Oral Roberts soars past South Dakota

VERMILLION, S.D. (Dakota Information Now) – South Dakota battled with the perfect staff within the Summit League however got here up quick in an 82-70 win for Oral Roberts Thursday evening in Vermillion.

The Golden Eagles are actually one win away from finishing the Summit League slate unblemished and enhance to 26-4 general. The Coyotes misplaced their fifth straight recreation and drop to 11-18 (6-11 Summit).

A game-high 20 factors from Tasos Kamateros was not sufficient for the Coyotes to beat the Golden Eagles. Kamateros went 8-of-11 from the ground and hauled in a team-high 9 rebounds. It was the fourth 20-point efficiency for Kamateros this season. A.J. Plitzuweit scored 16 factors on 6-of-10 capturing and 4-of-7 from deep whereas Kruz Perrott-Hunt added 14 factors on 6-of-17 from the ground. All three double-digit scorers for South Dakota tonight got here off the bench. USD shot 42.9 % from the ground and the three-point line tonight. In addition they outrebounded ORU 37-34.

Oral Roberts acquired out to an 11-0 run to start out the sport earlier than the primary media timeout of the primary half. A 3 from Max Burchill on the prime of the key ended the drought at 14:26 and jump-started the Coyote offense. The Golden Eagles led by as a lot as 13 on the halfway level of the primary half. South Dakota was retaining tempo with ORU and managed to trim the lead down to at least one after a Plitzuweit three-point basket capped off a 10-0 run for the Coyotes with 5 minutes to go. Oral Roberts then held South Dakota to 5 extra factors the rest of the half and went into the locker room up 10.

In the second half, ORU managed to create some house within the scoring with a 53.6 capturing proportion within the second half. In addition they had been 7-of-14 from three within the second half. The Golden Eagles created their greatest lead of the sport with a 27-point margin with eight minutes remaining. South Dakota continued the combat the remainder of the way in which as they ended the recreation on a 13-3 run however fell by 12 factors when the ultimate buzzer sounded.

Oral Roberts had 4 rating in double-figures led by Connor Vanover. Vanover had 19 factors on 8-of-10 capturing and 9 rebounds. Max Abmas was held quiet for many of the recreation however scored factors late within the second half to preserve ORU forward by double-digits. Abmas had 18 factors on 7-of-17 capturing and 2-of-10 from deep. Kareem Thompson had 16 factors whereas Carlos Jurgens scored 15 factors to spherical out the double-digit scoring efforts. Jurgens recorded a double-double by including 10 rebounds to his line. Oral Roberts shot 48 % from the sphere and 32 % from three within the recreation.

The Coyotes nonetheless have an opportunity to keep away from the opening day of the Summit League event with a high-stakes contest towards Kansas Metropolis Saturday evening. The winner of the sport is awarded the No. 6 seed in subsequent week’s event. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. from the Sanford Coyote Sports activities Heart with Senior Evening festivities earlier than the sport.

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