The Basics
Summit League Championship Semifinal
(RV) No. 1 Oral Roberts (28-4, 18-0) vs. No. 5 St. Thomas (19-13, 9-9)
Game Date/Time: Monday, March 6, 2023 / 6 p.m.
Location: Denny Sanford PREMIER Center / Sioux Falls, S.D.
Video: ESPN+ / KGEB-TV 53.1/Cox Cable 3 & 23 (Tulsa)
Radio: Behind the Mic
Stats: Summit League

TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts men's basketball team will face the St. Thomas Tommies in the semifinal round of the Summit League Championship Monday, March 6 at 6 p.m. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Fans can tune in to watch the game via ESPN+ / KGEB-TV 53.1/Cox Cable 3 & 23 (Tulsa) or by following along on Twitter @ORUMBB

Important Links
ORU Game Notes
Opponent Game Notes
Summit League Tournament Central

Quick Hits
• The ORU Golden Eagles earned the 2022-23 Summit League regular season championship for the first time outright since 2011-12. It's the seventh regular season championship in program history. The Golden Eagles earned the No. 1 seed in the Summit League Tournament.
 
• Max Abmas was named Summit League Player of the Year and to the league's First Team. Abmas earned a spot on the Naismith Player of the Year Watch List and the NABC Preseason Player of the Year Watch List as well as on the 2023 Bob Cousy Award Watch List and Wooden Top 50. He recently was named to the Cousy Award Top 10 Finalist list and the Naismith Midseason Player of the Year list.

• ORU is also No. 3 in the College Insider Mid-Major Poll. For the first time in program history, ORU has been mentioned in the AP Top 25 Poll for six-straight weeks.

• Abmas is averaging 22 points per game which is 8th in the nation. Two other Golden Eagles average double-digits with Issac McBride and Connor Vanover. Vanover averages 12.8 ppg and McBride averages 11.9 ppg. McBride was named to the All-Summit League Second Team.
 
• Vanover has totaled 98 blocks this season. He currently is second in the nation in total blocks and second in blocks per game (3.1). As a team, ORU is 6th in the nation in blocks per game (5.3). He was named to the All-Summit League First Team and was the league's Defensive Player and Newcomer of the Year.

• Abmas is 6th in the nation in free-throw percentage and 5th in three-pointers per game.

• ORU is hitting 10.9 triples per game, which puts the team 2nd in the nation and first in the Summit League. The Golden Eagles have totaled 348 three-point buckets this season.

• On the glass, ORU leads the Summit League in defensive rebounds with per game (28.2).

• This will be the 5th all-time meeting between Oral Roberts and St. Thomas. ORU leads the series, 4-0. Earlier this season ORU defeated the Tommies in both meetings, 81-69, at home on Jan. 14 and 95-88 on the road on Feb. 9.

 Scouting the Opponent
• St. Thomas is 19-13 overall, 9-9 in Summit League play, and on a one game win streak. In their previous game, the Tommies won, 67-60, in the first round against Western Illinois.

• Andrew Rohde leads UST with 17 points per game. Parker Bjorklund averages 15 and Riley Miller scores 12 ppg.

• The Tommies average 74.4 points per game and shoot 45.2 percent overall.

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