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ORU Women's Hoops Beats IPFW, 78-71

TULSA, Okla. – Behind two 21-point efforts from senior guard Mariana Camargo (Blumenau, Brazil) and junior forward Janae Voelker (Newton, Kan.), the Oral Roberts women's basketball team picked up a 78-71 victory over IPFW Monday evening in the Mabee Center.

The Golden Eagles improve to 9-7 on the season and 2-3 in Summit League action, while the Mastodons fall to 2-14 overall and 1-5 in conference play. ORU is also now 4-0 all-time against IPFW.

Camargo and Voelker led ORU with 21 points apiece, while freshman guard Georgia Jones (Manchester, England) scored 19 points to go along with a game-high six assists. Voelker and freshman forward Jordan Pyle (Mustang, Okla.) led the team with seven rebounds each.

The Golden Eagles started out the first half on a 10-2 run, with four points from Voelker in the first three minutes of the game. Camargo kept the lead alive on a lay-up, 14-7, with 15:28 left to play. Two Courtney Reed three-pointers brought IPFW back to within one-point, 13-14, at 13:26, while Camargo, Voelker and Jones combined for the next 10 Golden Eagle points in the next six minutes of action.

Camargo gave ORU its first double-digit lead of the game on a lay-up, 33-23, with 2:19 left in the half and Voelker kept it at double-digits on a jumper, 35-25, at the one-minute mark. The Golden Eagles took a 37-31 lead heading into the break, as IPFW grabbed its eighth three-point field goal with 18 seconds remaining.

The Mastodons took a 7-2 run in the beginning of the second half and then tied it for the first of four times with 17:05 to go. After the fourth tie of the game, Jones sparked the offense with a three-pointer, as Camargo and Voelker followed suit with two lay-ups to give ORU a 55-48 lead with 11:19 left in the game.

Six IPFW free throws cut the lead to within one, 54-55, at the 8:18 mark, as Jones and Voelker led the ORU offense and put the Golden Eagles up 64-56 with 6:24 remaining. IPFW's Sarah Haluska brought it back to within a one possession game on three-pointer with 3:24 to play, 63-66, while one lay-up from Camargo and one from senior guard Demesha Heard (Oklahoma City, Okla.) brought the Golden Eagles back up, 70-63, with 2:07 to go. ORU finished out the second half making eight of 12 free throws in the last minute and a half to capture the victory.

The Golden Eagles shot 52.5 percent (32-61) from field goal range, including 50.0 percent (4-8) from three-point range and 58.8 percent (10-17) from the free throw line.

IPFW out-rebounded ORU, 39-33, and had 10 more free throws, as ORU committed 23 fouls compared to IPFW's 15.

The Mastodon's shot 34.5 percent (20-58) from the field, including 28.9 percent (11-38) from behind the arc and 76.9 percent (20-26) from behind the charity stripe.

ORU heads out on the road next weekend, facing Western Illinois on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 4:30 p.m. before battling IUPUI on Monday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.

-ORU-


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Players Mentioned

Mariana Camargo

#1 Mariana Camargo

G
5' 11"
Senior
Colegio Sagrada Familia
Demesha Heard

#21 Demesha Heard

G
5' 4"
Senior
John Marshall HS
Georgia Jones

#4 Georgia Jones

G
5' 9"
Redshirt
Loreto Grammar School
Jordan Pyle

#20 Jordan Pyle

F
6' 1"
Redshirt
Mustang HS
Janae Voelker

#11 Janae Voelker

G/F
5' 10"
Junior
Newton HS

Players Mentioned

Mariana Camargo

#1 Mariana Camargo

5' 11"
Senior
Colegio Sagrada Familia
G
Demesha Heard

#21 Demesha Heard

5' 4"
Senior
John Marshall HS
G
Georgia Jones

#4 Georgia Jones

5' 9"
Redshirt
Loreto Grammar School
G
Jordan Pyle

#20 Jordan Pyle

6' 1"
Redshirt
Mustang HS
F
Janae Voelker

#11 Janae Voelker

5' 10"
Junior
Newton HS
G/F
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