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Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
#ORUMBB SD REcap
69
Oral Roberts ORU 5-18,0-8 Summit League
77
Winner South Dakota SD 12-11,4-4 Summit League
Oral Roberts ORU
5-18,0-8 Summit League
69
Final
77
South Dakota SD
12-11,4-4 Summit League
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Oral Roberts ORU 37 32 69
South Dakota SD 31 46 77

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

#ORUMBB Falls to South Dakota Despite Harper’s Career-High 23 Points

The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 69 – South Dakota 77
Record: ORU (5-18) South Dakota (12-11)
Location: Sanford Coyote Sports Center (Vermillion, S.D.)

VERMILLION, S.D. – Despite Ty Harper's career-high 23 points, the Golden Eagles couldn't outlast the Coyotes second half spark, falling 77-69 in Vermillion.

The Golden Eagles had three players reach double figures, led by Harper, who tallied a career-high 23 points. Ofri Naveh added 17 points and seven rebounds while Connor Dow fell just short of a double-double, racking up 10 points and nine rebounds.
 
After falling behind 12-7, ORU went on a 7-0 run with 13:48 left in the first half, sparked by a triple from Harper, to take a 14-12 lead. The Golden Eagles added four points to that lead by the end of the period and entered halftime with a 37-31 advantage. Out of the break South Dakota came out hot and proceeded to take a 70-58 lead before Oral Roberts clapped back with a 7-0 run to shrink the deficit to 70-65 with 1:15 to play. The Coyotes responded and outscored the Golden Eagles the rest of the way, as ORU fell 77-69.
 
Box Score Highlights
Oral Roberts: Ty Harper – 23 PTS, 10-19 FG, 3-7 3FG, 5 REB

South Dakota: Cameron Fens – 25 PTS, 10-16 FG, 13 REB

Key Stats & Notes
  • Ty Harper led ORU offense, scoring a career-high 23 points.
  • ORU shot 27-64 (29%) from three compared to USD's 24-57 (25%) from the three.
  • The Golden Eagles and Coyotes each shot 42 percent from the field.
  • ORU gave up just 10 turnovers but forced five.
  • The Golden Eagles got a team-high nine rebounds from Connor Dow.
  • Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams, Luke Gray and Ofri Naveh each tallied a block.
 
Up Next
The Golden Eagles will head to Brookings, S.D. to begin the second half of Summit League play, taking on the Jackrabbits on Saturday, January 31st at 2 PM.

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