TULSA--Elisha Turek (Council Bluffs, Iowa) scored 19 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and Leah Cannon (Adelaide, Australia) tied the school season assists record as Oral Roberts University defeated Oakland 70-63 in Mid-Continent Conference game, Saturday at the Mabee Center.

The win snaps ORU's two-game skid and improves the Golden Eagles to 12-12 overall and 6-7 in league play. Oakland falls to 16-9 and 9-5.

Turek recorded her eighth double-double of the season, making 7-of-15 shots from the field including a key late 3-pointer which gave ORU a 65-57 lead with 1:34 to play. She then put ORU up by 10 points when her two free throws gave the Golden Eagles a 67-67 lead with 1:18 left.

Cannon finished the game with 13 points and nine assists, giving her 180 for the season and tying the ORU single-season assist record set by Nanette Ogden in 1987-88.

The Golden Eagles won despite shooting 28.1 percent from the field in the second half. After torching the nets at a 59.4 percent clip in the first half, ORU was just 9-of-32 from the field in the final 20 minutes. But the Golden Eagles limited Oakland to 23.5 percent shooting in the second half, and 32.3 percent shooting for the game.

ORU also dominated the boards, out-rebounding Oakland by a 47-34 margin.

Turek and Cannon were two of ORU's four players to reach double figures in scoring. Alycia Seay (Big Cabin, Okla.) had 13 points and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. Katie Langford (Arthurton, Australia) added a career-high 10 points.

Anne Hafeli led Oakland with 25 points, while Jayme Wilson added 10.

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

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