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The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 85 – (RV) Utah State 95
Record: ORU (3-3) – USU (5-0)
Location: Logan, Utah (Dee Glen Smith Spectrum)
 
LOGAN, Utah. – Five Golden Eagles scored in double-digits as the Oral Roberts men's basketball team fell, 95-85, Tuesday evening at (RV) Utah State in Logan, Utah.
 
For the second time this season five Golden Eagles scored in double-figures. Issac McBride led ORU with 19 points, tying his season high. Connor Vanover earned a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Max Abmas scored 17 while Carlos Jurgens and Kareem Thompson each scored 11 points on the night.
 
ORU got off to a great start which started with a dunk by Vanover to get the game going. In the first eight minutes, the Aggies went up by five, but it wasn't long before ORU tied the game, 11-11. After a pull up jumper by Abmas and a three-ball by Vanover, ORU grabbed a 16-14 lead with 12:22 to go in the first half. Utah State then used a 21-5 run to lead by as much as 14 with five minutes left. The Golden Eagles wouldn't back down, after a pair of three-point buckets by McBride and Vanover, got back to within 11. Abmas made a side-step three-point bucket to pull ORU to eight. The Golden Eagles went into halftime trailing Utah State, 49-40.
 
The Golden Eagles got down by as much as 11 with 14:43 to go in the second half, but a quick 8-2 run brought ORU to within four with 12 minutes to play. Utah State then went back up by eight with a three-ball by Steven Ashworth, who scored a career high 30 points going 8-for-9 from beyond the arc. ORU would then go on an 8-0 run to tie the game with just under three minutes to play. Ashworth would then hit three-straight triples and a free-throw to put the Aggies on a 10-0 run with a minute to play. Down the stretch, ORU would pull to within five with 30 seconds to play, but free-throws for USU made it a 95-85 final.
 
Utah State shot 52 percent from the field on the night and 61 percent from three-point range as five Aggies scored in double-figures. For the fifth game this season, ORU had four or more players capture double-digits points.

Individual Leaders
Oral Roberts: McBride led with 19 points and Vanover secured a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds.

Utah State: Steven Ashworth scored 30 points and Max Shulga grabbed 10 rebounds to go along with his 10 points.

Inside the Box Score
- ORU shot 45.2 percent from the three-point line going 14-for-31.
 
- ORU shot 45.5 percent from the field.

- The Golden Eagles had 15 assists on 30 made baskets.

- Oral Roberts had 26 points in the paint.

- ORU forced USU to 19 turnovers and scored 19 points off those takeaways.

News and Notes

- Abmas has scored 1,910 career points which puts him 10^th all-time in the ORU record book.
 
- Vanover has 27 blocks on the season and continues to lead the nation in total blocks and is second in blocks per game.

- For the fifth game this season ORU had four or more players score in double-digits.
 
- All five ORU starters scored in double-figures for the second time this season.

Up Next
ORU will return to the friendly confines to play seven of their next eight games. The Golden Eagles begin with Rogers State in a post-Thanksgiving contest Sunday, November 27 at 4 p.m. Fans can take part in ORU's $4 ticket promotion for the next two men's and women's games. Single game tickets are only $4 per ticket, per game. Visit www.ORUAthletics.com/tickets for details.

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