THE BASICS

Score: Oral Roberts 84 – Denver 72

Records: ORU (9-12) (4-4); Denver (9-13) (3-6)

Location: Mabee Center – Tulsa, Okla.

TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team scored 32 points in the fourth quarter to take down Denver, 84-72, as four Golden Eagles scored in double figures Thursday evening at the Mabee Center.

The Golden Eagles went up by six in the first three minutes of the game. Denver came back to eventually go on an 11-4 run and take a 20-14 advantage with two minutes left. Nena Taylor hit a layup at the buzzer to make it a 20-19 game to close out the first 10 minutes.

The Pioneers had an eight point advantage at the five minute media timeout. Denver went up by nine before ORU went on an 8-0 run to pull back to within one before the half. Sarah Garvie hit two three-point buckets in the run. Keni Jo Lippe led the first half with seven points as the Golden Eagles shot 46.9 percent from the field and held the Pioneers to 35.3 percent.

Denver went up by as much as six in the third, but the Golden Eagles stayed with them to tie the game at the buzzer and take a 6-0 run into the fourth. Katie Kirkhart took the ball and drove the left side to make it a 52-52 game to close out the third. ORU shot 37.5 percent in the third and out-scored Denver, 16-15.

ORU took a two point lead in the fourth, their first lead since the first quarter after extending the run to 8-0. After back and forth play, the Golden Eagles took a lead and pushed it to eight with 5:30 to play. Rylie Torrey hit a three-point bucket with 3:31 to play to then put ORU up by 11. The team went up by as much as 12, which was the largest lead of the game by either team, and closed out the game with an 84-72 win. The Golden Eagles out-scored the Pioneers 32-20 in the fourth. ORU shot 72.7 percent in the fourth going 8-for-11 from the field.

THE LEADERS

Oral Roberts: Lippe scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds.

Denver: Lauren Loved recorded 25 points and Madison Nelson had 14 rebounds.                                                                                                                                                

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

- ORU shot 49.2 percent overall in tonight's game.

- ORU and Denver each had 42 rebounds.

- The Golden Eagles had a 52.9 percent three-point average.

- ORU turned the ball over 16 times, but forced the Pioneers to turn the ball over 15 times.

- Keni Jo Lippe was the team's leader in scoring with 15 points along with nine rebounds and three assists.

- Rylie Torrey scored 14 points with one rebound and one assist.

- Jentry Holt tallied 11 points with six rebounds, one assist and one block.

- Regan Schumacher scored a season high 11 points with eight rebounds.

- ORU had 31 bench points in tonight's game and 34 points in the paint.

- Golden Eagles capitalized with 18 points off of turnovers.

Up Next

Oral Roberts will host the South Dakota State Jackrabbits Saturday, February 1 at 2 p.m. inside the Mabee Center. It will be game one of the Hall of Fame Weekend doubleheader with the ORU men set to tipoff at 7 p.m.

For the latest information on ORU women's basketball, follow @ORUWBB on Twitter or go to www.ORUAthletics.com.  Fans can also receive updates on the team by downloading the Golden Eagles Front Row App at ORUAthletics.com/frontrow or in the App Store. 

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