UND (9-16, 3-9) vs ORU (10-18, 6-7) 2/16 7 PM

[SWSiouxMN]

that was a heat check 3 by Moody.

LOL

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18 footer from Marlon

71-53 UND

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UND 71

ORU 54

7:32 2nd

 

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Moody just need an offseason to put it all together I feel

 

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Moody 

3333333

74-57 UND

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Rebraca went to the Avants school of taking charges

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Marlon to the line

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UND 75

ORU 59

5:43 2nd

TO

 

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UND needed to shoot well to have a good chance of winning

28-56 from the field

13-24 from 3

6-7 from the line

That will get it done

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75-61 UND

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Don't start clanking free throws and letting them back in now

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77-63 UND

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UND 77-67

TO UND

That's a good timeout by Jones, needs to get the team refocused here for the last 4 minutes

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79-69 UND

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This game has slowed to a crawl

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UND 81-69

4 straight FTs by Seales

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81-71 UND

3:04 to go

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Seales shot didn't go but ORU had the rebound bounce off their hands.

 

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Marlon takes it to the tin

83-71

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UND 85-71

2 more FTs, this time by Marlon

1:40 to go

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final minute

 

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UND 85

ORU 73

Final

excellent shooting tonight by UND.

[SWSiouxMN]

Beat DU and that will be enough to get to Sioux Falls

[MoSiouxFan]

10 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said:

While UND put up a decent first half fight, it was all SDSU in the 2nd half as UND fell to another Dakota 3 school.  UND returns home for their final 2 home games of the season and they are very important games to try and make it to Sioux Falls.  First up, a rematch up Oral Roberts

ORU sits in a position where they might not be moving much.  They can catch up to the top 4 unless NDSU losses out and ORU wins out and they have enough of a space from the bottom 4 to where they can't fall out of 5th place.  With that said, I'm sure they still want to finish with a winning conference record, and with their 4 current leading scorers coming back next year, they could be thinking a strong finish to the season could mean high marks for next year.

The strength is in their two 6'8 forwards (Nzekwesi and Obanor), and these two tore up UND on the inside, combining for 57 points in the 83-72 win down in Tulsa.  This was of course with Avants in the lineup.  If Avants can't go again, that would give them a bigger advantage on the inside.  If that is the case: Walter and Rebraca need to stay out of foul trouble and have to play solid defensively against these two.  UND is going to need to hit shots from the outside and they will get these looks from the Oral zone that will be thrown out against them.  Just need to move the ball, attack the zone and when you get a good look, bury the sucker. 

UND is running out of winnable games and these next two could be their last chance of getting wins.  With how things have gone, just getting one could be enough to secure their spot in Sioux Falls.   Losing these two would put them in a world of hurt and could require a win at either Fort Wayne or Vermillion to save their season.  If there is good news, if they can find a way to finish 3-1 to end the season, it would be enough to vault them into 6th place in the conference standings.

Scoreboard watching:

USD @ WIU

Need to be USD fans for this one to keep WIU from leapfrogging UND.

The call:

UND is going to have to hit enough outside shots to win this one, even if they have Avants or not.  I think ORU will still do well scoring from the paint but I do think UND will hit enough shots on the outside to get the win.  

UND 81-77

Game is on the Tres

Good call, and thanks for the updates!

[SWSiouxMN]

I’m seriously wondering if Avants is done for the year, would be a sucky way to go out.