by FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Maya Mayberry tied her career high with 25 points in the Oral Roberts women’s basketball team’s, 72-61, win Wednesday evening on the road at Purdue Fort Wayne to improve to 3-1 in Summit League play.
ORU and Purdue Fort Wayne came out in the game and exchanged buckets and ended the first quarter tied 17-17. The Mastodons shot 50 percent in the opening period and held ORU to 30 percent from the field. The Golden Eagles out-scored Purdue Fort Wayne 17-8 in the second quarter and went on a 7-0 run to close out the first half. ORU took a 34-25 lead in to the locker room. Hot shooting by ORU from the field, 58 percent, helped push the Golden Eagles to their largest lead of the game before the break. Defensively, ORU held the Mastodons to 23 percent in the second 10 minutes of play.
After the break, the Golden Eagles shot 36 percent and the Mastodons shots 60 percent in the third. Rylie Torrey led the Golden Eagles with seven points in the third and went 3-for-3 from the field. ORU turned it around in the fourth and shot 54 percent overall and Maya Mayberry scored 10 of her 25 points in the final quarter. ORU out-scored Purdue Fort Wayne 19-18 in the third and fourth quarters. A play of true teamwork happened in the third period when Jordan Gilbert recorded her only block of the game and Lakota Beatty (Caddo/Lakota/Gros Ventre) the ball on a fast break and passed it forward to Torrey who had the easy layup and was fouled. Torrey capitalized on the three-point play to put ORU up by 14, its largest lead of the game.
The Golden Eagles created their own momentum by having four charge attempts in the game and capitalizing on all four. Beatty and Keni Jo Lippe each took one charge while Mayberry had two. ORU finished the game going 41 percent from the field. Beatty and Torrey finished with 14 points each and Lippe had 10. The Golden Eagles had a season low five turnovers on the night. Mayberry tied her career high with 10 field-goals made in the contest. She went 10-for-17 overall and 1-for-3 from long range. Beatty and Lippe’s efforts were the third consecutive game that both scored in double-digits.
Purdue Fort Wayne was led by Jaelencia Williams who had 23 points going 9-for-14 overall and grabbed 15 rebounds for a double-double. ShToya Sanders had 12 points for the Mastodons and eight boards. Overall, Purdue Fort Wayne shot 40 percent on the night and had a total of 10 blocks, the most by any team this season.
