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Golden Eagles Stumble against Texas Tech, 61-91

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Oral Roberts women's basketball team fell to 0-2 in the state of Texas this season after falling to the Texas Tech Red Raiders (11-1) on Tuesday evening, 61-91. ORU moves to 7-3 on the season.

Mariana Camargo led the way for the Golden Eagles, recording her second-straight double-double of the season with a career-high 20 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Jenny Hardin stepped in to score 13 points while sophomore Janae Voelker chipped in 10 points and five rebounds.

Camargo shared game-high honors with Texas Tech's Dominic Seals who also put up 20 points, while grabbing 13 rebounds. Tech outscored the Golden Eagles 54-23 in the first half, but ORU came back and battled in the second half, scoring 38 to the Red Raiders' 37.

Tech was able to get 30 points from their bench, compared to ORU's seven as well as 26 points off of second-chance shots to the Golden Eagles' 11.

The Golden Eagles started slow giving the Red Raiders back-to-back layups, but ORU would take the 5-4 lead with two-straight free throws by Mariana Camargo followed by a trey by Janae Voelker. Tech would go on a 9-2 run to take a 13-7 lead with 15:56 left to play in the first half.

The Red Raiders would extend that lead to 15 with three three-pointers, two-straight by Raquel Christian who came off the bench to give Tech the 28-13 advantage at the 9:32 mark. Tech would hold ORU from scoring for nearly six minutes until Jenny Hardin fought her way in for back-to-back layups to make the score 17-36.

Tech would take their biggest lead of the game with :26 left in the first half when Maria Moore would knock in a three to give the Lady Raiders a 34-point advantage, 54-20. Rachel Watman would hit her first trey of the game at the buzzer to take ORU into the locker room, down 23-54.

Both teams would come out and trade baskets in the second half, until Tech's Jordan Murphee would explode with six-straight points to give the Red Raiders a 67-30 advantage with 11:28 left to play. The Golden Eagles would find a spark, going on a 7-0 run with the help of Jenny Hardin's second three of the year to get within 28, 39-67.

That would be as close as the Golden Eagles would get to the Lady Raiders as Tech would roll to a 91-61 win.

The Golden Eagles will battle Missouri Valley Conference foe Creigton inside the Mabee Center on Friday, Dec. 21 before taking the week off for Holiday break. ORU will return from break on Dec. 28 to take on in-state rival Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla.

-ORU-


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Players Mentioned

Mariana Camargo

#1 Mariana Camargo

G
5' 11"
Junior
Colegio Sagrada Familia
Jenny Hardin

#12 Jenny Hardin

F/C
6' 2"
Junior
Claremore HS

Players Mentioned

Mariana Camargo

#1 Mariana Camargo

5' 11"
Junior
Colegio Sagrada Familia
G
Jenny Hardin

#12 Jenny Hardin

6' 2"
Junior
Claremore HS
F/C
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