The Basics
Oral Roberts (5-5) vs. UT Arlington (3-5)
Game Date / Time: Thursday, December 16, 2021 / 7 p.m.
Location: Mabee Center / Tulsa, Okla.
Video: ORU Sports Network (ORUSN)
Audio: ORU Sports Network (ORUSN)
Stats: ORU Athletics

TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts men's basketball team returns to the Mabee Center Thursday, December 16 at 7 p.m. against UT Arlington for Faith Night.

Groups of 10 or more that would like to attend Faith Night are eligible for discounted group tickets. Children ages 13 and under are eligible to receive free tickets through the Kids in Free program, with the purchase of adult tickets. To purchase group tickets, contact the ORU Athletics Ticket Office via phone at 918-495-7546 or email ceveland@oru.edu.

Important Links
ORU Game Notes
Opponent Game Notes
Summit League Notes

Quick Hits
• Kareem Thompson recorded a career high 12 rebounds in game at Missouri State. It is the fourth time this season and fifth in Thompson's career that he led the team in rebounding in a game. Max Abmas led ORU with 19 points at MSU for his sixth-consecutive double-digit outing. In Abmas' career, he's had 58 double-digit scoring efforts. DeShang Weaver had 15 points in Springfield, Missouri, for back-to-back double-digit nights.

• Abmas (21.2 ppg) and Weaver (11.2) both score in double figures to lead the Golden Eagles offense, which ranks 26th in the NCAA at 82.0 points per game.

• Behind his season-best 38 points in the Mayor's Cup win over Tulsa, Abmas now ranks ninth in the nation in points per game and leads the country making 4.4 3-pointers a game. The junior recently moved past Eric Perry (1996-2000) for fifth in program history in career triples and has 227 in his tenure. He is currently 17th all-time in scoring with 1,325 career points.

• ORU is hitting 12.8 triples per game to lead the nation thanks to a school-record 21 against Southwestern Christian and 19 versus Tulsa. The team has made double-digit 3-pointers in eight of 10 outings this season.

• The Golden Eagles currently rank 30th in the NCAA pulling down 41.7 rebounds a contest.

Scouting the Opponent
• ORU has battled the Mavericks to a 4-3 record in the all-time series, including an 84-76 victory in 2013 in the CIT when the teams last met. UTA is 1-3 all-time at the Mabee Center.

• The Mavericks are coming off a 56-47 win against Lamar Saturday extending a two-game streak. UTA sits 27th in the country in blocked shots per game while averaging 5.5. The squad from Arlington, Texas, also sits 27th in field-goal percentage defense holding opponents to 38.1 percent from the field.

• David Azore leads the Mavericks in scoring with 13.3 points per game. Azore is the lone UTA player averaging double-digit outings. Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu leads UTA in rebounds per game with 4.4 and is 11th in the country in blocks per game while averaging 3.1.

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