BOX SCORETayjanna McGhee-Pleasant and Jenna Cooper both had double-doubles, and Payton Brown almost did as they led the second-ranked Wayland Baptist Flying Queens to a convincing victory, 88-63, over No. 23 Oklahoma City University in the semifinals of the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament. “I’m so proud of our girls. Obviously, that is always a big…
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Box Score Second-ranked Wayland Baptist exploded for 30 first-quarter points and went on to post a comfortable 99-62 win over Oklahoma-Panhandle State in the opening round of the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament on Tuesday evening in Hutcherson Center. “Our defense wasn’t what we wanted, but we shot the ball really well,” Wayland coach Alesha Ellis…
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Wayland Baptist’s Flying Queens and Pioneers this week will host first-round games at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, in the first round of the Sooner Athletic Conference basketball tournaments. The top-seeded, second-ranked, undefeated Flying Queens (10-0) will host No. 8 seed Oklahoma-Panhandle State (5-7) at 6 Tuesday, while the third-seeded Pioneers (7-4), ranked the…
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Wintry weather continues to affect Wayland Baptist University athletics scheduling with more cancellations, but also an addition. The latest casualties are the final regular-season basketball games for the No. 2 Flying Queens and Pioneers after Saturday afternoon’s doubleheader against Mid-America Christian was cancelled. Previously cancelled was Thursday night’s games against University of Science & Arts…
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The threat of inclement weather has caused the cancellation of multiple Wayland Baptist University events in the coming days. They include this week’s basketball games at Oklahoma City and Southwestern Christian, baseball games against Peru St. (Neb.), and a junior varsity baseball doubleheader at Cisco College. The cancellations also include Monday’s women’s and men’s soccer…
Read MoreBox Scorephoto: Claudia Lusk, WBU Sports Information souce: wbuathletics.com Young Flying Queens Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant, Kaylee Rendon and Kylie Ellsworth all posted career scoring bests to lead No. 2 Wayland Baptist to a 95-46 romp over Texas Wesleyan in Sooner Athletic Conference women’s basketball action Saturday afternoon in Hutcherson Center. The undefeated Flying Queens (10-0, 8-0…
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