TULSA - The Oral Roberts University women's basketball team set
numerous team and individual records en route to a dominating
114-43 victory over IUPUI on Saturday at the Mabee Center. The
Golden Eagles improved to 17-8 overall and 11-3 in Summit League
play, tying the most regular-season conference wins since joining
the league for the 1997-98 season.
ORU forced a school-record 47 turnovers, just three shy of a
conference mark, while swiping a school and Summit League-record 32
steals. The 114 points were just six shy of a school record and the
most against a Division I opponent. The 71-point victory marked the
most lopsided win against a league opponent.
Four players scored in double figures, led by
Kevi Luper's (Adair,
Okla.) 34-point performance. Luper surpassed 30 points for the
third consecutive game after going 9-of-20 from the field and
16-of-17 from the free-throw line. The 16 free-throws tied a school
record, while Luper also grabbed eight steals to move into second
place in school history for a single season with 102.
Freshman Savanna
Buck (Pinehurst, Texas) tallied a career-high 16 points with a
career-best three 3-pointers and a perfect 5-of-5 mark from the
charity stripe. Fellow newcomer Alex
Adekunle (Arlington, Texas) also posted a career-best 16 points
off an 8-of-12 effort from the field, while grabbing six steals and
five rebounds.
Jaci
Bigham (McAlester, Okla.) scored in double figures for the 18th
straight game with 13 points, while handing out eight assists.
Bigham was 3-of-6 from the field, including two treys, and 5-of-5
from the free-throw line.
Senior
Kelly Kindell (Schulter,
Okla.) added nine points on three long-range jumpers on five
attempts, while
Jordan Pyle (Mustang, Okla.)
posted eight points and seven boards.
Janae Voelker (Newton, Kan.)
recorded four points, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals
in her 100th career start at ORU.
The Golden Eagles jumped out to a 26-4 lead in the first nine
minutes of the contest and held a 54-14 lead at the half. ORU began
the second half with an 18-0 run to cruise to the victory.
ORU shot 50 percent (35-of-70) from the field, 50 percent
(11-of-22) from downtown and 89 percent (33-of-37) from the
free-throw line. The Golden Eagles won the rebound battle by a
42-34 margin.
Briannica Tye led the Jaguars (2-22, 1-12) with 12 points, while
Kerah Nelson added eight points and eight rebounds.
The Golden Eagles return to play host to Western Illinois at 7:05
p.m. on Monday night.
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