THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 48 – Texas Christian 62
Records: ORU (2-6) (0-0); TCU (5-2) (0-0)
Location: Fort Worth, Texas – Schollmaier Arena
 
FORT WORTH – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team's dropped its final nonconference game of the season, 62-48, at TCU Tuesday afternoon in Fort Worth, Texas.
 
Turnovers plagued the Golden Eagles to begin the game, but ORU was able to break the scoring drought when Keni Jo Lippe scored her first field goal of the game with two minutes to play in the first. Despite having eight first quarter turnovers, the Golden Eagles' defense held TCU to just nine points and trailed 9-5.
 
The Golden Eagles got down by as much as 10 in the second quarter and went into halftime trailing 24-14. Sinetra Jones recorded four blocks in the second quarter as the ORU defense held TCU to 27 percent from the field.
 
After trailing early by 18, the Golden Eagles went on an 11-2 run to pull back to within nine. A four-point play by Tyaija Coleman followed by a jumper by Jones brought ORU back to within six with two minutes to play in the third. Down the stretch, TCU went back up 44-33 to end the quarter.
 
Jones fouled out with 6:24 to play in the game and ended the day with five blocks and five rebounds. The Golden Eagles cut it to within 10 with eight minutes to go, but hot second half shooting continued for the Horned Frogs to win, 62-48. TCU shot 65 percent from the field in the second half.
 
THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Keni Jo Lippe scored 13 points and Camryn Hill grabbed nine rebounds.   
TCU: Lauren Heard scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds along with Michelle Berry.  
                                                                                                                                                  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- ORU shot 29.8 percent overall in tonight's game.
- ORU was out-rebounded by TCU, 39-35.
- The Golden Eagles had a 31.6 percent three-point average.
- ORU turned the ball over 22 times, but forced the Horned Frogs to turn the ball over 20 times.
- Sinetra Jones recorded five blocks in today's game with four in the second quarter.
- Keni Jo Lippe scored 13 points with three assists and four rebounds.
- ORU had 15 bench points in tonight's game. The team recorded 18 points in the paint.
- Golden Eagles capitalized with 18 points off of turnovers.
 
Up Next
ORU will open Summit League play against the Omaha Mavericks Saturday, January 2-3 at 3 p.m. both days inside Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska. 
 
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