CHICAGO, IL�€"Freshmen Elisha Turek (Council Bluffs, IA) and Alycia Seay (Big Cabin, OK) combined for 36 points and Oral Roberts University made eight free throws in the final 2:16 as the Golden Eagles downed Chicago State 63-54 in a Mid-Continent Conference game, Saturday at the Dickenson Center.

ORU (9-7, 3-2) led 26-25 at halftime and extended the lead to 35-27 on a layup by Katie Langford ( Arthurton, Australia) with 16:26 to play. But Chicago State used an 11-2 run to grab a 38-37 lead on Ayesha Neasley's jumper with 11:11 remaining.

The game see-sawed back-and-forth until Seay and Turek hit consecutive jumpers for a 49-46 ORU lead with 6:55 left. The Golden Eagles then put the game away at the line in the final three minutes. ORU was 14-of-18 from the line in the second half, and 21-of-27 for the game.

ORU turned in a strong second half effort. After shooting 36 percent from the field and committing nine turnovers in the first half, the Golden Eagles shot a respectable 42.4 percent from the field and turned it over just five times.

Turek was 8-of-13 from the field and 2-of-2 from the line, adding seven rebounds to her game-high point total. Seay was 5-of-8 from the field and made all seven of her free throw attempts. Maureen Obudho (Mombassa, Kenya) added 12 points and eight rebounds off the bench.

Kafayat Davies led the Cougars with 17 points.

The Golden Eagles return to action when they Centenary, 7:05 p.m., Monday.

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