Tonight�€™s
Game
The
Golden Eagles open Mid-Continent Conference play tonight when they
host Western Illinois ... ORU also hosts Valparaiso on Saturday,
giving ORU its first conference-opening two-game set since the
2000-01 season ... ORU is favored to win its third straight Mid-Con
title ... the Golden Eagles have won three of their last five games
... ORU is playing its first home game since a 69-58 win over
Montana on Dec. 19 ... the Golden Eagles have won 11 straight home
games against Mid-Con opponents.
Head Coach Scott Sutton
ORU�€™s
Scott Sutton is in his eighth season as the head
coach of the Golden Eagles, and his 12th overall with the program.
Sutton is 128-98 (.566) as head coach and ranks second in school
history in career wins. The 2005 NABC District 12 co-Coach of the
Year with his father, Scott is the son of legendary basketball
coach Eddie Sutton, and the younger brother of Oklahoma State head
coach Sean Sutton. Western Illinois is coached by Derek Thomas, who
is 25-72 in his fourth season with the
Leathernecks.
The Series
Saturday�€™s
game is the 22nd meeting between ORU and Western Illinois, with the
Golden Eagles owning a 16-5 advantage in the series. ORU won two of
three meetings against the Leathernecks last season, winning 83-66
on Jan. 7 at the Mabee Center and 60-53 in the first round of the
Mid-Con Tournament on March 4. Western hasn�€™t
won in the Mabee Center since Feb. 15, 2001 when the Leathernecks
captured a 68-59 victory.
Green Reaches 2,000 Points
& 1,000 Rebounds
NCAA
active career scoring leader Caleb Green
became the third player in school history -- and the
Mid-Con�€™s first -- with 2,000 points and 1,000
rebounds when he reached the rebounding milestone last Friday at
BYU. Green joins Mark Acres (2,038 & 1,051) and Eddie Woods
(1,340 & 1,365) as the only ORU players with 2,000 points
and 1,000 rebounds. Green is now one of 95 players in NCAA Division
I history to accomplish the feat, and joins
Nevada�€™s Nick Fazekas as the only active
players to achieve the milestone.
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