The Basics: Belmont
Game Five
Oral Roberts (2-2) vs Belmont (3-1)
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 19 / 6:30 p.m.
TV/Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: Belmont Athletics
Tickets: Belmont Athletics
Behind the Mic: ORUSN
Location: Curb Event Center (Nashville, Tennessee)
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts men's basketball team travels to Nashville, Tennessee to take on the Belmont Bruins on Tuesday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m.

Fans can tune into the game on ESPN+ or stay up to date on the action by following along on X @ORUMBB.

Important Links
Summit League Notes
ORU Game Notes

Quick Hits
• ORU defeated Haskell, 87-52, in a bounce-back performance at home on Saturday.
• Transfer guard Darius Robinson Jr. scored a game-high 19 points off the bench, a Division 1 career-high.
• Transfer forward Sam Alajiki added 13 points and seven rebounds. Alajiki has scored in double digits in three straight games and has led the Golden Eagles in rebounding every game this season.
• Freshman JoJo Moore built on his career night at Tulsa and scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
• Josh Jones scored 11 points, one shy from tying his career-high.
• Graduate student Issac McBride was named the Summit League Preseason Player of the Year. This is the third time in four years that an ORU player has earned this award.
• On top of his Player of the Year accolade, McBride was also named to the Summit League Preseason First Team as well as the Bracketeer Preseason All-American Watch List.
• McBride currently ranks 14th all-time at ORU in scoring with 1,452 points.
• Against Haskell, he played in his 100th game at ORU. He is the 39th player in program history to reach that milestone.
• The Golden Eagles are 2-2 against Belmont all-time. The last matchup between these two schools came in 2012 at the Great Alaska Shootout in Anchorage, Alaska. The Bruins won the game 70-67.
• ORU was picked to finish fifth in the Summit League Preseason Poll.
• The Golden Eagles welcome 10 newcomers (six transfers, four freshmen) to the 2024-25 squad.
• Of the 10 offseason additions, three of them are natives of Oklahoma. Jackson Skipper (Tulsa), Chase Martin (Jenks), and Luke Gray (Edmond) are all local to the Sooner State.
• Head Coach Russell Springmann enters his second year at the helm for the Golden Eagles.
 
Opponent Information: Belmont
• Belmont is 3-1 on the season, winning its last two games, both on the road.
• Liberty transfer Brody Peebles leads the team in scoring, averaging 14.5 ppg.
• Belmont is led by Head Coach Casey Alexander, who posts a 121-44 record with the Bruins.
 
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