THE BASICS
Score: Oral Roberts 49 – South Dakota 78
Records: ORU (15-14, 10-8); South Dakota (23-5, 16-1)
Location: Sanford Coyote Sports Center – Vermillion, S.D.

VERMILLION, S.D. – Tirzah Moore netted 18 points but the Oral Roberts women's basketball team dropped their regular season finale on the road Saturday afternoon to South Dakota, 78-49, in Vermillion, South Dakota.

Moore opened the scoring with a jumper inside the paint :54 ticks into the contest. A 7-2 Yotes run gave them their largest lead of the period, 13-6, as 4:17 showed on the clock. Delaney Nix stopped the run with a three-pointer and Moore followed with a jumper to bring the deficit to two, 15-13, at the 2:40 mark. South Dakota scored five of the last eight points of the period to take a 20-16 lead. 

After a pair of makes at the line by Katie Scott cut the margin back to two, 23-21, the Yotes used a 9-3 stretch to up their lead to eight, 32-24, with 2:26 remaining in the half. South Dakota pushed their lead to double figures, 36-26, for the first time on the afternoon as 1:09 showed on the clock. Moore sank the final basket of the half for the Golden Eagles as they headed to the locker room down 38-28.

An 11-2 start to the third quarter by the Yotes stretched their advantage to 19, 49-30, midway through the third quarter. Neither team found the bottom of the net for the next 3:18 until Scott knocked down a pair of free throws to halt the South Dakota run momentarily. The Yotes netted six of the final eight points of the period to take a 55-33 lead into the fourth.

Hannah Cooper opened the final quarter of play with an and-one that sparked a 7-2 run by the Golden Eagles, which cut the deficit to 57-40 with 7:46 showing on the clock. The Yotes responded with a 14-4 run to take a 27-point lead, 71-44, with 4:45 left in the contest. South Dakota took their largest lead of the day, 78-47, at the 1:29 mark. Ariel Walker scored the final basket of the afternoon as South Dakota went on to win 78-49.

THE LEADERS
Oral Roberts: For a sixth straight game, Moore led the Golden Eagles in scoring, finishing with 18 points. The freshman also pulled down five rebounds.

South Dakota: Four Yotes reached double figures on the day, led by Kyah Watson with 18 points.
                                                                                                                                                  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Scott and Moore each registered five rebounds as the Golden Eagles dropped the battle on the boards, 33-31.
- Keni Jo Lippe dished out a team-best four assists. 
- Moore recorded a team-high three steals.
- The Golden Eagles finished the contest 14-of-17 from the foul line.

Up Next
The Golden Eagles turn their focus towards the Summit League Championship, where they will be the four seed. ORU will face off against North Dakota Sunday, March 6 at 12:30 p.m. inside the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.

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