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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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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…
South Dakota State defeated Oral Roberts 87-60 in the semifinal round of the Summit League Tournament Monday, earning another trip to Tuesday’s championship game. Paige Meyer said the first few minutes were all over the floor, but they adjusted well. “We knew we just kind of had to get composed and settle down a little…
North Dakota Head Coach Paul Sather said it best in his postgame comments when he said “Great energy, they were everywhere” he also said it was like “a Ford vs Ferarri”. We have seen all season how tough this Oral Roberts team is to beat. In fact no one in the Summit League has done…
Kelsi Musick became the third head coach on the weekend to get their first Summit League Tournament win. The No. 5 Golden Eagles defeated the No. 4 Coyotes 92-69 to advance to Monday’s semifinal. This win also broke USDs 19-game winning streak over ORU, dating back to 2016. The first two minutes and thirty seconds…
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It’s preview time!! Let’s Start right off the bat with my Predicted order of finish. Then I will preview the teams in that order 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 maybe 4-team fight to the top. The…
North Dakota State and South Dakota State have been the two most dominant programs in the Summit League over the last 10 years and the two best teams this season. While it’s not a surprise that they are the two teams that are playing in the Summit League finals tonight, the dominance they displayed in…
South Dakota State downed No. 4 Oral Roberts in the first semifinal game of the 2022 Summit League Tournament, 72-53. Myah Selland dropped the first two points for the Jackrabbits just over a minute into the game, after some empty possessions for both teams. While ORU started a taller lineup, SDSU defended well, not taking…
Anyone who has spent time with me talking Summit League basketball knows that even when Elijah Lufile was playing 8 minutes a game I was trying to say Lufile was going to do big things and be a difference-maker in the Summit League. At least for one night that was proven prophetic. Lufile was dominant…
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We got exactly what we thought we’d get with the 4/5 matchup. Hannah Cooper started things off for ORU with a quick basket. Both teams were getting looks, but what would be the tale of the first half, the shots were not falling. At the under-5 media timeout, ORU led 9-6. A 3 minute scoring…