THE BASICS

Score: Oral Roberts 70 – North Dakota State 62

Records: ORU (6-10) (1-2); NDSU (3-12) (0-3)

Location: Mabee Center – Tulsa, Oklahoma

TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team earned its first Summit League win of the season with a 70-62 victory over the North Dakota State Bison Wednesday night at the Mabee Center.

The Golden Eagles came out hot and scored 24 points in the first quarter. Keni Jo Lippe went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line to lead the team with six points. Defensively, ORU allowed six points by North Dakota State. Nena Taylor came in the game and also scored six points in the first. As a team, ORU went 61 percent from the field. The Golden Eagles went on a 13 point scoring run in the first.

In the second, Lippe led the team with nine to have a first half total of 15 points. Montserrat Brotons started the first half going 4-for-4 from the field and ended the first 20 minutes with 10 points shooting 4-for-6. Regan Schumacher, the team's leader in rebounds the past three games, had five first half boards. ORU led 44-31 at the half and shot 56 percent in the first half. North Dakota State went on a seven point scoring run in the second and out-scored ORU, 23-20. Emily Dietz led the Bison with 12 points.

North Dakota State out-scored ORU in the third, 18-11, but the Golden Eagles maintained a 55-49 lead with 10 minutes to play. The Bison had an eight point scoring run in the third, but Lippe had a total 21 points for the game after the third. ORU shot a game low 25 percent from the field in the third.

Nena Taylor hit her second three-point bucket of the game in the fourth and had a career high 11 points. Taylor also played a career high 21 minutes in the game. ORU held on in the fourth despite NDSU cutting the deficit to three points. After Lippe capitalized on the and-one with 3:12 to play, Jentry Holt put ORU up by 12 with two minutes to play. Down the stretch, NDSU made it an eight point deficit as the game went final with a 70-62 separation. The Golden Eagles shot 50 percent in the fourth and out-scored NDSU 15-13.

THE LEADERS

Oral Roberts: Keni Jo Lippe recorded 24 points along with nine rebounds. Regan Schumacher also had nine rebounds on the night.

North Dakota State: Emily Dietz scored 20 points and had six boards.                                                                                                                                                 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

- ORU shot 46.9 percent overall in tonight's game.

- ORU out-rebounded NDSU, 35-26.

- The Golden Eagles had a 31.8 percent three-point average.

- ORU turned the ball over 15 times, but forced the Bison to turn the ball over 13 times.

- Keni Jo Lippe scored 24 points with nine rebounds.  

- Jentry Holt had 10 points with six rebounds.

- Montserrat Brotons recorded 12 points, two rebounds and two assists.

- Nena Taylor scored a career high 11 points and three boards.

- ORU had 13 bench points in tonight's game and 26 points in the paint.

- Golden Eagles capitalized with 19 points off of turnovers.

Up Next

The Golden Eagles play against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks Saturday, January 11 at 2 p.m. inside the Mabee Center.

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