The Basics: Rogers State
Game Seven
Oral Roberts (2-4) vs Rogers State (6-2)
Date/Time: Monday, November 25 / 7:30 p.m.
TV/Video: Summit League Network
Live Stats: ORU Athletics
Tickets: ORU Athletics
Location: Mabee Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts men's basketball team hosts Rogers State on Monday, November 25 at 7:30 p.m. inside the Mabee Center following the women's basketball game against Lindenwood at 5:00 p.m.

Fans can tune into the game on the Summit League Network 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 fell to Ole Miss, 100-68, in its last outing on Thursday night.
• Transfer guard Darius Robinson Jr. tied his career-high with 19 points off the bench. Robinson is third on the team in scoring and first in 3PM with 15. He leads the Summit League in 3PT%, shooting 41.7 percent from behind the arc.
• Forward Sam Alajiki scored 14 points against the Rebels, extending his streak of 10+ points to five games.
• Issac McBride was the last Golden Eagle in double-digits at Ole Miss. He scored 13 points to go along with a team-high four assists.
• 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, the Bracketeer Preseason All-American Watch List, and the Lou Henson Early Season Watchlist.
• McBride currently ranks 13th all-time at ORU in scoring with 1,485 points. He needs eight points to move into 12th place past Emmanuel Nzekwesi.
• The Golden Eagles are 5-0 against Rogers State all-time. The last matchup between these two schools came in 2022.
• 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.
• Russell Springmann enters his second year at the helm for the Golden Eagles. The program went 12-19 in his first year as head coach and lost in the first round of the Summit League tournament.
 
Opponent Information: Rogers State
• Rogers State is 6-2 on the season, losing its last game by three points to Southern Arkansas.
• Redshirt Senior guard Kofi Hamilton leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.6 ppg.
• RSU is led by Head Coach Justin Barkley who posts a 273-147 career record with the Hillcats.
 
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