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Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Arkansas Final
58
Oral Roberts ORU 2-7,0-0 Summit League
92
Winner Arkansas Ark 10-0,0-0 SEC
Oral Roberts ORU
2-7,0-0 Summit League
58
Final
92
Arkansas Ark
10-0,0-0 SEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Oral Roberts ORU 16 21 10 11 58
Arkansas Ark 22 19 32 19 92

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

#ORUWBB Drops Contest at Arkansas, 92-58

THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 58 – Arkansas 92
Records: ORU (2-7); Arkansas (10-0)
Location: Bud Walton Arena – Fayetteville, Ark.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team fell on the road to Arkansas, 92-58, Sunday afternoon inside Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
 
Three-point shooting doomed the Golden Eagles in the contest as they finished 2-for-26 from behind the arc, while Arkansas made 10-of-30 attempts.
 
For the third time this season, Tirzah Moore led ORU in scoring as the sophomore finished with 16 points to go along with 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season. Hannah Cooper and Ariel Walker joined Moore in double figures with 15 and 13, respectively.
 
After the two sides traded the first eight points in the opening 2:16, Arkansas used a 7-2 run to take an 11-6 lead at the 6:14 mark. A pair of makes at the foul line by Moore stopped the run but the Razorbacks followed with another 7-2 stretch to take an 18-10 lead with 1:30 left in the quarter. Cooper put an end to the surge with a layup as ORU scored six of the final 10 points of the period to cut the deficit to 22-16 heading into the second.
 
Arkansas took their largest lead of the half, 35-22, at the 5:48 mark behind a 9-2 run. Walker broke the stretch with a pair of makes at the charity stripe and sparked an 8-2 run as the Golden Eagles cut the deficit to seven, 37-30, with 3:18 left in the half. Following a pair of free throws by the Razorbacks, ORU closed the half with seven of the final nine points to trim the deficit to four, 41-37. Walker capped off the run with a three from the right wing with :04 ticks left on the clock, marking the Golden Eagles lone triple of the half. 

The Razorbacks started the second half hot, netting 13 of the first 18 points as their lead grew to 12, 54-42, at the 6:43 mark. Walker slowed the Razorbacks momentarily with a jumper but Arkansas kept coming as their lead bloomed to 26, 73-47, behind a 19-3 run to close the quarter.

In the fourth, the Golden Eagles were outscored 19-11 as they fell on the road to Arkansas, 92-58. The Razorbacks shot 57.1 percent from the field and 46.2 percent from three in the second half, while ORU finished 24.2 percent from the field and 7.1 percent from deep. 

THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: Moore collected her fifth double-double of the season as the sophomore poured in a team-best 16 points to go along with 11 rebounds.

Arkansas: Samara Spencer registered a game-high 32 points on 10-of-17 shooting.
                                                                                                                                                 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Golden Eagles registered a game-high six steals, led by Cooper's season-high tying four.
- ORU matched Arkansas in second-chance points with 10. 
- ORU struggled from three, finishing 2-for-26 in the contest.
- Cooper dished out a team-best four assists on the day.
- Moore registered a block for the eighth time this season, finishing with two on the afternoon.
- Off the bench, Sara Rodrigues contributed six points.

GAME NOTES
- Sunday's contest marked the 33rd meeting all-time between the two programs.
- Arkansas has now won five straight in the series and holds a 24-9 edge all-time.
- Moore's double-double was the eighth of her career.
- Cooper reached double-figures for the eighth time this season

Up Next
The Golden Eagles return home to face Abilene Christian on Sunday, December 11 at 2 p.m.

For the latest information on ORU women's basketball, follow @ORUWBB on Twitter or go to www.ORUAthletics.com.  Fans can also receive updates on the team by downloading the new ORU Athletics app in the Google Play or App stores.

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