Women's Basketball

Southern Nazarene University

6729 NW 39th Expressway - Bethany, OK - 73008
Team Office: Tel: (405) 491-6303 Fax: (405) 491-6387
Team website: sports.snu.edu/

Founded in 1899, Southeastern Nazarene is a Christian-based liberal arts institution offering nearly 40 Bachelor degree programs, and four graduate programs (Education, Theology, Business Administration, and Management). Approximately half of the students are Business majors. Other majors offered include Criminal Justice, Aviation, Journalism, and Sport and Fitness Administration. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Southern Nazarene #54 among universities in the west offering a Master's degree.

The suburban 40 acre campus is located in Bethany (pop. 20k) right outside of Oklahoma City.

School website
www.snu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Church of the Nazarene

Enrollment:

1,600

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 19-25

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$22,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business (46%) - Nursing - Education

Misc. Information

Head coach Lori Carter completed her 5th season at Southern Nazarene University in 2007-08. Carter became the program's ninth head coach in 2003-04. Carter inherited a premier program that had just come off winning the national championship in 2003. Unbelievably, in her inaugural season, Carter captured the National Championship again - the program's seventh! Over the last 12 years, the Crimson Storm has had seven 30+ winning seasons. Carter (then Lori Cloar) is a familiar name to Southern Nazarene University after playing for SNU from 1989-1992. She still holds the SNU record for most assists in a game with 17. Lori also earned Honorable Mention All-American honors in 1992. Prior to coming to SNU, Carter took the St. Gregory basketball program from the bottom of the Sooner Athletic Conference standings and built it into a solid program in the nation’s toughest conference. The Crimson Storm went 25-7 in 2007-08, losing to Trevecca Nazarene in the first round of the NAIA tourney.

Team Name	Crimson Storm
Colors	Cardinal and White
Division	NAIA I
All-Time Record	?

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	25-7	29-6	9-21	156-32 (.829)
Conference	18-4	15-3	4-14	70-18 (.795)
Conf. Finish	3	1	8	3, 1, 2, 2, 2
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	Elite 8	#12	NAIA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#16	#16	NR	5x

Coaches

Head Coach	Lori Carter
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Southern Nazarene	2003-04
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	54-13
Record at Southern Nazarene	128-44 (.744)
Coaching Awards	SAC COTY (01)

Asst. Coaches	Paul Cloar, Heather Mc Nutt

Recruiting Coordinator

Lori Carter, (405) 491-6303, lcarter@snu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Southern Nazarene plays in the Sooner Athletic Conference (www.angelfire.com/ok/SoonerAC/history) which is comprised of 10 teams from Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. All ten schools are Christian based. The SAC is considered one of the more competitive NAIA I conferences. League play commences in January. More often than not, games are played on Thursday and Saturday evenings and are piggybacked with the men's. SNU will play each team twice, home and away. The season concludes with the SAC tourney which . . . (explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

John Brown, Lubbock Christian, Northwest Oklahoma St., Oklahoma Baptist, Oklahoma Christian, St. Gregory's, Wayland Baptist, and U. of Sciences and Arts.

Facilities

Broadhurst Gym
Capacity 2,000. Average attendance: ?

Style/Stats

In 2004-05, Southern Nazarene was ranked #13 among NAIA I teams in scoring offense at 76 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked # 20 at 74 ppg.