FAYETTE, Mo. – Brandon Brown nailed the game-winning shot for Northwestern while time was expiring, giving the Rangers a 77-75 overtime victory on the road against Central Methodist (Mo.) on Wednesday night.

HILLSBORO, Kan. – The Lady Ranger basketball team was handed its second loss of the season after Tabor College (Kan.) held onto a 10-point halftime lead to defeat Northwestern 53-46.

Non-perishable food items will be collected for the local food bank as basketball fans enter Percefull Fieldhouse Monday, Nov. 23, for a double-header “Blackout” event at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Audrey Richmond was named Sooner Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week.

 

Richmond, a 6-1 freshman forward from Cherokee, Okla., averaged 21 points and 7.5 rebounds in leading the Lady Rangers past Bethany College and Oklahoma Wesleyan. She recorded a double-double with 25 points and a dozen rebounds in the six-point victory at Bethany. She also had an assist, a block and a steal on the week.

Ten Northwestern Oklahoma State University football players visited Washington Elementary Early Childhood Center pre-kindergarten program in Alva on Friday, October 23. The Ranger football players were there to talk with children about working hard, listening to their teacher, obeying rules and about the letter “f” which was being emphasized in each classroom.

GOODWELL, Okla. – The Ranger football team had no problem with Oklahoma Panhandle State in the season finale 68-28 win in Goodwell, as the Rangers rolled up 571 yards of offense.

ALVA, Okla. – The Lady Ranger basketball team overcame a two-point, 29-27 halftime lead, and held Oklahoma Wesleyan to just 17 second half points to come away with a 70-44 win at Percefull Fieldhouse on Saturday. The win leaves Northwestern at 4-1 on the early season.

Northwestern moved to an undefeated 3-0 on the season after upsetting No. 19 Columbia College (Mo.) 60-55 on Friday of the Ranger Classic before downing Hillsdale Baptist College 95-73 on Saturday.