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The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 66 – No. 13 Texas A&M 74
Record: ORU (1-3, 0-0) – A&M (4-0, 0-0)
Location: Bryan-College Station, Texas (Reed Arena)
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – After leading for 12 minutes in the contest, the ORU men's basketball team fell short to the No. 13 Texas A&M Aggies, 74-66, Friday night in College Station, Texas.
In front of an official crowd of 10,689 at Reed Arena, the Golden Eagles faced a tough test against the No. 13 Texas A&M Aggies. Issac McBride tied his career high with 27 points on the night to lead all scorers in the contest. DeShang Weaver had another double-digit night, his fourth straight, as he ended with 14. Kareem Thompson gathered 12 points for his 36th double-digit game of his career.
The Golden Eagles arguably got off to their best start in a game this season Friday evening in Bryan-College Station. DeShang Weaver opens with 5 points with a jumper and bank shot three-pointer. With back and forth play, ORU retook the lead twice before the game was tied 10-10 at the under 16 timeout. The largest lead of the first half was five with nine minutes left in first off a Kareem Thompson three. The No. 13 Aggies were able to tie the game 26-26 with 5 minutes left. With the crowd heckling, Issac McBride put ORU back up with a longer jumper with four minutes to go. Despite having a lead for 12 minutes, the Texas Aggies led 38-31 at halftime, even though ORU shot 50 percent from the field in the first. McBride led the Golden Eagles with 12 points. ORU defense held A&M 0-for-9 from the three-point arc.
To start the second half, a 7-0 ORU run to brought the team within four. After a pair of free-throws by Josh Jones, it was a 40-38 contest. Jones free-throws were the first of his career. A&M hit its first three-pointer of the game to go with 15 minutes left in the second half. That put the Aggies at 1-for-13. The Aggies then regained a seven point lead before both teams hit scoring droughts. ORU held A&M scoreless for three-plus minutes. The Golden Eagles got it back to within eight with eight minutes to play. With six minutes to go, A&M led by 10, but two minutes later, ORU trailed by nine until a three-pointer by Weaver put the Golden Eagles within six. He then made it a six point game again after a pair of free-throws with less than two minutes on the clock. Down the stretch, McBride hit two three-pointers to pull the game to within six before free-throws stretched it to 74-66, in favor of Texas A&M.
The Golden Eagles kept it clean in the second half only allowing one turnover, but the Aggies dominated in second chance points with 22 points. However, the Golden Eagles did have a better shooting percentage on the night at 42.3 percent and held Texas A&M to just 2-for-22 from the three-point line.
Individual Leaders
Oral Roberts: McBride scored 27 and Thompson had six rebounds.
Texas A&M: Henry Coleman went 7-for-7 for 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Inside the Box Score
- ORU shot 39.3 percent from the three-point line.
- ORU shot 42.3 percent from the field.
- The Golden Eagles had 12 assists on 22 made baskets.
- Oral Roberts had 14 points in the paint and five bench points.
- ORU forced A&M to five turnovers and scored three points off those takeaways.
- It was McBride's second 27 point game of the season to tie his career high. It was also a career high for McBride in the assist category with seven.
- Weaver ended the night with six blocks.
Up Next
ORU will head home to the Mabee Center to face the Texas Southern Tigers Tuesday, November 21 at 7 p.m. for Native American Heritage Night.
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