Oral Roberts Golden Eagles at SMU Mustangs
· NCAA Men's Basketball
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67 - 79
67 - 79
Big start leads SMU to 79-67 win over Oral Roberts
Jimmy Whitt Jr. and Isiaha Mike opened the game with 3-pointers and the Mustangs (6-3) led 14-4 when Mike knocked down his second trey 4 1/2 minutes in. McMurray had back-to-back layups to start a 10-0 run that made for a 26-10 lead and the Golden Eagles (3-7) trailed 42-23 at the half, shooting 30 percent to SMU's 55.
D.J. Weaver hit consecutive 3-pointers and Aidan Saunders converted a 3-point play that pulled Oral Roberts within 67-59 with 3:41 to play. Baskets by Emmanuel Nzekwesi twice cut the deficit to seven with more than two minutes to go, but a McMurray 3-pointer with 1:52 left put the lead back at 10.
Nzekwesi had 18 points for Oral Roberts, which shot 60 percent in the second half, making 9 of 15 3-pointers.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 67 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 67 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:21 | Emmanuel Nzekwesi made Dunk. Assisted by Kaelen Malone. | 67 - 79 |
| 2nd 0:37 | Jimmy Whitt Jr. made Jumper. | 65 - 79 |
| 2nd 1:00 | Jahmal McMurray Defensive Rebound. | 65 - 77 |
Statistics
 ORU |
 SMU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-55 | FG | 29-56 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 52 |
| 12-25 | 3PT | 8-17 |
| 48 | Three Point % | 47 |
| 7-8 | FT | 13-17 |
| 88 | Free Throw % | 76 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 16 | Assists | 16 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 6 | Points Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| 24 | Points in Paint | 38 |
| 18 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 24 |
Game Information
Moody Coliseum (Dallas)
Location: Dallas, TX
Attendance: 5,627 | Capacity:
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