Lady Lions (8-8) vs Golden Eagles (11-3) at 6:00pm
Lions (13-1) vs Golden Eagles (12-3), 8:00pm
SAGU Sports Live to broadcast both games in HD
WAXAHACHIE, Texas — Southwestern Assemblies of God University plays host to a college basketball doubleheader on Thursday when John Brown University (Ark) visits the Sheaffer Center .
It begins with a 6:00pm (CST) women’s game between SAGU (8-8 overall, 2-4 in SAC) and the Golden Eagles (11-3 / 3-2 in SAC).
JBU is ranked No. 16 in the NAIA. Two of their three losses were on the road to ranked teams.
At approximately 8:00pm the men’s teams meet. JBU (12-3 / 2-3 in SAC) and Lions (13-1 / 6-0) could prove to be a highly contested, highly entertaining duel.
The Golden Eagles were recently ranked as high as No. 7 following a 10-0 start. SAGU began the year at No. 5 in the preseason poll before rising to No. 2 a week ago.
Fans can watch the game on-line in HD at www.sagu.edu/sagutv
The SAGU Sports Live broadcast begins with a pre-game show at 5:45pm with host Rob Price and color analyst Tim Roberts . The men’s pre-game starts at 7:45pm.
A LiveStats webcast, which is a digital version of the game’s score, clock, play-by-play as well as real-time team and player statistics.
SAGU’s Lucius Howington II supplies this service at: http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Webcasts.aspx?association=10
It is the last home game until February 8. SAGU hits the road for five straight games after Thursday night.
WOMEN’S GAME (rank in SAC)
Offense Average : JBU 69.2 (6), SAGU 62.1 (10)
Defense Avg. Yield : JBU 52.6 (1), SAGU 60.5 (3)
Free Throw Pct .: JBU .695 (3), SAGU .668 (7),
Three-Pointers Per Game : JBU 9.5 (1), SAGU 5.0 (7)
Offensive Rebounds Per Game : SAGU 13.6 (6), JBU 12.5 (9)
JBU Top Scorers : Sierra Shipley 15.4, Brooke Barker 11.0, Kortni Barenberg 10.6, Eliana Fernandez 9.1, Lauren Rogers 6.3
SAGU Top Scorers : Nia Winston 18.3, Jirah Rodrigez 7.8, Taylor Hill 7.8, Charity Page 4.8, Laken Ward 4.6, Shaquita Roberts 4.4
JBU Three Pointers : Shipley 38, Rogers 20, Barenberg 17, Fernadez 15, Barker 13
SAGU Three Pointers : Winston 36, Rodriguez 17, Hill 16, Monica Dorsey 3, three others with 2.
MEN’S GAME (rank in SAC)
Offense Average : JBU 85.8 (5), SAGU 82.1 (7)
Defense Avg. Yield : SAGU 70.7 (2), JBU 77.7 (5)
Free Throw Pct .: SAGU .711 (3), JBU .642 (10)
Three-Pointers Per Game : SAGU 9.2 (2), JBU 7.8 (5)
Offensive Rebounds Per Game : SAGU 15.0 (1), JBU 11.5 (7)
JBU Top Scorers : Kofi Josephs 18.9, Gilbert Gyamfi 18.1, Max Hopfgartner 15.0, Nate Anderson 10.5, Kurtis Phillips 9.5.
SAGU Top Scorers : Dominique Rambo 25.2, Jonathan Walter 16.9, Caleb Feemster 14.9, Caleb Gentry 14.1, Daniel Mills 8.4.
JBU Three-Pointers : Josephs 44, Phillips 27, Gyamfi 15, Hopfgartner 11, Zach English 9
SAGU Three Pointers : Feemster 41, Gentry 19, Walter 14, Rambo 14, Mills 11.
Contact : Mark “Link” Warde , SAGU Sports Information Director, at [email protected] or at 469-658-2847.
