THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 49 – Missouri 88
Records: ORU (2-5) (0-0); Mizzou (3-1) (0-0)
Location: Columbia, Mo. – Mizzou Arena
 
 
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team's fell, 88-49, to the Missouri Tigers Saturday afternoon in Columbia, Missouri.
 
Both teams started out hot from the three-point line with both teams shooting more than 50 percent in the first. The Golden Eagles had two leads in the first 10 minutes and went on a 6-0 run that was capped by Ariel Walker's two three-point buckets. Missouri went on their own 6-0 run that was broken by Keni Jo Lippe with 25 seconds to play. The Tigers ended the first 10 minutes with a 25-19 advantage.
 
After trailing by six, ORU tied the game with 6:49 to play in the second before a Missouri timeout. Mizzou went on a 12-1 run, while the Golden Eagles went on a five-plus minute scoring drought to take a 42-31 lead into the locker room. Tierney Coleman led ORU with 10 first half points.
 
Missouri continued shooting 50-plus percent from the field in the second half. After trailing by as much as 19 in the third quarter, the Golden Eagles cut it to a 59-44 game at the end of the third. The Tigers started the fourth quarter hitting back-to-back three-point buckets and going up by 21.
 
In the final stretch, Missouri went on another 9-0 run to extend its lead by as much as 39. The Tigers out-scored the Golden Eagles, 29-5, in the final quarter

THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Tierney Coleman led with 17 points. Camryn Hill and Regan Schumacher each grabbed six rebounds.   
Missouri: Ladazhia Williams scored 14 points and Shannon Dufficy grabbed eight rebounds.
 
                                                                                                                                                  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- ORU shot 25 percent overall in tonight's game.
- ORU was out-rebounded by Missouri, 50-26.
- The Golden Eagles had a 21.4 percent three-point average.
- ORU turned the ball over 21 times, but forced the Tigers to turn the ball over 18 times.
- Tierney Coleman scored 17 points going 5-for-10 overall and 2-for-3 from the three-point line.
- Keni Jo Lippe scored 15 points with four assists. Lippe went 10-for-14 from the free-throw line.
- ORU had eight bench points in tonight's game. The team recorded 10 points in the paint.
- Golden Eagles capitalized with 16 points off of turnovers.
 
Up Next
The Golden Eagles will play in their final nonconference game of the season Tuesday, December 22 at TCU. Tipoff will be at 1 p.m. inside Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. 
 
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