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No. 5 St. Thomas rolled past No. 4 Oral Roberts in Friday’s quarterfinal round of the 2026 Women’s Summit League Basketball Championships in Sioux Falls. St. Thomas came out hot, outscoring Oral Roberts 18-8 in the first frame. ORU went scoreless for nearly seven of the first 10 minutes. The Tommies put out a balanced…
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I’m going to take a quick look at each team eliminated in the Summit League Tournament. Starting with the first team eliminated, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. Season Recap 7-23 Overall 3-13 Conference (9 of 9) Year 1 under Coach Russell Springmann was a tough one and it got worse this year. The team never…
No. 2 ORU rolled past No. 7 USD in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 Summit League Women’s Basketball Championships. The first quarter of play was back and forth. Oral Roberts held a 16-11 lead heading into the second, with Gentry Baldwin, Taleyah Jones, Makyra Tramble, Ruthie Udoumoh, and Megan Weinrich all scoring. South Dakota’s…
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Omaha Women’s Basketball coming off of an 8-23 season losing to South Dakota State in the Summit League Quarterfinals has a lot of work to do coming into this season. This will be Carrier Banks 5th season in charge of this basketball program and a lot has to be desired after last season being terrible…
No. 3 Oral Roberts notched a 91-68 victory over No. 6 North Dakota in the second game of Sunday’s quarterfinals at the 2024 Summit League Women’s Basketball Championships in Sioux Falls. The first quarter was basket-for-basket for awhile, but ORU established a three possession lead near the end of the frame. Taleyah Jones wasted no…
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Senior of the Week Guard Tommy Bruner Denver For the third time this season Tommy Bruner is named the Reaching the Summit Senior of the Week, and it is well deserved. Bruner continues an incredible campaign here in week 7. Bruner finished the week averaging 28.5 points per game and scoring isn’t the only way…
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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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Senior of the Week Guard Tommy Bruner Denver As the season’s first month is drawing to a close, we get a chance to reflect on the incredible start to the season Tommy Bruner has had. In fact, it’s hard to envision a better start for the Denver guard. All he’s done so far is lead…
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Senior of the Week Forward Lahat Thioune South Dakota Not a bad way to break onto the scene in the Summit League. In his first week as a South Dakota Coyote Thioune wins the Senior of the Week award. For good reason too! After only playing 17 minutes against a non division 1 team, in…
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What makes you an annual league contender and power? That is the question this year’s Oral Roberts squad looks to address. For about a decade, the Summit League was dominated by South Dakota State and North Dakota State. Programs that would rotate representing the league in The Big Dance. Both programs are still the standard,…
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