TULSA, Okla. - The Oral Roberts University men's basketball team (1-2) hosts Oklahoma City (1-2) for Homecoming Saturday (Nov. 14) at the Mabee Center. Tip-off against the Stars is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be televised on Midco Sports Plus with Connor Clark and Tom Schuberth on the call.

Game 4
Oral Roberts (1-2) vs Oklahoma City (1-2)
Date/Time: Saturday, November 14 / 7:00 PM
TV/Video: Midco Sports Plus
Live Stats: Stats
Location: Mabee Center (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

Game Notes:
Last Time Out
Freshman guard Boden Williams scored 22 points, but the Oral Roberts men's basketball team fell to Tulsa, 80-71, Wednesday night in the 61st edition of the Mayor's Cup at the Reynolds Center. The Golden Eagles fall to 1-2, and Tulsa improves to 3-0.

ORU led for most of the first half including a 12-point lead with 5:20 left in the opening frame. Williams scored 15 first-half points on 6-of-8 shooting, including three three-pointers, as ORU shot 43.3 percent and made six of its 13 threes to take a 39-37 lead at halftime. Luke Gray added 17 points, and Cal Furnish had 10 points, six rebounds and five assists. Thomas Zorbas scored 10 off the bench, including four of four at the line.

Tulsa took the lead early in the second half and outscored ORU 43-32 over the final 20 minutes. The Golden Hurricane shot 48.1 percent after halftime and went 13-of-18 at the line, while the Golden Eagles shot 10-of-34 (29.4 percent) in the second half. Tulsa pushed its lead to 14 with just over four minutes left. Jaylen Lawal and Denton Forsythe each scored 18 for Tulsa, and Chris Loofe had 17 points and 11 rebounds.

Tulsa outscored ORU 26-13 on fast-break points and 32-22 in the paint, outrebounded the Golden Eagles 43-32, and shot 23-of-28 at the free-throw line to ORU's 15-of-22. ORU committed 18 turnovers to Tulsa's 20. Connor Dow had three steals and two blocks in his season debut.

Matchup History
Saturday is the 29th meeting between the Golden Eagles and Stars. ORU has controlled the series, holding a 21-7 series record. The last matchup was a 104-117 OCU win on Mar. 6, 1991.

LG's Hot Start
Junior forward Luke Gray broke his career high in each of the first two games this season, scoring 22 against UCA and 23 against NWOSU. He followed that up with 17 points at Tulsa. He leads the team in scoring (20.7 ppg) and rebounding (4.7). 

Bo Knows
Freshmen guard Boden Williams had made an imediate impact in his first collegiate season, averaging 13.7 ppg (2nd on the team), 3.7 rpg, and 2.0 apg. He is the team leader in steals with 10. Against Tulsa, scored 22 points on 5-of-8 three point shooting, and added 4 steals and 3 rebounds.

Guess Who's Back
Preseason All-Summit League First Team selection Conor Dow made his season debut against Tulsa, after missing the first two games with a wrist injury. Had 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 3 steals in 33 minutes of action vs the Golden Hurricane.

The League of Nations
Including the United States ORU's roster spans to seven different countries. Latvia (Martins Kilups), Greece (Thomas Zorbas), Montenegro (Marko Pavlovic), Bulgaria (Mihail Gavazov), Switzerland (Jamal George), and Spain (Alberto Blanco).

Oklahoma Ties
Five players on the roster are from Oklahoma, the most Oklahoma born players on any DI roster. The five include, Connor Dow (Broken Arrow), Luke Gray (Edmond), Cal Furnish (Edmond), Chase Martin (Jenks) and freshman Boden Williams (Owasso).

Putting a Bow on Last Season
ORU went 10–23 in Kory Barnett's first season, finished 4–12 in Summit League play and entered the league tournament as the No. 8 seed. In the tournament, ORU beat Kansas City 84–62 in the first round, then fell to North Dakota State 76–65 in the quarterfinals. Graduate guard Ty Harper averaged 17.9 points through 31 games, including 47 against Denver to earn Second Team All-League honors. Prior to the tournament loss, ORU won four straight to end the season.

Returning Production
Six of last season's 15 players are back as ORU returns about 42% of its scoring from last season. Connor Dow, is the leading returning scorer (12.5 ppg), Luke Gray (8.4 ppg) and Cal Furnish (4.0 ppg) look to step in to larger scoring roles this season. Chase Martin, Martins Kilups, and Alex Couto round out the six returners.

The Newcomers
Nine new players rebuild the roster, four (Smith, Haffner, Robinson, Gavazov) arrive through the transfer portal from other Division I or college programs. The other five have no college experience. 

Year Two Under KB
Kory Barnett, a Rochester, Ind., native, was named head coach March 28, 2025, after assistant stops at Indiana (2012-13), UCLA (2013–19), Nevada (2019–24) and West Virginia (2024–25). His first team went 10–23, but won four of its last five regular-season games, including a 102–80 win over Denver and a 94–70 win at Kansas City, and then beat Kansas City 84–62 in the Summit tournament before falling to top-seeded North Dakota State.

Program Tradition
ORU has made seven NCAA Tournaments, reached the Elite Eight in 1974, and made the Sweet 16 in 2021 as a No. 15 seed after beating No. 2 Ohio State and No. 7 Florida. The Golden Eagles have won five Summit League tournament titles (2006, 2007, 2008, 2021, 2023).
 

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