Box Score

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK�€"Maria Villaroel scored a game-high 20 points and No. 21 Oklahoma owned a 68-23 rebounding edge in a 90-42 victory over Oral Roberts in the season-opening Bertha Teague Classic, Saturday at the Ford Center.

ORU (0-1) led or was tied for much of the first half. Elisha Turek's (Council Bluffs, Iowa) bucket at 17:25 gave ORU a 6-4 lead, and the Golden Eagles extended that advantage to 12-8 on a short jumper by Jessica Boan with 13:45 left in the half.

But with the game tied at 16 all with 6:57 to play, the Sooners (1-0) closed the half with a 19-7 run for a 35-23 halftime lead.

ORU then went scoreless for better than five minutes to start the second half, giving Oklahoma the opportunity to extend the lead to 53-23 before Turek's basket at 14:45 broke ORU's drought and made it 53-25. OU, though, coasted the rest of the way.

The Golden Eagles were limited to 30.9 percent shooting for the game, including 21.4 percent in the second half. Oklahoma, meanwhile, shot 42.5 percent for the game.

Turek, a freshman forward, led ORU with nine points and seven rebounds, earning game MVP honors. Jessica Boan (Overland Park, Kan.) and Maureen Obudho (Mombassa, Kenya) each scored eight points, and Leah Cannon (Adelaide, Australia) had six points and seven assists.

Caton Hill had 17 for the Sooners, while Krista Sanchez chipped in with 13 points.

The Golden Eagles open the home portion of their 2003-04 schedule when they host Texas-Arlington, 7:05 p.m., Tuesday, November 26 at the Mabee Center.

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