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ORU Wins Big On Senior Night Defeating Centenary, 87-58

TULSA, Okla. �€" Oral Roberts University women�€™s basketball team honored six seniors in their last home game of the year with a 87-58 victory over Centenary in Mid-Continent Conference action on Monday night at the Mabee Center.


 


Five of the six seniors started the game for ORU (18-9, 7-5); with Ebony Haliburton (Kansas City, Mo.) and Jamie Fithian (McPherson, Kan.) earning their first start of the season. Haliburton and Fithian combined for 20 minutes while scoring seven points and grabbing six rebounds.


 


Fithian scored the first two buckets of the game as the Golden Eagles did not trail the rest of the game. ORU went into the locker room with a 49-27 advantage on 60 percent shooting while holding Centenary to 27 points on 37.5 percent shooting.


 


Senior Elisha Turek (Council Bluffs, Iowa) and Jenny Hardin (Claremore, Okla.) led the Golden Eagles at halftime with 16 and 11 points respectively.


 


The second half was more of the same story with the Golden Eagles opening up a 38 point advantage, 76-38, at the 11:28 mark. Centenary (5-22, 1-11) went on a 10-0 run over the next 4:47 to cut into the Golden Eagle lead but could not get closer than 29 points.


 


Turek scored a game-high 22 points as the six seniors combined for 49 points. The senior forward collected her 50th career double-double after grabbing 10 rebounds.


 


Hardin had her best game since going down with an injury on Jan. 10, scoring 20 points and tallying seven rebounds in only her second game back.


 


Centenary was led by Cierra Bush and Bethany Joseph with 16 points each. Joseph made 4-of-8 from beyond the arc for the Ladies.


 


ORU returns to action on the road next weekend, playing current league leader Oakland on Saturday. The tip is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.


 


-ORU-

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Players Mentioned

Jamie Fithian

#35 Jamie Fithian

C
6' 6"
Senior
McPherson HS
Ebony Haliburton

#23 Ebony Haliburton

F
5' 11"
Senior
Jenny Hardin

#12 Jenny Hardin

F/C
6' 3"
Sophomore
Claremore HS
Elisha Turek

#21 Elisha Turek

F
6' 2"
Senior
Abe Lincoln HS

Players Mentioned

Jamie Fithian

#35 Jamie Fithian

6' 6"
Senior
McPherson HS
C
Ebony Haliburton

#23 Ebony Haliburton

5' 11"
Senior
F
Jenny Hardin

#12 Jenny Hardin

6' 3"
Sophomore
Claremore HS
F/C
Elisha Turek

#21 Elisha Turek

6' 2"
Senior
Abe Lincoln HS
F
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