LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS | LIVE RADIO BROADCAST | GAME NOTES

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - Henderson State squares off with the top team in the Great American Conference on Thursday evening when the Reddies face No. 7 Southwestern Oklahoma State at 5:30 p.m. in Weatherford, Oklahoma.

REDDIES REPORT
- Henderson (17-7, 12-6) fell on Saturday night at Harding 87-72 and is now in a three-way tie for third place in the Great American Conference with Southern Nazarene and East Central. The Reddies are one of five teams that have clinched their spot in the GAC Tournament in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

- The Reddies are just three wins away from notching back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 2004-05 to 2005-06. Henderson won 20-plus games four seasons in a row from 2002 to 2006 but has never had consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins before or after that stretch. Thursday is the first of Henderson's final two road games this season. The Reddies face Northwestern Oklahoma State on Saturday in their final away contest of the year before returning home next Thursday and Saturday to wrap the regular season.

- Pink Jones leads the Reddies in scoring (15.3 points per game). Jones is eighth in the GAC in points per game and second in assists per game (4.6). Hailey Estes is fifth in the conference in rebounding (8.1 per game) and has hit the second-most 3-pointers of any player in the league (60). Karrington Whaley is the GAC leader in field goal percentage so far this season (61.1 percent shooting).

- The Lady Bulldogs of SWOSU have been a challenge for Henderson in the past few seasons. The Reddies have lost the last five meetings with Southwestern Oklahoma dating back to the 2015-16 season and have never beaten SWOSU in Weatherford, Oklahoma, since the inception of the GAC in 2011.

SCOUTING SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
- Southwestern Oklahoma State is one of the premier teams in the country and comes into Thursday's game 23-1 on the year and 18-0 in the GAC. The Lady Bulldogs are the No. 7 team in the country according to the latest D2SIDA Poll and have already wrapped up the regular season conference title for the second-straight season.

- The Lady Bulldogs are led by two-time GAC Player of the Year Hailey Tucker, who averages 18.7 points and six rebounds per game. SWOSU also has First Team All-GAC guard Hayden Priddy, 2017-18 Defensive Player of the Year Tyra Aska, and sophomore forward Bethany Franks, who leads the GAC in rebounding this season (8.7 per game).

- SWOSU has been nearly unbeatable at home in the past three seasons. The Lady Bulldogs are 37-1 in the Pioneer Cellular Center since the start of the 2016-17 season and have won 30 home games in a row since falling to East Central on Feb. 11, 2017.