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Senior of the Week Guard Kareem Thompson Oral Roberts Not only did Thompson put up big numbers, but Thompson did so against two high-quality opponents Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. While the Golden Eagles weren’t able to secure a victory, that wasn’t due to the high-quality play of Thompson. For the week Thompson averaged 14.5…
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The Omaha Mavericks finally found their form offensively against NAIA York University after being consistent and inconsistent when they travelled to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and the Air Force Academy. Omaha faced a really good TCU team playing them tough the first half before going ice cold the second half losing 82-60. Omaha again was…
The Omaha Mavericks started their new season after being runner ups in the postseason losing to South Dakota State in the Summit League Championship game last season. Their first game was at home to last seasons Missouri Valley Regular Season champs the Illinois State Redbirds. Omaha struggled early and let Illinois State go on an…
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The Jackrabbits claimed their 10th Summit League Tournament Championship on Tuesday at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls. SDSU defeated Omaha 93-51 to claim the crown. SDSU led 13-8 at the first media break after six fastbreak points. Out of the media timeout, Omaha failed to score. The Jacks led 21-8 heading into…
Omaha defeated Kansas City to earn a trip to the conference tournament championship on Monday, 69-60. Omaha came out ready to go, while Kansas City had a bit of a slower start than the past couple of games. Grace Cave lit up the first quarter for the Mavericks, draining 10 points, six of which came…
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With only seven active players, one would think a team could be overlooked. That is nowhere near the case at this year’s Summit League Tournament. Kansas City is on a tear through the tournament field. The No. 10 team defeated No. 7 Denver on a Sanaa’ St. Andre buzzer beater in the play-in round. The…
The Omaha Mavericks defeated the North Dakota Fighting Hawks 84-81, marking the third upset in the Summit League Quarterfinals this weekend. The first quarter of play was fast and furious. Omaha’s Kennedi Grant led all scorers with seven, while Kacie Borowicz led North Dakota with five. The teams found themselves knotted at 15 after the…
If you missed part 1 go back and read it. It Covers Oral Roberts, South Dakota State, South Dakota, North Dakota State, and Denver. The following covers the remaining 5 teams. Oral Roberts: 13-5 Conference record. No one runs away with it this year. The Golden Eagles finish at the top of a 3 or…
Obviously, the dismissal of a Summit League coach is newsworthy for a Summit League website. Especially a coach that out of his 17 years on the bench 10 of which were in the Summit League. All of those 17 were at Omaha and Omaha joined the Summit League 10 years ago. Although as I started…
The No. 1 Jackrabbits tipped off against Omaha to open the Men’s Quarterfinals at the 2022 Summit League Basketball Tournament Saturday evening. Both teams paced with each other through the start of the game, as Omaha led 8-7 after four minutes. Charlie Easley hammered a three-pointer at the 14-minute mark bringing the SDSU crowd to…
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