The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 83 – North Dakota 79
Record: ORU (5-11), (1-2) – UND (7-12), (1-3)
Location: Mabee Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
 
TULSA, Okla. – Late game heroics by Issac McBride and a career night by JoJo Moore helped the Oral Roberts men's basketball team its first Summit League win of the season, defeating North Dakota 83-79 inside the Mabee Center.
 
In a highly contested first half, ORU found itself up by one at the break despite leading just 1:38 of the opening half. JoJo Moore and Issac McBride found their groove early as the duo combined for 31 of ORU's 43 first-half points. The Fighting Hawk forced nine Golden Eagle turnovers in the first half and converted them into 12 points off turnovers. ORU, however, would close the half on a 7-0 run behind four free throws by Moore and a three from Jalen Miller.
 
The second half was just as back-and-forth and saw six different lead changes as neither team could extend a lead past six points. Clutch plays on both sides of the ball helped the Golden Eagles hold the Fighting Hawks at bay down the stretch. In a one-point game with 3:02 remaining, JoJo Moore denied Amar Kuliuhovic at the rim but was called for goaltending. After official review, however, the call was reversed, and the Golden Eagles were awarded possession of the ball. Twenty seconds later, Darius Robinson Jr. buried a midrange jumper to put ORU up one. Following a UND layup on the other end, Josh Jones found Moore on a backdoor cut, who jammed it home, extending the lead back to three. Up three with nine seconds remaining, McBride iced the game with a step-back as the shot clock expired to secure the win for the Golden Eagles.
 
Box Score Highlights
Oral Roberts Individuals: Issac McBride 28 points, 10 FGM, 3 rebounds; JoJo Moore 26 points, 9 FGM, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks.
 
North Dakota Individuals: Amar Kuljuhovic 17 points, 6 rebounds; Treysen Eaglestaff 15 points, 5 assists; Mier Panoam 13 points, 6 rebounds.
 
Key Team Stats
ORU shot 60.8 percent (31-51) from the floor and 30.8 percent (4-13) from three. ORU forced eight UND turnovers but had 14 of its own. The Golden Eagles recorded a season-high six blocks and outrebounded the Fighting Hawks 32-29. ORU scored 50 points in the paint to UND's 38.
 
Key Turning Point
With 2:00 remaining before halftime and down by six, the Golden Eagles closed out the half on a 7-0 run to shift the momentum and take a one-point lead into the break. JoJo Moore began the run by knocking down a pair of free throws. Following a Treysen Eaglestaff miss, Issac McBride found Jalen Miller on the perimeter, and he knocked down the triple. With two seconds remaining, Moore was fouled on a three-point attempt and went to the free-throw line. After missing the first, the freshman buried the next two and gave ORU the lead going into halftime.
 
Key Stats & Notes

• With 28 points tonight, McBride has now eclipsed the 20+ point mark six times this season.
• Freshman JoJo Moore scored a career-high 26 points on 9-for-12 shooting. Moore set his previous career-high Thursday night against NDSU with a 20-point outing.
• ORU held UND's star guard, Treysen Eaglestaff, to just 15 points on 5-for-20 shooting. Eaglestaff entered tonight's game as the second-leading scorer in the Summit League, averaging 18.8 ppg.
• With just four made threes against the Fighting Hawks, ORU's 140-game streak of making 5+ threes a game has come to an end. It was the longest active streak in the country and is the third-longest streak in NCAA history.
• McBride is now up to 1,693 points in his ORU career.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles will hit the road next week and take on South Dakota on Thursday, January 16, and then play South Dakota State on January 18.
 
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