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ORU's Dominique Morrison drives between TU's D.J. Magley (left) and Bryson Pope. Morrison scored a team-high 19 points. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

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By MIKE BROWN World Sports Writer

Published: 11/17/2010 2:21 AM

Last Modified: 11/17/2010 4:22 AM

In the first half of Tuesday's Mayor's Cup basketball battle at the Reynolds Center, Oral Roberts coach Scott Sutton saw the team he hopes is contending for a Summit League title in a couple of months.

In the second half, not so much.

"Obviously, (it was) a totally different team," Sutton said.

The Golden Eagles stopped doing what had gotten them a seven-point halftime lead on crosstown rival Tulsa and allowed the home team to score 54 points in the second half and win going away, 83-68.

"We won the first half. That's good," said junior forward Dominique Morrison, who led the Eagles with 19 points. "But we come out and they score 50-some points in the second half. That's terrible. They shouldn't have done that."

Tulsa shot 57.7 percent over the final 20 minutes. Morrison said ORU's defense, or lack of defense, had something to do with that......

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