The Basics
Game Nine
Oral Roberts (2-6, 0-0) vs. North Dakota (0-7, 0-1)
Date/Time: Friday, January 8, 2021 / 5 p.m.
TV/Video/Audio: ORU Sports Network
Live Stats: vs. North Dakota
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma (Mabee Center)

TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team will compete in its first Summit League games of the season with a doubleheader against North Dakota January 8 and 9 inside the Mabee Center. Both games will tipoff at 5 p.m.

Fans are permitted to attend games at the Mabee Center. Any person 10 years or older must wear a mask at all times. For tickets visit, www.oruathletics.com or call 918-495-7546.
 
Fans may view the live stats, see link below, watch live on the ORU Sports Network or follow the Golden Eagles on Twitter, @ORUWBB.

Important Links

ORU/Opponent Game Notes: vs. North Dakota
Summit League Notes: Week Six
TV/Video/Audio: ORU Sports Network
Live Stats: vs. North Dakota

About the Opponent

• This will be the fifth all-time meeting between ORU and North Dakota. The Fighting Hawks are 0-7, 0-1 on the season and are coming off a 71-67 loss to Kansas City. Game two of the series between UND and KC was canceled due to Summit League COVID-19 protocol.  
   
• Last season, the Golden Eagles defeated the Fighting Hawks in both matchups and are 3-1 all-time against UND.
   

Quick Hits

• ORU will face North Dakota to open the Summit League slate of the 2020-21 season. The Golden Eagles' scheduled league opener series at Omaha was canceled due to Summit League COVID-19 protocols.
   
• It will be the first game for ORU since the team previously played on December 22, 2020 at TCU, 17 days ago.
   
• A win for the Golden Eagles would give the program its third-consecutive win over the Fighting Hawks and move the record between the programs at the Mabee Center to 2-1.
   
• Senior Keni Jo Lippe was named to the preseason All-Summit League First Team. She averages 10 points per game along with four rebounds. She currently has 1,283 career points and is the 21^st member of the ORU women's basketball 1,000-point club.
   
• Regan Schumacher currently leads the Summit League in rebounds per game. She totals 78 rebounds on the season.
   
• ORU adds 12 newcomers to the roster. Eight freshmen, Corrie Anderson, Tierney Coleman, Tyaija Coleman, Hannah Giddey, Camryn Hill, Courtlyn Loudermill, Addisyn Moore and Faith Paramore. Two sophomores, Sinetra Jones and Bo Teulings. A junior, Ariel Walker, and a redshirt senior, Manaya Jones.
   
• The Golden Eagles are one of the youngest teams in Division I with eight true freshman and the average age of 19.3. Eleven of the 16 players on the roster have zero years of Division I experience, until this season.
   
• Head Coach Misti Cussen is in her ninth season at the helm for the Golden Eagles and holds a 126-128 overall head coaching record.
   
• ORU was picked to finish fourth in Summit League Preseason Poll.

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 new ORU Athletics App in the Google Play or App stores.