THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 56 – Colorado State 71
Records: ORU (0-2) (0-0); CSU (3-0) (0-0)
Location: Moby Arena – Fort Collins, Colorado
 
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team fell 71-56 at Colorado State Monday evening in Fort Collins, Colorado.
 
The Golden Eagles fell in a hole early going down by 6. After a 9-2 run ORU tied the game at 15-15 with two minutes to go in the first. Similar to the previous game, the Golden Eagles were down by 11 after a 12-2 CSU run. Camryn Hill broke the drought with a three-point bucket followed by a three-ball by Ariel Walker to bring it back to within five. ORU continued an 8-0 run to pull to within three, but went into the break down, 35-29. 
 
ORU came back to within one in the middle of the third. CSU then went back up by nine and didn't let up. The Golden Eagles continued eventually went on to trail by 17 before Hannah Cooper cut the deficit to 15 to end the game, 71-56.
 
Cooper led the Golden Eagles with 18 points going 8-for-19 overall. She also added five rebounds and three steals to her stat line. After starting the game 1-for-10 from the three-point line, ORU then went 4-for-7 from long range. The Golden Eagles grabbed 10 offensive rebounds in the game. Defensively, ORU forced 16 Colorado State turnovers and created 12 points off those turnovers.  
 
THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts:  Hannah Cooper scored 18 points and Faith Paramore grabbed 13 rebounds.  
Colorado State: Karly Murphy had a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds.
                                                                                                                                                  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- ORU shot 33.8 percent overall in tonight's game.
- ORU was out-rebounded by CSU, 47-40.
- The Golden Eagles had a 29.4 percent three-point average.
- ORU turned the ball over 14 times, but forced the Rams to turn the ball over 16 times.
- Newcomer Hannah Cooper scored 18 points with five rebounds, three steals.
- Faith Paramore captured a career high 13 rebounds in the game.
- ORU had 12 bench points in tonight's game.
- Golden Eagles capitalized with 12 points off of turnovers and 26 points in the paint.
 
Up Next
The Golden Eagles will head to Dallas, Texas, to face the SMU Mustangs Wednesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. inside Moody Coliseum.
 
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