The Basics: Montana State
Game Eight
Oral Roberts (5-2), (0-0) vs Montana State (7-1), (0-0)
Date/Time: Saturday, December 7 / 5:00 p.m. (CT)
TV/Video: Summit League Network
Live Stats: ORU Athletics
Location: Mabee Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team will close out the Big Sky/Summit Challenge at the Mabee Center against the Montana State Bobcats on December 7^th at 5:00 p.m. (CT).

Fans can tune into the game on Summit League Network or stay up to date on the action by following along on X @ORUWBB.
 
IMPORTANT LINKS
Summit League Notebook
 
QUICK HITS

• The Golden Eagles dropped their first game of the Big Sky/Summit Challenge to the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 80-87 on Wednesday. A difficult third quarter led to ORU's second loss of the season.
• Taleyah Jones tied her season-high in points against NAU, leading the Golden Eagles offensively with 26.
• Against NAU, Jalei Oglesby tied her season-high in steals, racking up three while Meghan Weinrich tied her season-high in assists with three. Emily Robinson also tied season-highs in free throws made (three), assists (five) and steals (two). Tyla Heard set a career-high tallying four assists and Makyra Tramble tied a season-high in three-pointers made, knocking down four.
• As a team, ORU currently ranks first in the Summit League in assist/turnover ratio (1.05), assists per game (14.9), rebounds per game (40.14), scoring margin (8.0), scoring offense (81.7) and turnover margin (6.00).
• Ruthie Udoumoh has been dominant in the paint this season, helping the Golden Eagles reach an average of 13.1 offensive rebounds per game (second in the Summit League).
• Individually, Udoumoh ranks first in the Summit League and is 17^th in the country in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 4.3. She also ranks first in the Summit League and 27^th nationally in rebounds per game (10.0).
• Taleyah Jones and Ruthie Udoumoh are each averaging 3.4 and 5.2 points above their career averages this season, respectively. Makyra Tramble is also averaging 6.1 points above her career average this season.
• Ruthie Udoumoh is currently averaging a double-double on the year while four starters (Udoumoh, Jones, Tramble, Robinson) and one bench player (Oglesby) are currently averaging double-figures.
• The Golden Eagles will try to keep their home undefeated streak alive and would move to 4-0 at the Mabee with a win.

 
MILESTONE WATCH

• Taleyah Jones has 947 points (270 points at UT Arlington) throughout her three year playing career. With just 53 more points she would reach the 1,000 point mark.
• Ruthie Udoumoh has 902 points (49 points at Oklahoma State) over her five year playing career. 147 more points would make Udoumoh the 23^rd 1,000 point scorer in program history.
• Head Coach Kelsi Musick is three wins away from reaching the 300 career wins mark.

 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP

• After facing off against the first-place team in the Big Sky on Wednesday, the Golden Eagles will play against the second-place Bobcats on Saturday.
• Saturday's matchup will be the first-ever meeting between the Golden Eagles and Bobcats.
• MSU is led by Marah Dykstra who is averaging 13.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists. Dykstra leads the Big Sky in field goal percentage, shooting 54.1% on the season.
• Head Coach Tricia Binford is in her 20th season at the helm for Montana State, boasting a 336-250 career record.

For the latest information on ORU women's basketball, follow @ORUWBB on X or go to www.ORUAthletics.com. Fans can also receive updates on the team by downloading the ORU Athletics App in the Google Play or App Store.