Box Score THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 84 – Omaha 57
Records: ORU (12-13) (7-5); Omaha (6-18) (1-10)
Location: Mabee Center – Tulsa, Okla.
TULSA, Okla. – Regan Schumacher recorded a career high as six Golden Eagles scored in double-figures as the ORU women's basketball team beat Omaha, 84-57, Thursday evening at the Mabee Center.
The opening quarter saw Omaha go up by as much as four with a minute to play. The Golden Eagles cut it to two when Regan Schumacher hit a free-throw with 37 seconds remaining. Even though ORU was down, 18-16, Keni Jo Lippe and Schumacher led the quarter with five points each. Both teams shot 50 percent from the field.
Omaha maintained the lead until 6:05 to go in the second when a five-point swing gave ORU the advantage. An 11-2 run for the Golden Eagles put ORU on top by as much as nine with 2:18 to play. ORU then extended its lead to 12 to end the half up, 41-29, and held Omaha to a 2:32 scoring drought. The Golden Eagles out-scored the Mavericks 25-11 in the second. The Golden Eagles went 10-for-13 from the field for 77 percent. Lippe scored 12 in the quarter, which put her first half points total to 17.
A close third quarter saw ORU out-score Omaha, 22-20. The Mavericks did cut the deficit to nine with 5:48 to play, but four minutes later, ORU went up by 16 when Rylie Torrey hit a fast-break bomb from long-range. Montserrat Brotons scored six in the third as ORU led 63-49.
The Golden Eagles held the Mavericks to just eight points in the fourth and scored 21. Sarah Garvie went 4-for-6 from three-point range in the fourth all within the last 3:20. Garvie scored back-to-back long-shots to go up by 21 with 2:42 to play and then again hit another pair of triples with 1:20 and 33 seconds left. ORU held on for an 84-57 win.
THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Lippe scored 21 points and Schumacher grabbed 11 rebounds.
Omaha: Mariah Murdie recorded 20 points with 13 rebounds.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- ORU shot 54.2 percent overall in tonight's game.
- ORU out-rebounded Omaha, 37-21.
- The Golden Eagles had a 44.4 percent three-point average.
- ORU turned the ball over seven times, but forced the Mavericks to turn the ball over 12 times.
- Keni Jo Lippe scored 21 points in the game for her 20th 20-plus point game of her career and 12th of the season. Lippe also tied her career high with six assists.
- Regan Schumacher recorded her second career double-double with 13 career high points and 11 boards. Schmuacher also had two assists and one steal.
- Rylee Torrey had 10 points on the night with one rebound and one assist.
- Jentry Holt recorded 11 points to tie her ORU career high along with seven rebounds and two steals.
- Sarah Garvie went 5-for-8 overall, all from long range, for 15 points.
- Montserrat Brotons tallied 10 points with four rebounds.
- ORU had 28 bench points in tonight's game and 46 points in the paint.
- Golden Eagles capitalized with 13 points off of turnovers.
Up Next
The Golden Eagles host No. 21 South Dakota Saturday, February 15 at 2 p.m. inside the Mabee Center.
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