Oral Roberts Golden Eagles at Western Illinois Leathernecks
· NCAA Men's Basketball
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Oral Roberts beats Western Illinois 66-57
Senior Adrion Webber scored 11, Korey Billbury grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Golden Eagles (8-8, 2-1 Summit League) scored 28 free throws and won the rebound battle 39-35.
Oral Roberts led 11-2 after a 3-pointer by Aaron Young, but the Leathernecks tied it a 19 on a free throw by Brandon Conley. The Golden Eagles pulled to a 31-27 lead on a jumper by Emegano and led 33-27 at halftime.
Western Illinois rallied in the second half, pulling ahead 45-44 on a free throw by Tate Stensgaard, but Emegano hit a jumper to put Oral Roberts back on top 50-47 and they led 58-53 after Emegano's jumper with 2:30 to go. The Golden Eagles outscored the Leathernecks 8-4 down the stretch.
Covington led the Leathernecks (7-8, 2-2) with 18, Jamie Batish had 14 and Stensgaard 11.
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Statistics
 ORU |
 WIU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 17-50 | FG | 17-53 |
| 34 | Field Goal % | 32 |
| 4-13 | 3PT | 6-17 |
| 31 | Three Point % | 35 |
| 28-36 | FT | 17-20 |
| 78 | Free Throw % | 85 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 6 | Assists | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 1 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 21 | Fouls | 24 |
Game Information
Location: Macomb, IL
Attendance: 1,314 | Capacity:
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| South Dakota | 8-8 | 6 | 16-16 |
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