THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 70 – North Dakota State 74
Records: ORU (9-10, 4-4); NDSU (8-11, 4-5)
Location: Scheels Center – Fargo, N.D.

FARGO, N.D. – A career-high 29 points from Tirzah Moore was not enough for the Oral Roberts women's basketball team as they fell 74-70 to the North Dakota State Bison on Saturday afternoon in Fargo. Moore connected on an eye-popping 12 of 15 shots on her way to a career day.
 
Moore got the Golden Eagles going early with a 10 point first quarter. After winning the opening tip, Katie Scott connected on a layup to give ORU an early lead but the Bison responded with a 7-0 run. The Bison continued to roll throughout the quarter, building a nine point lead before the Golden Eagles were forced to call a timeout. The Golden Eagles rattled off four quick points in the paint after Regan Schumacher and Hannah Cooper both connected from close. To close the quarter, the Bison once again got hot and built their lead back to eight – 30-22.
 
The Bison built their lead back to nine points before Tirzah Moore went on a 6-0 run over three possessions. The Golden Eagles continued to play pesky defense and would not go away easily, chopping the NDSU lead to as few as two with 2:26 to play in the half. Before the break, the Bison built their lead back up to seven and took a 44-37 advantage into halftime.
 
Coming out of halftime, North Dakota State built their lead up to 10 points before the Golden Eagles caught fire and went on an 11-0 tear. Tirzah and Trinity Moore both scored in the stretch, alongside Delaney Nix. A hustle play to recover a loose ball in the paint by Regan Schumacher turned into a layup and the Golden Eagles took their first lead since Scott's layup on the opening possession. The two teams would continue to trade blows with the Bison mustering just a two point lead after three quarters.
 
ORU's first six points in the fourth quarter were all scored by Tirzah Moore before Schumacher rattled off six points of her own. The two teams would continue to trade leads with the game being tied at 70 into the final 17 seconds. Within the final 17 ticks, the Bison would go four of four from the charity stripe to bury the Golden Eagles comeback efforts.
 
THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Tirzah Moore's career-high 29 points led all scorers in the game. Moore also dished out a career-best five assists to lead ORU, while Hannah Cooper pulled down a team-high six rebounds.    
North Dakota State:  A career-high 18 points from Olivia Skibiel paced the Bison but Heaven Hamling led the way with 19 points.  
                                                                                                                                                  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Hannah Cooper's six rebounds fell just one short of matching her career-high.
- Regan Schumacher's 15 points marked a season-high and just three
- Moore, Schumacher, and Katie Scott combined for 52 of the Golden Eagles 70 points.
- The trio combined to shoot 76.7% from the floor in Saturday's contest.
- As a team, ORU shot a blistering 58.3% from the floor.
- Delaney Nix connected on both of the Golden Eagle triples on Saturday.
- Keni Jo Lippe matched her season-high with 35 minutes played while Nix set a new career-high with 34.

Up Next
ORU will look to protect the Mabee Center next weekend against Omaha and Denver. The Golden Eagles went 2-0 on their tour of Nebraska and Colorado and will look to do the same in Tulsa, beginning Thursday night against the Mavericks.

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