OKWU BASKETBALL: EAGLES DEFEAT SPURGEON 127-106; LADY EAGLES DROP A PAIR
Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s Yashi McKenzie (0) gets tangled up with a Spurgeon player in Bartlesville on Jan. 5. The Eagles won 127-106 and are back home on Wednesday.
BECKY BURCH/Bartlesville Area Sports
By Mike Tupa
Jan. 13, 2026
BARTLESVILLE AREA SPORTS REPORT
What a week for Donnie Bostwick and the Oklahoma Wesleyan University men’s basketball team.
The Eagles (14-2) battled through three wins in five days — including a highest-scoring output by a Bostwick-coached Eagles’ squad.
OKWU also rang up two crucial conference victories, continuing their march toward the NAIA national tournament and a chance to play again for a national championship. (The Eagles finished last season as the national runner-up team.)
The Eagles opened their week’s trifecta by spurting past Spurgeon College, 127-106 — the highest single-game point total during Bostwick’s OKWU tenure.
In addition it was the 50th 100-or-more-point-output for a Bostwick-coached OKWU team.
Tamaje Izuagbe filled the nets with 35 points — including 12-of-15 shooting from the field and 11-of-11 from the charity stripe — to pace the Eagles’ offense.
In their other two of the trio, they beat Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference foes Bethany (Kan.), 80-75, and Friends (Kan.), 71-70.
Meanwhile, the OKWU Lady Eagles battled valiantly to a single-digit loss against Friends, 69-61, and finished 0-2 on the week.
Following are additional details for Eagles’ and Lady Eagles’ games last week.
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Oklahoma Wesleyan University’s Ethan Williams (1) slams one home during the Eagles 127-106 win over Spurgeon in Bartlesville on Jan. 5. Next up, the Eagles host Ottawa (Kan,) on Wednesday.
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MEN: OKWU 127, Spurgeon College 106
Joining Izuagbe as OKWU’s leading scorers were: Ethan Williams, 17; Yashi McKenzie, 16; Jaden Wilson, 12; and Nathaniel Law, 10.
Cameron Mennsfield and Marshall Gillette each added eight points.
McKenzie also confiscated 10 rebounds to record a double-double.
A total of 13 players scored for OKWU.
Especially notable was OKWU’s perfection at the free throw line — 25-for-25.
OKWU also piled up a whopping 43 points on turnovers and 45 points off the bench.
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MEN: OKWU 80, Saint Mary 75
The Eagles held off a spirited second half rally to turn back Saint Mary.
Atop OKWU’s balanced scoring sheet were: Izuagbe, 17; Wilson, 12; Law, 12; and McKenzie, 11.
Some other points’ contributors included Angel Hidalgos, 7; Amari Woods, 6; Daniel Oluwasuyi, 5; and Mennsfield, 4.
OKWU hit a blistering total again from the charity stripe, 23-of-30.
With just 10 seconds left OKWU clung to a one-point lead, 76-75. But McKenzie and Wilson both hit two free throws in the final 10 seconds to secure the win.
Saint Mary had started the second half with a 15-4 run to knot the score, 52-52. But Law’s conventional three-point play with 12:11 left put the Eagles in front for good — although it was mostly trade point-for-point the rest of the way.
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MEN: OKWU 71, Friends 70
Talk about your thrillers. This one went down to the final buzzer.
The game was tied, 67-67, when Izuagbe made a dunk to put OKWU ahead, 69-67, with about a minute left.
Friends scrapped into the lead, 70-69, on a layup with 22 ticks showing. With 17 seconds remaining, Izuagbe put two free throws to bed to lift OKWU back into the lead, 71-70. Friends didn’t have an answer.
Izuagbe finished with 25 points to give him almost 80 points on the week.
Williams and McKenzie both sank 15 points to round out the top three scorers against Friends. Blake Hamblin added four points as the team’s next-highest scorer.
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Oklahoma Welseyan Univeristy’s Khamille Warr (30) goes to the hoop during an earlier season game. The Lady Eagles dropped two games and are back at home on Wednesday.
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WOMEN: Friends 69, OKWU 61
OKWU (6-10, 1-9) — which is coached by Heidi Messer — outplayed Friends in the first half, 34-29, but Friends fricasseed the nets for 40 points in the second half to escape Bartlesville with the win.
Gracie Alexander skinned the nets for 24 points to OKWU, including hitting 9-of-13 field goals along with 4-of-4 three-pointers.
But the remainder of the team shot only 13-of-43 overall and 1-of-12 from beyond the arc.
Khassidy Warr checked in with eight points for the Lady Eagles, followed by Sophia Regalado with seven and Khamille Warr with six.
OKWU’s Kamrym Phoenix put together a nice stat line with five rebounds, four assists, four points and a steal.
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WOMEN: Saint Mary 88, OKWU 60
Saint Mary dominated the second half, 46-28, to wrap up the home win.
OKWU featured a balanced scoring line with seven players scoring five-or-more points, led by Khamille Warr and Taliyah Harris with 12 apiece and Alexander with 11.
Jaclyn Lara added eight points and five rebounds. Regalado drilled seven points while Katelyn Penner and Ashlyn Baker contributed five points apiece.
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Next up for the Eagles and Lady Eagles, Ottawa (Kan.) comes to town on Wednesday.
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Following is a list of OKWU 100-point wins under Eagles coach Bostwick.
2025-26 — OKWU 127, Spurgeon College 106
2018-19 — OKWU 124, Calvary 60
2018-19 — OKWU 121, Ozark Christian
2021-22 — OKWU 120, Stering 62
2009-10 — OKWU 115, Southwestern Christian 85
2008-09 — OKWU 115, Fisher College 74
2020-21 — OKWU 114, Calvary 65
2020-21 — OKWU 114, Ottawa 98
2017-18 — OKWU 114, Tabor 86
2009-10 — OKWU 112, Central (Kan.) 82
2009-10 — OKWU 112, College of Ozarks 96
2020-21 — OKWU 111, College of Ozarks 62
2009-10 — OKWU 110, Friends 100
2019-20 — OKWU 109, Calvary 40
2008-09 — OKWU 109, Southwestern Christian 96
2017-18 — OKWU 108, Manhattan Christian
2018-19 — OKWU 107, St. Thomas 104
2010-11 — OKWU 107, Ecclesia 63
2008-09 — OKWU 107, Ecclesia 69
2017-18 — OKWU 106, Calvary 50
2008-09 — OKWU 106, Ozark Christian 44
2021-22 — OKWU 105, Bethany 55
2018-19 — OKWU 105, Sterling 90
2010-11 — OKWU 105, McPherson 74
2009-10 — OKWU 105, Ozark Christian 71
2018-19 — OKWU 104, Tabor 61
2017-18 — OKWU 104, Ozark Christian 52
2008-09 — Southwestern Christian 107, OKWU 104 (ot)
2008-09 — OKWU 104, York College 53
2007-08 — OKWU 104, Baptist Bible 84
2024-25 — OKWU 103, Evangel 71
2019-20 — OKWU 103, Bacone 64
2018-19 — OKWU 103, McPherson 83
2017-18 — OKWU 103, Kansas Christian 68
2010-11 — OKWU 103, Manhattan Christian 52
2009-10 — OKWU 103, Hillsdale Baptist 66
2009-10 — OKWU 103, Haskell Indians 88
2007-08 — OKWU 103, Manhattan Christian 90
2018-19 — OKWU 102, Friends 92
2018-19 — Ottawa 104, OKWU 102 (ot)
2017-18 — OKWU 102, CCC of the Bible 62
2008-09 — OKWU 102, Haskell Indian Nations 80
2019-20 — OKWU 101, Avila 74
2017-18 — OKWU 101, Bethel 62
2008-09 — OKWU 101, Baptist Bible 73
2009-09 — OKWU 101, Central Christian (Kan.) 84
2024-25 — OKWU 100, Evangel 81
2020-21 — OKWU 100, Science & Arts 73
2009-10 — OKWU 100, Hastings 83
2008-09 — OKWU 100, Southwestern Assemblies 68