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Oral Roberts University

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

2017-18 Men's Basketball

2 Austin Ruder

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Position G
  • Hometown Nixa, Mo.
  • High School Nixa HS
  • Prev School Missouri State

Biography

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2017-18 Game-by-Game Statistics

2017-18 (Senior)

  •  2017-18 Summit League Transfer of the Year

 Played in 22 games with 14 starts after suffering a shoulder injury against Kansas State (11/29) … named The Summit League’s Transfer of the Year … averaged 10.9 points 3.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game … scored a season best 20 points against Oakland (11/27) and duplicated the feat in The Summit League Tournament against Denver (3/4) … hit six 3-pointers against Denver (3/4) and against North Dakota State (2/8), including the game-winner that was the top play on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10 … led ORU in scoring five times and had 12 double-digit scoring efforts, including the last two games of the season … led ORU in assists five times and made at least one triple in 20 of his 22 games … season high seven rebounds came in the season opener against Avila (11/10), but had five rebounds in five other games.

Prior to ORU
Transferred to ORU as a graduate student after earning his degree from Missouri State … earned Missouri Valley All-Freshman Team honors in 2013-14 after hitting 72 3-pointers, the third most by any freshman in the MVC … averaged more than seven points per game for his career and had at least 40 assists in each of his first two seasons with the Bears … prepped at Nixa High School where he was a Class 5 consensus first team all-state selection and the Central Ozarks Conference Player of the Year … played for current ORU Associate Head Coach Rodney Perry’s MOKAN Elite AAU team that went to the final four of the Peach Jam tournament in 2012.

Personal
Son of John and Stacey Ruder ... pursuing a leadership master's of business administration at ORU.

Statistics

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