The Henderson State men's and women's basketball teams will hit the road for a pair of games in Oklahoma beginning on Thursday against East Central in Ada, Okla.
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The women will tipoff at 5:30 p.m., while the men are set to follow at 7:30 p.m. The road trip will continue on Saturday in Durant against Southeastern Oklahoma.
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The Henderson State women will attempt to avenge a 67-46 loss to the Tigers earlier this season.
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Aungelique Sledge continues to lead the team in scoring averaging 18.5 points per game. Â
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Dulincia Keener has played well as of late. In the past five games, Keener has recorded three double-doubles. The junior from Texarkana had 12 points and eight rebounds against UAM Saturday.
Haleigh Henson is HSU's 3-point shooting threat having made 48-of-139 trifectas, and averages 10.8 points per game this season.
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East Central comes into the game after dropping a 64-54 decision at Southwestern Oklahoma on Saturday. The Tigers are led by Dilan Webster, who averages 15.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
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Taylor Fischer (11.3) and Ashleigh Kelman-Poto (10.6) also average in double figures for ECU. The Tigers are averaging 62.2 points per game this season while holding their opponents to 59.8.
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The Reddie men will attempt to win back-to-back road games for the first time this season.
The Reddies are 3-7 away from the Duke Wells Center, while the Tigers are 6-3 at home including three straight home victories.
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Henderson State enters the week with a 9-10 overall record and a 6-7 record in GAC play following a 95-91 overtime win last Saturday at Arkansas-Monticello. The Reddies are currently tied for sixth-place in the GAC standings with Southern Nazarene.
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The Reddies are averaging 70.7 points per game, and are shooting 44.7 percent from the field.
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Kevin Kozan leads the Reddies in scoring averaging 14.7 points per game. Kozan scored 10 points in the first meeting with the Tigers.
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Reggie Murphy follows averaging 13.7 points and a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game. Murphy scored a career-high 35 points and pulled down 13 rebounds last Saturday against UAM.
Micah Walker is also averaging double-figures scoring 10.2 points per game while pulling down 5.1 rebounds. Walker scored 16 points and had 12 rebounds against East Central back in November.
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East Central enters Thursday's game having a 14-6 overall record and an 8-4 mark in the GAC. The Tigers are coming off a 78-66 loss at Southwestern Oklahoma last Saturday.
ECU leads the GAC in scoring averaging 79.0 points per game. The Tigers also lead the league in field goal percentage (39.3).
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Stirling Thomas leads the team and is second in the GAC in scoring at 19.7 points per game. Thomas scored 36 points in the first game against the Reddies.
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Henry Pwono follows averaging 15.6 points while leading the team in rebounding at 8.4 boards per game. Pwono had a double-double against the Reddies earlier this year with 23 points and 12 rebounds.
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Henderson State suffered an 88-75 loss to East Central in Arkadelphia, Ark. earlier this season.
The games can be heard on ESPN 106.9 FM beginning with the pregame show at 5:15 p.m.
Aside from 106.9 FM, fans can also listen by logging on to the HSU Athletic web site at HSUSports.com.
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