SWSiouxMN Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Despite not having their starting point guard, UND used a big 2nd half performance by Rebraca, steady contributions from Igbanugo and Sueker, and a big time steal by Sims at the end to steal a 72-71 win down in Oral Roberts. The win also gives Paul Sather 300 career wins as a head coach! They look to perhaps get the sweep tonight in Tulsa. Last night in the Summit USD 66 Kansas City 64 NDSU 71 Omaha 69 SDSU 83 WIU 77 The big story continues to be the suspension of Noah Friedel at SDSU as he did not play in the first game against Western Illinois. It did help to get Wilson back off of the COVID list and he had a big game to carry SDSU to victory. NDSU nearly let Omaha steal one in Fargo behind Tut (31 points), but Griesel was not going to let that happen as he nailed the game winner and pushed the Bison to a 3-0 start. A similar situation nearly happened in Kansas City as the Roos made a strong comeback in the 2nd half, only to fall short against the Yotes, who start the season 3-0 as well. USD has had lots of momentum since their big win against SDSU in the Dakota Showcase. Key questions for UND: 1) How do they respond after the big win: This is going to be the big thing for this squad, how do they play tonight? Do they build off of this win and play another good game or do they revert back to their inconsistent ways? Its too early to say if this team has potentially turning a corner but this game tonight could give us more clues. 2) Status of Ihenacho: Does he go tonight? If not, can UND get a similar performance from Igbanugo 3) Can they slow Abmas down again?: This was his worst shooting night of the year, can UND repeat that again today? The call: I fully expect an ORU bounce back today, I look for them to try and get Abmas going early but they might try to get their 3rd option Glasper going (UND has some issues with him last night) as well. UND needs to be better on the glass today, they let Obanor kick their butts down there one too many times. UND also can't count on ORU going 7-29 from 3, so they are going to have to continue to play inside out. For me, its this. I want to see UND play another good game to build the confidence of the team going forward, they cannot afford to have a clunker. Could they win again? Its possible, but I think Oral Roberts get the dub behind a better shooting performance from Abmas ORU 81-74 Game is here: ORUMBB vs. North Dakota - Oral Roberts University (oruathletics.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Same lineup as last night Nero Igbanugo Sims Sueker Rebraca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Abmas from 30+ 3-0 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Igbanugo should have looked up, he had Sueker open around the basket for an easy layup ORU buried a 3 on the other end 6-0 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Sims 3 nice find by Nero 6-3 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Ethan 6-5 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Charge called on Abmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Rebraca to G 7-6 UND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Media UND on a 7-0 run 7-6 UND 15:50 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 UND has two turnovers already, however, they were dead ball turnovers. If UND is going to turn it over, make it dead ball ones to NOT get ORU going in transition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 UND sloppy coming out of the media turnovers 5-0 Run for ORU 11-7 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Igbanugo goes to the line for 2 makes both ORU 11-9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 UND gets the ball back after the ORU player fell down getting the rebound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 little wild by Igbanugo, think he is forcing it another Abmas 3 14-9 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 They need to take better care of the ball right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 bank shot 16-9 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Media ORU 16 UND 9 11:15 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Feel pretty comfortable in saying that Abmas is not going to shoot 2-10 from 3 again tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Nero has been terribly cold from the field. He has only made 1 field goal so far in conference play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Panoam with the take 16-11 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 ORU getting and burying the 3 19-11 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Nero 3 BANG! 19-14 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 UNDs D has mostly been solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Rebraca with the turn-around J 19-16 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Weaver 3 22-16 ORU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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