THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 55 – Tulsa 69
Records: ORU (0-4) (0-0); TU (4-0) (0-0)
Location: Mabee Center – Tulsa, Okla.
 
TULSA, Okla. – Keni Jo Lippe recorded her 1,500^th career point in Sunday's game against Tulsa at the Mabee Center as the Golden Hurricane took the Mayor's Cup, 69-55.
 
Tulsa started the game hot from the field going 53 percent with a 16-1 run.  Delaney Nix broke the run with three minutes to go, but TU extended to 21-3. The Golden Hurricane out-scored ORU 25-6 in the opening period as the Golden Eagles shot 14 percent. ORU's defense got it going and held Tulsa to nine points in the second. The teams went into halftime with a 34-15 advantage for Tulsa.
 
After back-to-back three-point buckets by Ariel Walker, the Golden Eagles cut the deficit to 11 in the third. Katie Scott hit a pair of free-throws to cut it to a nine point game. Walker hit another three to cut it to 36-30 midway through the third. TU went back up by 13 to end the third, 49-36. Down the stretch, Tulsa maintained its lead and ended the game with a 69-55 score.
 
Entering the game, Lippe needed five points to eclipse the 1,500-point threshold. She scored with a layup midway through the second to become the ninth player in program history to reach the milestone. She had nine points and five rebounds on the day.
 
Delaney Nix and Walker both had double-digit outings with 10 points for Nix and 14 for Walker, respectively. Walker went 4-for-8 from deep range and contributed to ORU's hot shooting that had the team scoring 50-plus percent in the second half. Despite first quarter shooting woes, ORU out-scored Tulsa, 40-35, the remaining three quarters of play.
 
THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Ariel Walker captured a season high 14 points. Trinity Moore and Faith Paramore each grabbed six rebounds.
Tulsa: Maya Mayberry led the Golden Hurricane with 17 points and Wyvette Mayberry grabbed eight rebounds. 
                                                                                                                                                  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- ORU shot 36.6 percent overall in tonight's game.
- ORU and Tulsa each had 37 rebounds in the game.
- The Golden Eagles had a 26.1 percent three-point average.
- ORU turned the ball over 14 times, but forced the Golden Hurricane to turn the ball over seven times.
- Keni Jo Lippe had nine points for career total of 1,504 along with five rebounds and one assist.
- Delaney Nix scored 10 points and went 40 percent from the field.
- Ariel Walker captured a season high 14 points and shot 50 percent.
- ORU had 25 bench points in tonight's game.
- Golden Eagles capitalized with four points off of turnovers and 28 points in the paint.
 
Up Next
The Golden Eagles will host the ORU Thanksgiving Classic beginning Saturday, Nov. 27 at 2 p.m. against Arkansas State at the Mabee Center.
 
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