The Basics: North Dakota
Game Thirty
Oral Roberts (20-9), (11-5) vs North Dakota (9-20), (5-11)
Date/Time: Sunday, March 10 / 3:00 p.m.
TV/Video: Summit League Network
Live Stats: Summit League
Location: PREMIERE Center (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
 
TULSA, Okla. – The Oral Roberts women's basketball team heads up to Sioux Falls to take on North Dakota in the first round of the Summit League Championship at 7:00 p.m. inside the PREMIERE Center.

Fans can tune into the games on the Summit League Network or stay up to date on the action by following along on X @ORUWBB

Important Links
Summit League Notes
Summit League Championship

Quick Hits

• Five Golden Eagles are averaging more than 10 points per game led by Taleyah Jones'  17.0. Hannah Cooper  (14.7), Jalei Oglesby (13.8), Ruthie Udoumoh (11.9) and Emily Robinson (11.0) round out the double-digit scorers.
• Five ORU players collected Summit League postseason awards.
• Freshman forward Emily Robinson became the third player in ORU to win Freshman of the Year after a stellar rookie campaign.
• Sophomore Taleyah Jones became the seventh Golden Eagle to win Newcomer of the Year and was also named to the All-Summit League Second Team.
• Jalei Oglesby captured ORU's last individual award after winning Sixth Woman of the Year and was named to the All-Newcomer Team and Honorable Mention Team as well.
• Hannah Cooper capped off her Golden Eagle career earning All-Summit League First Team and Defensive Team honors.
• Ruthie Udoumoh had a career year as the senior forward garnered All-Summit League Second Team and Defensive Team honors.
• Senior forward Ruthie Udoumoh leads the Summit League with 12 double-doubles this season.
• Oglesby scored a team-high 22 points off the bench in ORU's most recent game at Kansas City to secure the Golden Eagles first 20-win season since 2011.
• ORU commands the 8th highest scoring offense in the country and first in the League averaging a blistering 82.1 points per game.
• Jones ranks fourth in the Summit League in free throw percentage shooting 84.2% from the foul stripe.
• ORU leads the conference in total rebounds per game (38.9) and offensive rebounds per game (13.4).
• Udoumoh's relentless effort on the glass and ability to disrupt the passing lanes on defense have her leading the Summit League in rebounds (274), rebounds per game (9.4) and double-doubles (12). The senior also ranks second in the Summit in steals (55) and steals per game (1.9).
• ORU on-ball pressure and full-court press have resulted in a League leading 10.8 steals per game and 20.2 turnovers forced per game.
• The Golden Eagles ability to take care of the ball and control possessions has them leading the conference in a multitude of other categories including assist/turnover ratio, turnover margin, and fewest turnovers. ORU's +7.5 turnover margin ranks 5th in the nation.
• Seven players average 1+ steals per game for ORU.
• Cooper ranks third in the Summit League in assists per game dishing out 3.9 per contest.
• Cooper and Udoumoh earned All-Summit League Preseason Accolades as Cooper made the First Team and Udoumoh was named to the Second Team. Last season, Cooper ranked 20th nationally in points per game with 20.3, 14th in free throw attempts, and 13th in free throws made. 

Opponent Information: North Dakota

• Sunday's game will be the 14th meeting all-time between the Golden Eagles and North Dakota.
• ORU leads the series 10-3 after defeating UND in the Mabee Center and in Grand Forks earlier this season.
• All-Summit League First Team selection, Kacie Borowicz, leads the Fighting Hawks in scoring with 20.8 points per game.
• Head Coach Mallory Bernhard enters into her 3rd season with UND.

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