JACKSON, Tenn. -- The Lindsey Wilson College women’s basketball team faces Oklahoma Baptist University today in the NAIA National Tournament’s opening round at Oman Arena.

The No. 7-seeded Blue Raiders search for their first-ever national tournament win in the program’s fifth appearance in a 4 p.m. CT tip-off. The game can be heard on 93.5 WAIN-FM and at lindseyathletics.com beginning at 3:30 p.m. CT with the pre-game show.

Both teams enter today’s game after receiving an at-large bid following a loss in their conference tournament finals. Lindsey Wilson (21-11) fell to Georgetown College, while the second-seeded Lady Bison lost to Oklahoma City University.

The Lady Bison (29-4) have winning streaks this season of five, eight and 15 games. They opened the season ranked No. 20 in the preseason coaches’ poll and quickly jumped to No. 6 in the first poll of the regular season.

OBU remained in the top-10 the remainder of the season reaching as high as fourth and finishing the season at No. 8.

The Lady Bison boast five players that average double figures led by sophomore guard Taujhnae Travis’ 18.6 points per game. Junior forward Heather Graham adds 12.6 per game and senior forward Betsy Simmons contributes 11.8.

Lindsey Wilson hovered just outside the Top-25 for much of the season. The Blue Raiders -- thanks to leading the Mid-South down the stretch -- climbed into the poll and remained there through the final two rating periods.

Oklahoma Baptist enters the national tournament as one of the stingiest defensive teams in the NAIA. The Lady Bison are eighth in scoring defense allowing just 57.1 points per game and No. 1 in field goal defense, limiting their opponents to just 33.3 percent shooting from the field.

Lindsey Wilson counters as the 10th best shooting team in the NAIA, making 45 percent of its shots on the season. The Blue Raiders also rank 21st in scoring offense at 74.7 points per game.

Both teams rank in the top 10 in rebounding, Lindsey Wilson is fourth at 44.2 rebounds per game and the Lady Bison are eighth averaging 42.7 rebounds per game.

Lindsey Wilson’s strength this season begins inside with senior center Terran Duncan and freshman forward Viktoria Krell.

Duncan leads the team with 16.1 points per game. The Edmonton, Ky., native is coming off a career-high 33 points against Georgetown in the conference tournament finals.

Krell leads the team averaging 7.8 rebounds per game. She averages 11.5 points per game on the season.