THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 54 – South Dakota 77
Records: ORU (6-13, 4-7); USD (13-5, 9-2)
Location: Vermillion, S.D. – Sanford Coyote Sports Center 
 
VERMILLION, S.D. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team fell 77-54 Saturday afternoon at South Dakota.

South Dakota started the game on a 9-0 run until Ariel Walker broke the run with a fast break layup for her first points of the game four minutes in. The run was extended to 12-2 by the Coyotes, who shot 57 percent in the first. South Dakota led after the first 10 minutes, 23-8.
 
The Golden Eagles trailed 43-17 at halftime as South Dakota continued to shoot 45-plus percent from the field. ORU out-scored the Coyotes in the third quarter, 21-20, and came to within 22 points with 3:57 to play. Overall, South Dakota shot 47.3 percent from the field in the game to win, 77-54.
 
Walker tied her career high with four made three's in the game as she scored 14 points. ORU shot 29 percent from the field as the team suffered its fifth-consecutive loss and seventh league setback.

THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Tierney Coleman scored 15 points and four Golden Eagles recorded five rebounds in the game.
South Dakota: Hannah Sjerven captured 21 points and Jeniah Ugofsky grabbed nine rebounds.
                                                                                                                                                  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- ORU shot 29.2 percent overall in tonight's game.
- ORU was out-rebounded by USD, 44-31.
- The Golden Eagles had a 30.4 percent three-point average.
- ORU turned the ball over 13 times, but forced the Coyotes to turn the ball over 18 times
- Tierney Coleman scored a 15 points with five rebounds, two assists and one steal.
- Keni Jo Lippe recorded 10 points with five boards, two assists and two steals.
- Ariel Walker had 14 points with two rebounds and one steal.
- ORU had 13 bench points in tonight's game. The team recorded 18 points in the paint.
- Golden Eagles capitalized with 10 points off of turnovers.
 
Up Next
ORU will play game two of the weekend series against South Dakota Sunday, February 21 at 12 p.m. in Vermillion, South Dakota.
 
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