lake University 108-83 Friday at Abe Lemons Arena in a showdown of NAIA Division I women’s basketball teams ranked in the top 15. Senior Yvonte Neal totaled 31 points, four 3-pointers and three assists for the Stars, now 1-1 on the…
OCU Women’s Basketball falls to A&M in exhibition game
The OCU Women’s Basketball team lost 102-56 to Texas A&M on Sunday, Nov. 9 at the Erwin Center in Austin, TX.The Stars are ranked number one in their NAIA Division I. They traveled to Texas this weekend to play exhibition games against Texas A&M and University of Texas.
Women’s Basketball loses to Texas A&M
The OCU Stars Women’s Basketball team suffered a 74-51 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday, Nov. 8 at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.The Stars team is ranked No. 1 in NAIA Division I women’s basketball. Texas A&M is ranked fifth in NCAA Division I.
OCU Women’s Basketball exhibition to be televised
Longhorn Network will televise the OCU Stars Women’s Basketball exhibition against Texas. The game is at 2 p.m. on Nov. 9, and will be live broadcast on the network. Longhorn Network is a cable channel devoted to 24-hour news coverage of University of Texas sports. The network is available as an add-on option for all…
Volleyball team dedicates game to breast cancer awareness
The volleyball team will dedicate their pink-out game in support of breast cancer awareness to a player’s family member.The pink-out game is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, and will be dedicated to senior Kelley Shiel’s grandmother, Sandra Allen, who died of breast cancer at age 71.
Trio of Stars make all-American list
Autumn Lau, Yvonte Neal and Kayla MacKenzie represented national champion Oklahoma City University on the NAIA Division I women’s basketball all-American team. Neal, a junior from Spring Valley, Calif., made the second team, while Lau, a senior from Mount Wolf, Pa., and MacKenzie, a senior from Peoria, Ariz., became honorable-mention all-Americans for the Stars. MacKenzie also…
Stars to play for women’s basketball tournament title tonight
The OCU women’s basketball team will play for the NAIA Division I women’s basketball championship title tonight. There will be a watch party at 5:30 p.m. in the student lounge of the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. The Stars will play tonight at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Ky., against the winner of…
OCU women’s basketball team defeats Texas Wesleyan 96-61
Oklahoma City University defeated Texas Wesleyan 96-61 on Thursday, Jan. 23 at Abe Lemons Arena. The Stars obtained a single-game team program-record of 20 3-pointers. In addition, Cara Pugh tied the single-game individual mark with eight 3-pointers. Pugh shares the school record with Patricia Ordonez, who hit eight 3-pointers on March 22, 1988. Kayla MacKenzie,…
Former women’s basketball coach returns to campus for fall season
By Allison Gappa, Sports Writer There’s a familiar face on the sideline for the women’s basketball team. Coach Latricia Trammell returned this semester to OCU from Western State in Colorado. “It was a great experience,” Trammell said. “I met great people and coached wonderful student athletes, but Okla- homa is home.” Senior Forward Lauren Goober…
Women’s team ranked No. 1 in conference
The OCU women’s basketball team finished the season with a win Feb. 26 against Southern Nazarene, putting the Stars at No. 1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
Rogers State edges second-ranked Stars 73-70
TULSA, Okla. – The second-ranked Oklahoma City University women’s basketball team tasted defeat for the second time of the season after dropping a 73-70 contest to Rogers State at the Reynolds Center on the campus of the University of Tulsa on Saturday.
OCU holds St. Gregory’s to 11 second-half points in 95-35 drubbing
SHAWNEE, Okla. – The second-ranked OCU women’s basketball team romped on the road as they took care of St. Gregory’s 95-35 on Saturday.
