The Basics: South Dakota
Game Thirty
#2 Oral Roberts (22-7), (12-4) vs #7 South Dakota (11-19), (5-11)
Date/Time: Thursday, March 6^th / 12:00 p.m. (CT)
TV/Video: Summit League Network
Live Stats: Summit League Communications
Location: Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)

TULSA, Okla. – The ORU women's basketball team will kick off their 2025 Summit League Tournament campaign against the South Dakota Coyotes on Thursday afternoon at 12:00 PM.
 
ORU's path to a Summit League Tournament trophy and NCAA Tournament berth consists of games against No. 7 South Dakota, the winner of No. 3 NDSU/No. 6 Kansas City and the winner of the No. 1, No. 8/9, No. 4 and No. 5 side of the bracket.
 
Fans can tune into the games on Summit League Network or stay up to date on the action by following along on X @ORUWBB.
 
IMPORTANT LINKS
Bracket
Tournament Central
 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Golden Eagles fell to 12-4 in Summit League play and 22-7 on the season, dropping their final game of the regular season 76-79 to St. Thomas.
• Taleyah Jones tallied her 17^th 20+ point game of the season and 30^th of her career.
• Ruthie Udoumoh grabbed 10+ rebounds for the sixth time this season and 38^th time of her career.
• Meghan Weinrich recorded 5+ steals for the second time this season.
• Jalei Oglesby led the Golden Eagles in scoring off the bench, marking her 28^th game this season leading ORU in scoring off the bench and 27^th straight.
• Five of ORU's seven misses from the line (17-24) came in the fourth quarter (5-10).
• The Golden Eagles were outrebounded 36-47.
• The Tommies shot just 2-18 from beyond the arc but outscored ORU 50-36 in the paint.

 
QUICK HITS

• Taleyah Jones and Jalei Oglesby each earned Summit League All-First Team selections.
• Oglesby and Jones are the only pair of Golden Eagles to make the Summit League All-First Team in program history.
• Jalei Oglesby garnered her second straight Summit League Sixth Woman of the Year Award.
• Jalei joined Kansas City's Carlai Moore who won the first two (back-to-back) awards in 2002-03.
• A win would mark the seventh time in program history that the program has reached 23 wins.
• The Golden Eagles are one of two mid-major programs in the country who rank top 10 in scoring offense.
• Jalei Oglesby has led the Golden Eagles in scoring off the bench in 28 of 29 games this season, leading ORU in scoring off the bench in 27 straight games.
• Oglesby has shot 56.0% from the field this season which ranks second in the Summit League and 27^th nationally.
• As a team, ORU currently ranks first in the Summit League in bench points per game (27.1), rebounds per game (38.52 rpg), scoring offense (83.7 ppg), steals per game (10.3 spg), turnover margin (5.03) and turnovers forced per game (19.07).
• ORU's 27.1 bench points per game ranks 17^th nationally while their team field goal percentage of 47.0% ranks 16^th nationally and second in the Summit League.
• Additionally, their 83.7 points per game this season ranks 8^th nationally.
• Four Golden Eagles are averaging double figures on the season, led by Taleyah Jones (18.4), Jalei Oglesby (17.7), Ruthie Udoumoh (12.0) and Makyra Tramble (10.8).
• The Golden Eagles have six players averaging 1+ steal a game (Udoumoh, Tramble, Weinrich, Robinson, Oglesby and Jones).
• Jones' 18.4 points per game ranks third in the Summit League followed by Oglesby's 17.7 points per game, which ranks fourth.
• Ruthie Udoumoh has been a dominant rebounder this year, averaging 8.0 rebounds per game which ranks third in the Summit League.
• Makyra Tramble ranks second in the Summit League in three-point percentage (34.9%), third in three-pointers made (59) and second in three-pointers per game (2.03).
• Tramble also ranks first in the Summit League in assist/turnover ratio (1.88) and third in steals per game (2.00).
• The Golden Eagles have had the same starting five in all 29 games this season.

 
 
MILESTONE WATCH

• Jalei Oglesby is on pace to be the 25^th 1,000-point scorer at ORU, she currently has 957 points as a Golden Eagle (43 points away). 

 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP

• South Dakota leads the all-time series 21-8 despite the Golden Eagles winning the last five matchups.
• The Golden Eagles are 1-4 against USD in Summit League Tournament games, dropping four straight before picking up their first tournament win (92-69) over USD in 2023.
• ORU is 2-0 vs the Coyotes this season.
• Player of the year, Grace Larkins, poses a challenge for the Golden Eagles' defense. She is averaging 24.0 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game this season.
• USD has three players who average double-figures.
• Carrie Eighmey is in her first season at the helm for the Coyotes, boasting a 259-140 career record.

 
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