The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 80 – Northern Arizona 87
Record: ORU (5-2), (0-0) – Northern Arizona (8-1), (0-0)
Location: Rolle Activity Center (Flagstaff, Arizona)
 
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Golden Eagles opened the Big Sky-Summit League Challenge, falling to the NAU Lumberjacks 80-87 in Flagstaff, Arizona on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Taleyah Jones led ORU offensively, tying her season-high of 26 points on 10-24 shooting. Jones also grabbed five rebounds, dished out two assists and tallied a steal. Makyra Tramble made four (tied season-high) of ORU's eight triples, recording 16 points on the game. She also logged five rebounds, four assists and four steals.
 
Ruthie Udoumoh opened the game for the Golden Eagles, shooting back-to-back two-point jump shots, securing their first four points of the afternoon. After one more jumper from Taleyah Jones ORU gave up a 9-0 run as the Lumberjacks pulled ahead. With 2:43 left in the quarter, another 8-1 NAU run had the Golden Eagles in a seven-point hole (26-19) after the first ten.

The second quarter was all Golden Eagles, outscoring NAU 29-17. Ten points and two triples from Makyra Tramble helped propel ORU over the Lumberjacks in the quarter. Scoring runs of nine, five and four helped ORU regain momentum heading into the break as the Golden Eagles led 48-43.
 
NAU came out strong in the second half, outscoring the Golden Eagles 32-8 in the third quarter. Four rebounds from Meghan Weinrich and five points from Taleyah Jones couldn't surpass the NAU offensive attack.

Another dominant quarter from ORU couldn't translate into a win despite the Golden Eagles' late push. ORU outscored NAU 24-12 and Taleyah Jones seemed to be the driving factor. In the fourth, Jones scored five points in the final 4:30 but the deficit was too large to overcome for ORU as they earned their second loss of the season and first of the Big Sky-Summit League Challenge.

The Leaders
Oral Roberts: Taleyah Jones led ORU in scoring, tying her season-high in points (26) on 10-24 shooting. Jones also grabbed five rebounds, dished out two assists and recorded a steal.
 
Northern Arizona: Sophie Glancey scored 22 points on 10-18 shooting to go along with ten boards and an assist.

Inside the Box Score

• Taleyah Jones recorded her third straight 20+ point game of the season against NAU. Her 26 points and 10 field goals made both tie current season-highs.
• Makyra Tramble extended her streak of hitting a three pointer in a game to seven.
• ORU recorded season-highs in steals (15) and assists (23).
• The Golden Eagles recorded more steals (15), second chance points (17) and points off turnovers (17) than the Lumberjacks.
• Despite limiting their turnovers to 11 (season-low), the Golden Eagles couldn't make up for NAU's offensive attack.

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