THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 68 – Texas Tech 82
Records: ORU (3-8); Texas Tech (9-1)
Location: United Supermarkets Arena – Lubbock, Texas

LUBBOCK, Texas – Despite a game-high 30 points from Hannah Cooper, the Oral Roberts women's basketball team dropped their final non-conference contest of the season at Texas Tech, 82-68, Wednesday evening in Lubbock, Texas.

Cooper's 30-point performance was the senior's second of the campaign and marked the sixth time that she has led the Golden Eagles in scoring this season. The El Paso, Texas, native also hauled in a team-best six rebounds, registered a game-high tying four steals and dished out three assists.

Makenna Winans and Ariel Walker joined Cooper in double figures with 12 and 10 points, respectively. For Winans, the 12 points marked a season-high. Off the bench, Nena Taylor contributed with eight points and five rebounds.

The Lady Raiders jumped out to a 12-0 start before a Cooper layup broke the run with 5:01 remaining in the opening quarter. After Texas Tech extended their advantage to 16-2 at the 4:04 mark, the Golden Eagles responded with an 8-2 stretch to cut the deficit to eight, 18-10, with 2:22 left in the first. Six of the final eight points went the way of the Lady Raiders as they took a 24-12 lead into the second.

Following a pair of free throws from the Lady Raiders that pushed their advantage to 15, 31-16, at the 6:34 mark, the two sides went scoreless for 2:56 before Winans broke the drought with a jumper. Winans' basket sparked an 11-2 run as ORU trimmed the deficit to six, 33-27, at the break. In the quarter, the Golden Eagles held Texas Tech to only nine points.

An 8-0 run by the Lady Raiders out of the break stretched their lead back to double-digits, 43-29, at the 7:30 mark. Following a Cooper layup, the Lady Raiders pushed their run to 17-2 to take their largest lead of the contest, 50-31, with 4:46 left in the third. ORU answered with a 9-0 stretch to trim the deficit to 10, 52-42, as 2:24 showed on the clock. Winans jumpstarted the run with her second three of the contest and Taylor capped it off with her first triple of the evening. The two sides traded the final 16 points as Texas Tech took a 10-point lead into the fourth, 60-50.

Back-to-back layups from Cooper and Lauren Ramey drew the Golden Eagles back to within single digits, 69-60, with 6:04 left in the contest. That was as close as ORU would get as they were outscored 13-8 over the final six minutes as they fell 82-68.

THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Cooper led three Golden Eagles in double figures with 30 points and hauled in a team-best six rebounds. The senior also finished the contest 12-of-14 from the charity stripe. 

Texas Tech: Bre'Amber Scott (24) and Rhyle McKinney (15) were the lone Lady Raiders in double-figures on the night.
                                                                                                                                                 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Golden Eagles were held to 38.6 percent shooting from the field.
- ORU registered a game-best 12 steals on the night.
- Cooper and Delaney Nix each totaled a game-high four steals.
- The Golden Eagles were outrebounded 37-23 on the night.
- From the foul line, ORU finished 17-of-19 on the night.
- For the second straight contest, Cooper drew double-digit fouls with 12.
- Taylor contributed off the bench with eight points and five rebounds.

GAME NOTES
- Wednesday's contest marked the 14th meeting all-time between ORU and Texas Tech. 
- Cooper led ORU in scoring for the ninth time in her career.
- The senior guard also collected five-plus rebounds for the sixth time this season.
- Winans and Taylor each set season-highs for points with 12 and eight, respectively.
- Walker reached double-figures for the third straight contest and fifth time this season.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles turn their focus to Summit League play as they travel to face South Dakota State Monday, December 19 at 7 p.m.

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