NW OKLAHOMA STATE AT ARKANSAS TECH

WHEN 2 p.m. WHERE Buerkle Field at Thone Stadium, Russellville

RADIO KCJC-FM, 102.3 in Russellville INTERNET arkansastechsports.com RECORDS Arkansas Tech 5-2 in Great American Conference; NW Oklahoma State 3-4 in GAC

COACHES Raymond Monica (28-24 in five seasons at Tech, 73-58 in 12 seasons overall); Matt Walter (10-19 in three seasons at NW Oklahoma State and overall)

SERIES Arkansas Tech leads 10-4 LAST MEETING Arkansas Tech won 4135 last season

COMMENTS Arkansas Tech has the second-ranked scoring offense (39.7 points per game) and scoring defense (21 points allowed per game) in the Great American Conference. NW Oklahoma State ranks seventh in scoring offense (28.9) and ninth in scoring defense (34). … Tech senior running back Braden Stringer rushed for a season-high 111 yards with two touchdowns in last week’s 38-21 victory over SW Oklahoma State. Stringer will now face NW Oklahoma State’s 10th-ranked rushing defense (228.6 rush yards allowed per game). … NW Oklahoma State is coming off its first shutout loss since 2013, when the Rangers lost 70-0 at Pittsburgh State. The team followed that loss with a 6217 victory at Southern Nazarene. … NW Oklahoma State sophomore linebacker Maurice Wright leads the GAC in total tackles (13.8 per game), which is second overall in NCAA Division II, just behind Malone’s Ryan Weber (15).