The Basics
Oral Roberts (18-10, 12-5) vs. South Dakota (17-11, 10-7)
Game Date / Time: Saturday, February 26, 2022 / 7 p.m.
Location: Mabee Center / Tulsa, Okla.
Video: ORU Sports Network
Audio: 99.9 FM ESPN Radio
Stats: ORU Athletics
TULSA, Okla. – The the Oral Roberts men's basketball team will play its final regular season game Saturday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. when the South Dakota Coyotes visit the Mabee Center for Senior Night.
For Senior Night fans can redeem a rip ticket that will be good for four (4) free tickets in sections 106 and the upper level. Fans can find the voucher by clicking
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Important Links
ORU Game Notes
Opponent Game Notes
Summit League Notes
Quick Hits
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Max Abmas continues to the lead the Golden Eagles in scoring as he's now had 24 consecutive games with 10-plus points. He had 34 points against SDSU. Four Golden Eagles scored in double-figures against South Dakota State.
• Abmas (23.0 ppg),
Issac McBride (12.1 ppg) average double figures to lead the Golden Eagles offense, which ranks 4th in the NCAA at 83.7 points per game. ORU has eight players who have scored 100-plus points this season.
• Behind two 38-point outings this season, Abmas now ranks 5th in the nation in points per game and is 2nd the country making 4.0 3-pointers a game. The junior recently moved past Eric Perry (1996-2000) for fifth in program history in career triples and has 295 in his tenure. He is currently 10th all-time in scoring with 1,755 career points.
• ORU is hitting 11.8 triples per game, which is 3rd in the nation, thanks to a school-record 21 against Southwestern Christian and 19 versus Tulsa. The team has made double-digit 3-pointers in 19 of 25 outings this season.
• The Golden Eagles currently rank 11th in the NCAA pulling down 40.5 rebounds a contest and 4th in the nation in defensive rebounds per game (29.6).
Scouting the Opponent
• This will be the 19th all-time meeting between ORU and South Dakota. The Golden Eagles lead the series, 10-8, and are 5-3 at home. In the first meeting this season, ORU defeated the Coyotes, 82-73, on the road in Vermillion, South Dakota.
• South Dakota is fifth in the Summit League standings. The Coyotes have won four of their last five games. They recently lost to Kansas City, 72-63, on the road.
• USD has four players averaging double-digits with Kruz Perrott-Hunt leading the team with 15.1 points. Mason Archambault scores 14.8 points per game, Tasos Kamateros averages 11.2 ppg and Xavier Fuller averages 10.2 points per game. The Yotes are 22nd in the nation in three-point field-goal percentage. Archambault is fourth in the nation in free-throw percentage.
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