SWOSU lands Wilson after making 1st offer
Lomega standout heads to W’ford to play at next level
LOMEGA’S ADYSEN WILSON won’t be going far from home to play collegiately. She signed recently to continue her basketball career at Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford. Seated with Wilson is her mother, Lori. Standing are her father, Cory, left, and Loemga girls coach Kevin Lewallen. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
Southwestern Oklahoma State University got there first and it paid off.
Lomega senior Adysen Wilson recently signed a letter of intent to continue her basketball career at the Weatherford school that’s become the best NCAA Division II program in the state.
SWOSU head coach Kelsi Musick showed her interest in Wilson early and it turned out the feeling was mutual.
“I had a few interests over the summer from other schools, but SWOSU was the first to offer,” said Wilson.
“I verbally committed the very next day because I knew that’s where I wanted to go. I just felt a connection with coach Musick and coach (Cophie) Anderson.”
SWOSU is getting a twotime state champion who is gunning for a third.
Wilson was part of Hammon’s Class B title team as a freshman and spent her sophomore season at her father’s alma mater, Fort Cobb-Broxton.
Her father, former Kingfisher girls coach Cory Wil-son, was hired as Lomega’s high school principal prior to her junior season.
The younger Wilson’s arrival catapulted Lomega from contender to favorite in Class B.
The Lady Raiders “survived” the first portion of the season as they dealt with a rash of injuries and Wilson got acclimated to her teammates and a new style of ball.
The second part of the seasonbelonged to Lomega as the Lady Raiders won their final 27 games and the Class B state title.
Wilson earned a number of postseason honors, including Cherokee Strip Conference MVP.
For the season, she averaged 18.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.4 steals a game for the highest-scoring team in Class B.
She’ll play a similar up-tempo style at SWOSU.
The Lady Bulldogs averaged 77.2 games last season while going 21-8. They scored 83.9 points a game in the 2018-19 season in which they went 35-2 and were national runners-up.
“I love the style of basketball they play and feel like it fits my game,” Wilson said. “I’m just extremely blessed and thankful for being able to continue playing basketball at a high level. It’s what I have worked for since I first picked up a basketball.”