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Talented Tiger team puts up a fight at Kentucky

The crowd of 23,000 was not as loud as I expected, had more of a restless feel. That uneasy feeling they no doubt felt last year during a few games. This one was supposed to be different though; the team they were playing was not even supposed to play close. Luckily no one told the [...]

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OBU men’s basketball edges McNeese State, 65-61

Just two days after playing against NCAA Division I Kentucky at legendary Rupp Arena, the Ouachita Baptist University men’s basketball team completed exhibition play Sunday afternoon with a 65-61 victory against McNeese State at Burton Coliseum. Tweet

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OBU men’s basketball drops exhibition contest to Kentucky

A huge second-half surge lifted the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team to a 94-72 victory over Ouachita Baptist Friday night in an exhibition contest at Rupp Arena. Tweet

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Listen to the OBU Tigers vs. Kentucky Wildcats live

The Ouachita Baptist University men’s basketball team opens the 2008-09 season 6 p.m. CST Friday, Nov. 7 in historic Rupp Arena against NCAA Division I Kentucky in an exhibition game. Go to www.obutigers.com to listen to the game. Tweet

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OBU Women’s basketball drops exhibition contest to Northwestern State

A’Laeshia Adams scored 10 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Ouachita Baptist University women’s basketball team fell to Northwestern State, 67-56 in an exhibition game Wednesday night at Natchitoches High School. Tweet

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OBU men’s basketball to tip-off season at Kentucky

The Ouachita Baptist University men’s basketball team opens the 2008-09 season 6 p.m. CST Friday, Nov. 7 in historic Rupp Arena against NCAA Division I Kentucky in an exhibition game. Tweet

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Playing Kentucky: A dream that’s coming true

This is my last year, and I have been extremely excited about the upcoming season. I remember walking into coach Charlie Schaef’s office one day before a workout and asking him, “Hey coach, who we playing for my last year?” Tweet

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OBU women’s basketball opens the season Wednesday

The Ouachita Baptist University women’s basketball team opens the season 7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 5 at Division I Northwestern State in an exhibition game at Natchitoches High School in Natchitoches, La. Tweet

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Basketball gets ready to tipoff

The Ouachita men’s basketball team surprised everyone last year when they got an at-large berth to the NCAA II south regional tournament and upset No. 1 seed and host Florida Southern to finish the year at 20-10. Tweet

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OBU men’s basketball picked to win GSC West Division

The Ouachita Baptist University men’s basketball team received six first-place votes as the Tigers were selected Thursday to win the Gulf South Conference West Division in the preseason coaches’ poll. Tweet

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Inside The Battle of the Ravine

Everyone knows the importance of the “Battle of the Ravine“. It’s the Good Guys vs. The Bad, the Tigers vs. [...]

Skeet shooting with Steve

Ever heard of shooting skeet? It is a sport you may have seen while flipping through the channels on TV, [...]

Jody Persson earns Children’s Literature Association award

Jody Persson earns Children’s Literature Association award

  Ouachita student Jody Persson has been awarded the 2012 Carol Gay Award for her essay “Take It to the [...]

Kinesiology students teach local children at river

An honors seminar focused on developing a place-based education course around the Ouachita River was presented many years ago, sponsored [...]

A first for everything: Covering an NBA game press-side

Tension, anxiety, and raw excitement could all be words used to describe the initial feelings I had when covering my [...]

Feel the chemistry: students present at national meeting

Students from Ouachita’s American Chemical Society (ACS) student chapter went to the 243rd ACS National Meeting at the San Diego [...]