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The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 74 – MACU 69
Record: ORU (1-1) - MACU (2-1)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (Mabee Center)
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts men's basketball team extended its home game win streak to 17 and delivered the first win of the Russell Springmann era with a 74-69 victory over Mid-America Christian Friday evening at the Mabee Center.

In what was a memorable night as fans returned to the Mabee Center looking to watch the Golden Eagles try to extend one of the nation's longest winning streaks to 17. A crowd of 6,002 saw ORU win its home opener with a squad that had three newcomers on the floor and one true freshman.
 
Issac McBride led all scorers with 19 points and went 8-for-8 from the foul line to secure the home win for Oral Roberts.
 
The Golden Eagles closed the first half on a 13-4 run over the final four minutes to build a 41-32 advantage at the break. ORU could never build a comfortable double-digit lead however as the Evangels had wiped out that deficit by the 11:31 mark after Conner Calavan buried his third consecutive three for the visitors.

Eddie Smith would give MACU a 63-62 edge with 3:12 to go but McBride would give his squad the lead back for good with a pair of free-throws on ORU's next possession. The Evangels would scoreless over the next 2:44, allowing the Golden Eagles to clinch their initial win of the campaign.

DeShang Weaver added 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor, while Kareem Thompson chipped in with 15 points and Jailen Bedford added 13 in his home debut to give ORU a quartet of double-digit scorers. Magok Manyang led the Evangels with 16 points, while Seth Hurd scored all 12 of his points in the second half on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor. Manyang went 4-for-6 from beyond the arc to lead a MACU effort from deep that saw the visitors make 12-of-26 attempts.

Individual Leaders
Oral Roberts: Issac McBride had 19 points and DeShang Weaver had seven rebounds.

MACU: Magok Manyang had 16 points and Mikel Henderson had five rebounds.

Inside the Box Score
- ORU had four players reach double figures led by McBride's 19.
 
- ORU shot 47.1 percent from the floor and 33 percent from 3-point range.
 
- Both teams had 26 points in the paint.
 
- MACU outrebounded ORU 34-32 and had a 10-6 edge in offensive boards.
 
News and Notes
- This was the first win in the Russell Springmann era at ORU.
 
- ORU had a special guest color commentator as Summit League Assistant Commissioner Ryan Powell joined Adam Hildebrandt live on the ORU Sports Network.

Up Next
ORU will head back on the road to play at Missouri State on Monday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN+.

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