ORUTerry Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 ORU Breakdown by MIKE BROWN World Sports Writer 2/26/2007 Looking back The Eagles shot 60.7 percent to win at Indiana-Purdue 83-73, but lost at Oakland (Mich.) 85-84 on a disputed foul with four-tenths of a second left. Shawn King bumped Erik Kangas under the ORU basket and Kangas made the deciding free throws at the other end. The week ahead Saturday: Centenary, 6 p.m., at Union Multipurpose Activity Center ORU won 89-66 in Shreveport on Jan. 20, but the eighth-seeded Gents almost upset the Eagles before losing 85-80 at the Mabee Center on Feb. 15 -- one of five losses by five points or less. Tyrone Hamilton (15.8 ppg) and Alexander Starr (14.3 ppg) are the Mid-Con's fourth- and fifth-leading scorers.[ 18] The big picture What's the scoring update on Caleb Green and Ken Tutt? Green has 2,412 points -- 76 shy of the Mid-Con career record of 2,488, set by Missouri-Kansas City's Michael Watson in 2000-04. Tutt has 1,953 points. If he reaches 2,000, he and Green will be only the seventh pair of Division I teammates to do it in the same year. Was there a lesson to be learned from the Oakland game? ORU was terrific offensively, but couldn't guard the Grizzlies' five-shooter lineup and gave up too many offensive boards -- 16 in all. If the Eagles don't get better in one area or both, the next meeting will probably be more of the same -- a wild shootout that chance decides. Who's the main dark horse in the conference tournament? Don't ever count out third-seeded Valparaiso. The Crusaders are the league's youngest team, with talent, great tradition and nothing to lose. They'd love to steal the title in their last Mid-Con season. And they've won 10 of their last 14 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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