Box Score THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 54 – Omaha 60
Records: ORU (5-10) (0-2); Omaha (6-9) (1-1)
Location: Baxter Arena – Omaha, Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team fell at Omaha, 60-54, Saturday afternoon inside Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska.
After going up by as much as four in the first quarter, the Golden Eagles and Mavericks were tied 13-13 at the end of the first. Montserrat Brotons made herself known early in the low-post with four rebounds. Brotons and Regan Schumacher each had four first quarter points. ORU shot 46 percent from the field in the first and made three free-throws.
The Golden Eagles sparked an offensive rhythm with a 9-2 run when Rylie Torrey stole the back and hit an open three-point jumper halfway through the second. ORU took its largest lead of the game when Keni Jo Lippe hit a jumper at the end of the half to put ORU up 37-29. Lippe led the team with 11 first half points. Freshman Nena Taylor went 3-for-4 from the free-throw line in the second. As a team, ORU shot 52 percent from the field in the first half with 16 points in the paint.
Omaha came out in the second half and went on a 16-0 run to retake the lead. The Golden Eagles trailed by as much as eight in the third. ORU closed out the third on a 6-0 to cut the deficit to 47-45. ORU struggled from the field in the third going 4-for-13 overall. The Golden Eagle defense held Omaha scoreless for 3:45 in the third.
The Golden Eagles extended continued the run and extended it to 8-0 to tie the game at 47-47 with nine minutes to play. Omaha regained a four point lead with 3:05 to play. Lippe hit a three-point shot with two minutes to go to bring it within one. Omaha went up by three with 11.8 seconds to play. The Mavericks extended it to a four point lead with 9.7 seconds going 1-for-2 from the line. Omaha stretched the game to a 60-54 advantage.
THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Keni Jo Lippe recorded 18 points and Regan Schumacher had nine rebounds.
Omaha: Mariah Murdie scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- ORU shot 40.8 percent overall in tonight's game.
- ORU out-rebounded Omaha, 33-31.
- The Golden Eagles had a 25 percent three-point average.
- ORU turned the ball over 20 times, but forced the Mavericks to turn the ball over 15 times.
- Keni Jo Lippe scored 18 points with three rebounds.
- Rylie Torrey recorded 10 points with two rebounds, two assists and two steals.
- Regan Schumacher had a game high nine rebounds.
- ORU had nine bench points in tonight's game and 28 points in the paint.
- Golden Eagles capitalized with 12 points off of turnovers.
Up Next
Oral Roberts will host the North Dakota State Bison inside the Mabee Center Wednesday, January 8 at 7 p.m.
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