TULSA - Chelsey Jackson knocked down a jumper as time expired to
lift IPFW to a 74-72 victory over Oral Roberts on Saturday
afternoon at the Mabee Center. The Golden Eagles fell to 9-7
overall and 3-2 in Summit League play, while the Mastodons improved
to 6-8 on the season and remained unbeaten in conference action at
4-0.
Kevi
Luper (Adair, Okla.) scored the final seven points for ORU,
including a game-tying layup with 12.1 seconds remaining, before
Jackson came down to hit the game-winner.
The Golden Eagles trailed by 13 points at the half and as many as
16 points early in the second half. ORU went on a 9-0 run to cut
the margin to eight points before the Mastodons scored the next
four to extend their lead back to 12 points at the 13:55 mark.
ORU then went on a 15-2 run, capped by two consecutive steals for
layups by
Savanna Buck (Pinehurst,
Texas), to take its first lead of the second half at the 8:10
mark.
After IPFW scored the next four points, the Golden Eagles went on a
7-0 run, highlighted by a Luper trey, to reclaim a four-point lead
with 6:15 remaining.
The Mastodons would drain 3-pointers on four of their next five
possessions to take a four-point lead with under a minute
remaining.
Luper paced the Golden Eagles with 27 points off 8-of-17 shooting
from the field, including one 3-pointer on two attempts, and a
10-of-12 effort from the free-throw line. Luper also snagged four
steals and pulled down four rebounds.
Fellow freshman Jaci
Bigham (McAlester, Okla.) finished with 20 points on 8-of-11
shooting from the field and a 3-of-4 performance from beyond the
arc.
Buck added eight points and four steals, while Dominique
Allen (Birmingham, England) posted a career-high seven points,
including her first collegiate 3-pointer.
Janae Voelker (Newton, Kan.)
led ORU with 11 rebounds, marking her sixth double-digit rebounding
effort this season.
IPFW's Anne Boese tallied 24 points off a 6-of-13 effort from the
3-point line. Boese knocked down five first-half treys to fuel the
Mastodon's double-digit halftime advantage.
ORU was plagued by a dismal shooting effort in the first half where
the Golden Eagles went 9-of-31 (29 percent) from the field and
3-of-11 (27 percent) from 3-point range.
The Golden Eagles bounced back to shoot 45 percent (25-of-56) from
the field, 33 percent (6-of-18) from beyond the arc and 76 percent
(16-of-21) from the free-throw line for the game.
ORU returns to action against Oakland at 7:05 p.m. on Monday at the
Mabee Center.
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