TULSA – A career-high 20 points from junior Rachel Watman helped push the Oral Roberts women's basketball team (2-0) past cross-town rival Tulsa, 48-33. With the win, the Golden Eagles maintain control of the Mayor's Cup, the annual trophy that goes to the winner of the ORU-TU game.

Watman was able to sneak in for three steals to add to her game-high 20-point night. Junior Mariana Camargo was the only ORU player in double-digits, finishing the game with 12 points, while dishing out five assists and grabbing seven rebounds in the win.

Junior Jenny Hardin snagged a team-high 10 rebounds, while freshman Leanne Robison and sophomore Janae Voelker had five rebounds apiece. Robison also added nine points.

The Golden Eagles held TU (0-2) to 22.7 percent field-goal shooting for the night, going 5-for-23 in the first half. ORU also forced the Golden Hurricane to 23 turnovers.

In the first half, ORU jumped out to 12-2 lead with the help of back-to-back three-pointers from Watman. Tulsa would go on an eight-point run to eventually tie the game at 16-16, but Monah Pegorari would immediately regain the lead with a layup at the 4:56 mark. That would be as close as TU would get to the Golden Eagles the remainder of the game. ORU would go in to the locker room with a 24-16 advantage at halftime.

The Golden Eagles opened the second-half up with back-to-back layups to go up by 12. The ORU defense was strong, though, holding TU to zero points until the 12:00 mark. From there, Tulsa would go on an eight-point run with the help of Chanel Johnson's back-to-back-to-back layups to pull the Golden Hurricane to within 11, 24-35. Both teams would trade points back-and-forth until the last second, but the Golden Eagles proved to be too much for the host team, winning 48-33.

ORU will return to the Mabee Center on Saturday, Nov. 17 with a 2:05 p.m. match-up with Northern Colorado.

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