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The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 60 – Kansas City 77
Record: ORU (5-7, 0-1) – KC (6-8, 1-0)
Location: Kansas City, Mo. (Swinney Center)
 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Issac McBride captured his 1,000^th career ORU point Friday evening in the Oral Roberts men's basketball team's 77-60 loss at Kansas City to open Summit League play.
 
Finishing the night with 21 points, Issac McBride led ORU in points with his sixth career 20-plus point game and sixth of the season. McBride has had 10 games this season with 10 or more points as he eclipsed the 1,000 points scored mark in his ORU career. He is the 38^th player in program history to achieve the milestone.
 
Kansas City came out early with a 7-0 run to lead 9-2 in the first few minutes. The run was broken with a three by Issac McBride, his first points of his 10 point first half performance. Kansas City then went on a 13-0 run to lead by 15, but extended the run to 24-5. The Golden Eagles trailed by as much as 20 with 6:24 remaining in the first. Jailen Bedford scored to break the three-plus minute scoring drought and end Kansas City's run. ORU managed an 8-2 to pull back to within 14 with 1:43 to go. After a three-pointer by the Roos, McBride hit a final possession bucket to make it a 38-23 score at the half. ORU shot 33.3 percent in the first as the home team had a 46.7 percentage.
 
To start the second half, ORU trailed by 25, but after a 10-0 run by Kansas City in the first four minutes, the Golden Eagles found themselves in a more difficult situation. McBride earned his 1,000^th career point in the second half and Kareem Thompson sparked some offensive life by hitting three-consecutive three-pointers to pull ORU back to within 22. It was part of a 13-2 run to bring ORU back to within 19. With 4:50 to play, ORU trailed by 18, but would go on a two minute scoring drought, trailing 71-53. Pablo Navarro would break the drought with his first points in the game, it would be the closest ORU would get to KC, pulling to within 16. It would be as close as the Golden Eagles would get as Kansas City ended the game, 77-60.
 
Thompson ended the night with 14 points for his fifth-straight 10-plus point outing. The loss snapped a nine game win streak for ORU at Kansas City and puts ORU at 0-1 to start Summit League play for the first time since the 2019-20 season.

Individual Leaders
Oral Roberts: McBride had 21 points and Jailen Bedford grabbed eight rebounds.
 
Kansas City: Jamar Brown recorded a double-double with 22 points and 10 boards.

Inside the Box Score/News & Notes
- ORU shot 35.3 percent from the three-point line.
 
- ORU shot 41.1 percent from the field.

- The Golden Eagles had 12 assists on 23 made baskets.

- Oral Roberts had 32 points in the paint and 14 bench points.

- ORU forced KC to nine turnovers and scored six points off those takeaways.

- The loss snapped a 21 game win streak in Summit League play. It was the first loss in league play since the 2021-22 season.

Up Next
Oral Roberts will head to the Mile High City to face the Denver Pioneers on Sunday, January 31 at 4 p.m. CT.
 
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