ORU Notes

[ORUTerry]

Overall Record: 4-2

Last Week: d. St. Gregory's 90-52; d. Tulsa 68-52

This Week: 12/7 vs. Missouri State; 12/11 @ Northern Colorado

Notes:

ORU has won three straight after posting victories over NAIA St. Gregory's and Tulsa last week ... the win over TU gave ORU its third-straight Mayor's Cup victory ... junior forward Caleb Green had 20 points and 10 rebounds against TU, the third time in as many games he has had a double-double against the Golden Hurricane ... Green also tied a career-high in the game with four steals ...ORU has limited its opponents to 54 points or less in four its last five games ... junior guard Ken Tutt needs one 3-pointer to reach 200 for his career ...Larry Owens had seven steals against TU, the most by an ORU player since Haywoode Workman had nine against South Carolina on Jan. 28, 1989 ... freshman forward Marchello Vealy, the 2005 Oklahoma High School Player of the Year, averaged 9.0 points in two games last week after scoring just twi points total in ORU's first four games ...

Following Wednesday's game with Missouri State, the Golden Eagles play their next seven games on the road, including a stretch of four straight against 2005 NCAA Tournament participants Louisiana-Lafayette, Utah State, Oklahoma and Minnesota.

Player of the Week - Nominee

Caleb Green, Jr., F, Tulsa, Okla. (Memorial)

Green averaged 21.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.0 blocks in two games last week ... Green scored 23 points in 18 minutes against St. Gregory's, going a career-best 9-for-9 from the field ... he had 20 points, 10 rebounds and four steals against Tulsa, his third double-double of the season ... for the week, Green shot 73.9 percent (17-23) from the field and 64.3 percent (9-14) from the free throw line, including 4-for-4 against TU.

[darrenj]

Would be very Happy to go 3-2 or 2-3 in those five games!! Need to win tonite!! Gets real tough for the next 3 weeks.