The Basics: Texas Tech
Game Eleven
Oral Roberts (3-7) vs Texas Tech (7-2)
Date/Time: Monday, December 16 / 7:00 p.m.
TV/Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: TTU Athletics
Tickets: TTU Athletics
Location: United Supermarkets Arena (Lubbock, Texas)
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts men's basketball team heads to Lubbock, Texas for a Monday matchup against the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

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 fell 71-55 to Idaho State in its second game of the Big Sky/Summit League Challenge.
• Issac McBride scored a game-high 17 points.
• The Golden Eagles went 1-1 in the Big Sky/Summit League Challenge as the Summit won the Challenge 24.5-17.
• 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 ranks 11th all-time in scoring at ORU with 1,560 points.
• This is the 10th all-time meeting between ORU and Texas Tech. TTU leads the series 9-1 after winning last year's game 82-76. The Golden Eagles last beat the Red Raiders back in 2011 in Tulsa.
• The Golden Eagles are seeking their first road win of the 2024-25 campaign.
• 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: Texas Tech
• Texas Tech is 7-2 on the season and 6-0 at home.
• The Red Raider fell 72-67 against #22 Texas A&M in the US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge on Dec. 8.
• TTU ranks third in the nation in effective field goal percentage shooting 59.2% and eighth in the country in 3PT% shooting 40.6% from behind the arc.
• Tech is led by Head Coach Ryan Grant McCasland, who posts a 30-13 record with the Red Raiders.
 
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