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The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 79 – Tulsa 70
Record: ORU (3-4, 0-0) – TU (4-2, 0-0)
Location: Tulsa, Okla. (Mabee Center)
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts men's basketball team defeated Tulsa, 79-70, Saturday evening at the Mabee Center for the third-straight win over the Golden Hurricane and extend the Golden Eagles home game win streak to 19.
 
In front of a rowdy crowd just shy of 7,000, the ORU men put on a show with two 20 point scorers. Issac McBride led the Golden Eagles with his fifth-straight 20-plus point outing. McBride went 7-for-15 in his 40 minutes for 22 points. DeShang Weaver had his first 20 point outing of the season, it was the fifth of his career.
 
Weaver started the night 5-for-5 from the three-point line with 15 points in the first seven minutes of play giving ORU its largest lead of the first half, 17-11. Tulsa then sparked a 9-1 run to take a two point lead with just under 10 minutes to go. The Golden Eagles then had a one point lead with 6:43 left on the clock before Tulsa went on an 8-0 run for its largest lead of the night, 33-26, in two minutes. The Golden Eagles responded with a 6-0 run to pull to within one. Tulsa managed to take a 39-36 lead in to halftime after finishing the first half shooting 46 percent from the field. All 20 of Weaver's points came in the first half as he shot 6-for-9 from the field and 5-for-7 from three-point range.
 
With five lead changes and four ties, the second half became a shootout between the two crosstown rivals. Both teams would gain three or four point leads before the other would claw back. After leading by as much as four with 10:40 to go, Tulsa then led by two with 6:52 on the clock. After a pair of free-throws by McBride to tie the game, it would be the last time the Golden Hurricane had a lead. With the game tied, 60-60, and 5:22 to play, Oral Roberts began an 11-0 run that was highlighted by a three-pointer by Kareem Thompson, a two-point jumper by McBride, a three-pointer by Trey Phipps and another three by McBride in a span of three and a half minutes. With 1:09 left, ORU led 74-62, its largest lead of the night. Free-throws down the stretch kept Tulsa at arms-length and the Golden Eagles would win it 79-70 for their 19^th-straight home victory inside the Mabee Center.
 
In back-to-back games ORU had two 20 point scorers. Jailen Bedford added 13 points to the stat book and Thompson had 11 to give the Golden Eagles four double-digit scorers. Josh Jones had a career high seven points after going 3-for-3 overall.

Individual Leaders
Oral Roberts: McBride led all scorers with 22 points and Bedford had eight rebounds.

Tulsa: American Athletic Conference Player of the Week PJ Haggerty scored 17 points and Jared Garcia grabbed seven boards.

Inside the Box Score/News & Notes
- ORU shot 40.7 percent from the three-point line.
 
- ORU shot 45.8 percent from the field.

- The Golden Eagles had 12 assists on 22 made baskets.

- Oral Roberts had 20 points in the paint and six bench points.

- ORU forced TU to 15 turnovers and scored 19 points off those takeaways.

- McBride's 22 points made it his fifth-straight game with 20-plus points and seventh-straight of 10-plus points. It was the sixth-straight game and ninth time in his career that he led ORU in scoring.

- Weaver had a season high five three-pointers in tonight's game.

- McBride, Thompson and Weaver played all 40 minutes.

- Thompson had a season high seven rebounds.

- It is the first time since 2015 both ORU men's and women's basketball teams defeated Tulsa in the same season.

- ORU is now tied with Liberty for the second longest active home game win streak at 19, behind leader UCLA at 29.

Up Next
Oral Roberts will host Ozark Christian Saturday, December 9 at 7 p.m. inside the friendly confines of the Mabee Center for Teacher, Faculty & Staff Appreciation Night.
 
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