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Category: Oral Roberts

Now What? Oral Roberts

Posted on March 6, 2025 By Todd Buckingham
Now What? Oral Roberts

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…

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Men's Basketball, Oral Roberts

No. 2 ORU Defeats No. 7 USD in Quarterfinals, 70-50

Posted on March 6, 2025 By Madison VanWalleghen

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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Articles, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, Women's Basketball

Omaha Women’s Basketball Season Preview

Posted on October 27, 2024 By Michael Sharp

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…

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Articles, Oral Roberts, Women's Basketball

No. 3 Oral Roberts Cruises Past No. 6 North Dakota in Quarterfinal Round

Posted on March 10, 2024March 11, 2024 By Madison VanWalleghen No Comments on No. 3 Oral Roberts Cruises Past No. 6 North Dakota in Quarterfinal Round

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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Articles, North Dakota, Oral Roberts, Women's Basketball

Reaching the Summit Week 7 Players of the Week

Posted on January 2, 2024 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Week 7 Players of the Week
Reaching the Summit Week 7 Players of the Week

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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Denver, Men's Basketball, North Dakota State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota State

Reaching the Summit Week 6 Players of the Week

Posted on December 21, 2023 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Week 6 Players of the Week
Reaching the Summit Week 6 Players of the Week

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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Denver, Men's Basketball, North Dakota, Omaha, Oral Roberts

Reaching the Summit Players of the Week November 20-26

Posted on November 28, 2023 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Players of the Week November 20-26
Reaching the Summit Players of the Week November 20-26

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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Denver, Men's Basketball, North Dakota, Oral Roberts, South Dakota State

Reaching the Summit Players of the Week Nov 6-12

Posted on November 15, 2023 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Reaching the Summit Players of the Week Nov 6-12
Reaching the Summit Players of the Week Nov 6-12

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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Denver, Men's Basketball, North Dakota, Oral Roberts, South Dakota

New Era…Same Expectations! What lies ahead for ORU Basketball?

Posted on November 6, 2023 By Tim Hill No Comments on New Era…Same Expectations! What lies ahead for ORU Basketball?
New Era…Same Expectations! What lies ahead for ORU Basketball?

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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Men's Basketball, Oral Roberts

Oral Roberts Survives Against the Tommies

Posted on March 7, 2023 By Todd Buckingham No Comments on Oral Roberts Survives Against the Tommies
Oral Roberts Survives Against the Tommies

Oral Roberts has had trouble this season playing against bigs that can spread the floor and hit from the outside. Both of St. Thomas’ bigs have that capability at times and to start the game the Golden Eagles took their chances by putting Connor Vanover on Brooks Allen. From the jump Allen made them pay…

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Men's Basketball, Oral Roberts, St. Thomas

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