ORU wins Summit League tourney, beats North Dakota St. 75-72
March 10, 2021 GMT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Max Abmas scored 23 points, Francis Lacis made a game-saving block and steal, and No. 4-seed Oral Roberts beat third-seeded North Dakota State 75-72 on Tuesday night in the Summit League tournament championship.
It’s the first tournament title for Oral Roberts since 2007-08 and the first league championship since Oakland’s in 2010-11 that doesn’t include South Dakota State or North Dakota State.
Rocky Kreuser’s layup capped a 14-4 run by the Bison that tied the game at 72 with 39 seconds to play. Abmas made the second of two free throws with 14.6 remaining. On the other end, Sam Griesel had possession in the corner and tried to drive the lane, but Lacis smothered his layup attempt with 2.2 seconds to go.
By: News On 6
The Golden Eagles are headed home with a conference championship and then headed to the big dance - both for the first time since 2008.
After leading by as much as 25 Tuesday night, ORU fought off a comeback from North Dakota State to win the Summit Conference Tournament, 75-72.
In the final seconds, the Golden Eagles up by one and Francis Lacias has the block of his career, giving ORU the ball back with a pair of free throws.
D Mauria Jones seals the deal for ORU, hitting two free throws to put the team up by three.
ORU shot 41.9% from the field and 31% beyond the arc. Max Abmas tops the point column for the Golden Eagles with 23 and seven assists and Kevin Obanor had 21 points and 17 rebounds.
In Saturday afternoon’s game against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, the Coyote mens basketball team were able to pull out a narrow 86-84 victory.
The men began with an early advantage over the Golden Eagles. They started the game with the possession and senior guard Stanley Umude scored a layup within the first few seconds of game time.
The next baskets found their way through the net with ease and the Coyotes went on a 7-0 run against Oral Roberts.
Oral Roberts surpassed the Coyotes at the 9:23 mark of the first half with a 3-pointer by guard Max Abmas.
2020/12/13 07:43 TULSA, Okla. (AP) Justin Lovvorn had 15 points off the bench on 5-of-7 3-point shooting to carry Oral Roberts to a 111-58 win over Southwestern Christian on Saturday. Lovvorn shot 5 for 7 on 3-pointers and the Golden Eagles were 19 of 40 behind the arc. DeShang Weaver had 14 points for Oral Roberts (2-3). D’Mauria Jones added 13 points. Nate Clover III had 11 points. Luiz Machado Jr. had 21 points for the Eagles, who played the game as an exhibition. Ron Washington added 10 points and eight rebounds. Elements of this story were generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com