GAME #17 | ORAL ROBERTS vs. Northwestern State* | Tulsa, Okla. | january 25, 2014 2013-14 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL www.ORUGoldenEagles.com facebook.com/ORUAthletics ORAL ROBERTSGOLDEN EAGLES @ORUWBB | @ORUATHLETICS ORU media relations | 7777 S. LEWIS AVE., TULSA, OK 74141 | WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT • ROB WALDEN | PHONE: (918) 495-7094 | E-MAIL: [email protected] 2013-14 ORU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE GAMEDAY CENTRAL NOVEMBER N8 USAO Mabee Center W, 89-68 SETTING THE STAGE N10 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. L, 62-84 Date January 25, 2014 N13 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. L, 33-91 Time 12:30 pm CT N22 Navy Mabee Center L, 64-89 Location Tulsa, Okla. N26 at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. L, 58-72 Arena Mabee Center (10,575) N30 UALR Mabee Center L, 51-53 Video ORUGoldenEagles.com ($) DECEMBER Radio KYAL-AM 1550 D4 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. L, 64-86 Series History NWLA leads, 3-1 D16 at Northwestern Evanston, Ill. L, 54-84 ORAL ROBERTS (4-12) Last Meeting 2/7/13 • NWLA 67, ORU 63 Northwestern St. (10-8) D18 at Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. L, 71-79 OT D29 at #18/15 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. L, 53-89 PROJECTED ORU STARTERS JANUARY J2 Houston Baptist* Mabee Center W, 85-73 Alexus Wilson • G NOTES: Led ORU in scoring with 13 points against J4 Texas A&M-CC* Mabee Center L, 53-58 3 5-9 • Freshman • Muskogee, Okla. both Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1/4) and Central J11 Central Arkansas* Mabee Center W, 70-60 GP GS PPG RPG 3FG% Arkansas (1/11)... Added 14 points at Incarnate J16 at Abilene Christian Abilene,Texas L, 56-70 16 8 8.6 2.6 37.0% Word (1/18). J18 at Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas L, 64-67 J23 Stephen F. Austin* Mabee Center W, 64-55 dorottya balla • G NOTES: Scored a career-high 30 points vs. J25 Northwestern State* Mabee Center 12:30 pm 4 6-1 • Freshman • Pecs, Hungary Houston Baptist (1/2), the highest output by an J30 at Nicholls State* Thibodaux, La. 5:30 pm GP GS PPG RPG FG% ORU freshman since 2010... Named an Honorable FEBRUARY 14 6 10.6 1.6 42.7% Mention SLC Player of the Week (1/6). F1 at McNeese State* Lake Charles, La. 1 pm F6 New Orleans* Mabee Center 5 pm CHRISTIAN KEY • G NOTES: Led the Southland Conference in three- F8 Southeastern Louisiana* Mabee Center 4 pm 12 5-10 • Senior • Tulsa, Okla. point FG percentage as a junior (47.5%), setting an F13 at Houston Baptist* Houston, Texas 5 pm GP GS PPG RPG 3FG% ORU single-season record... Averaging 21.7 points F15 at Texas A&M-CC* Corpus Christi, Texas 1 pm 16 16 14.4 3.7 34.9% and shooting 61.0% in her last three games. F22 at Central Arkansas* Conway, Ark. 2 pm F27 Lamar* Mabee Center 5 pm Tysia Manuel • F NOTES: Has started ORU’s last four games... Scored MARCH 13 5-10 • Junior • Marietta, Okla. an ORU career high of five points at Northwestern M2 Sam Houston State* Mabee Center 1 pm GP GS PPG RPG SPG (12/16)... Started for Butler CC last season, helping M6 at Stephen F. Austin* Nacogdoches, Texas 6 pm 16 12 2.6 2.1 1.1 the team with 26 games. M8 at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. 1 pm M13 SLC Tournament 1st Rd. Katy, Texas TBA SARAH SHELTON • C NOTES: Blocked five shots against Stephen F. M14 SLC Tournament Quarters Katy, Texas TBA 42 6-3 • R-Senior • Ft. Worth, Texas Austin (1/23)... Led the Southland Conference in M15 SLC Tournament Semis Katy, Texas TBA GP GS PPG RPG FG% field goal percentage last year (65.5%), setting an M16 SLC Tournament Finals Katy, Texas 1 pm 16 16 5.7 7.9 59.7% ORU single-season record. * Southland Conference game 2013-14 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE STANDINGS ORU RESERVES Team Conf. Pct. Ovr. Pct. # Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown GP GS PPG RPG APG OTHER Central Arkansas 5-1 .833 11-6 .647 0 ATOE’ JACKSON G 5-9 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. 14 1 2.4 1.8 0.6 36.8% FG Lamar 5-2 .714 10-8 .556 Mader her first career start at Incarnate Word (1/18) Stephen F. Austin 4-2 .667 10-8 .556 1 Kaylan Mayberry G 5-6 Fr. Tulsa, Okla. 15 6 8.5 1.5 1.8 35.1% 3FG McNeese State 4-3 .571 11-7 .611 Scored a career-best 20 points at No. 18/15 Nebraska (12/29)... Led ORU in scoring in the team’s first two games Nicholls State 4-3 .571 9-9 .500 Sam Houston State 4-3 .571 9-9 .500 5 APRIL GLISSON G 5-9 Fr. Sapulpa, Okla. 1 0 2.0 1.0 2.0 100% FT Northwestern State 3-3 .500 10-8 .556 Scored two points and dished two assists against USAO (11/8) in her ORU debut Oral Roberts 3-3 .500 4-12 .250 11 Jenni Bryan G 5-9 R-Jr. Coweta, Okla. 12 12 5.5 3.3 1.9 0.7 SPG Southeastern Louisiana 3-3 .500 4-14 .222 Missed the last four games with a knee injury... Led ORU with 15 points at Tulsa (11/26) Houston Baptist 3-4 .429 7-11 .389 14 CAROLINA LOPEZ C 6-2 Jr. Cali, Colombia 13 0 1.8 1.7 0.2 50.0% FG Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2-5 .286 9-9 .500 Averaged 7.1 points and 3.8 rebounds per game as a sophomore last season at Tyler JC New Orleans 0-7 .000 0-18 .000 23 Bernadett Balla F 6-3 Jr. Pecs, Hungary 10 3 4.8 4.2 0.6 88.9% FT --- Abilene Christian* 2-2 .500 11-8 .579 Had her best game of the season with 12 points against Stephen F. Austin (1/23) Incarnate Word* 2-3 .400 8-9 .471 24 NooRA JAERVIKANGAS G 6-0 Fr. Helsinki, Finland 16 0 2.6 1.8 0.6 37.9% FG * Not eligible for postseason play Had a career effort with 15 points and eight rebounds against Houston Baptist (1/2) 2013-14 ORAL ROBERTS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH MISTI CUSSEN OPENING TIP - ORU vs. Northwestern State SOUTHERN NAZARENE ‘93 Oral Roberts University finishes an important two-game ► STAT COMPARISON (PER GAME) 2ND SEASON Southland Conference home stand on Saturday, January 25 when they host Northwestern State. Tipoff at the Mabee Center CATEGORY ► In her second season as head coach, with a career record of 22-25, 16-8 in is slated for an early 12:30 pm CT start time. 2013-14 Record 4-12 10-8 Southland Conference play Saturday is Hall of Fame Day at ORU, as legends Andretti Bain Points 61.9 64.1 ► Opp. Points 73.6 64.9 (track & field), Steve Holm (baseball) and Ori Zuzic (volleyball) ► Led ORU to the 2013 Southland Rebounds 34.1 34.6 Conference Regular Season and will be inducted into the ORU Athletics Hall of Fame at halftime Rebound Margin -7.3 -5.6 Tournament Championships of the men’s game vs. Northwestern State. Field Goal % 39.4% 41.9% Opp. Field Goal % 41.5% 39.8% Spent 16 seasons as an assistant at Live radio coverage of Saturday’s game is available on KYAL- ► ► 3-Pt Field Goal % 33.1% 32.6% ORU prior to being named head coach on April 27, 2012 AM 1550 in Tulsa. Coverage begins at 12:15 pm CT and Geoff Haxton handles the play-by-play duties. Live video is available Opp. 3-Pt FG % 34.5% 34.8% Free Throw % 66.2% 63.5% ► Was part of 273 victories, five NCAA Tournament for ELIve subscribers on ORUGoldenEagles.com. appearances and three Women’s NIT appearances during her Assists 9.8 13.6 16 seasons as an ORU assistant ► Northwestern State is 10-8 (3-3 Southland Conference) and Turnovers 20.0 13.5 has alternated wins and losses in their last six games, including Blocked Shots 3.5 3.2 ► Was on the staff for ORU’s Mid-Continent Conference a 73-61 loss to Central Arkansas on Thursday night. Steals 7.1 6.8 tournament championship seasons of 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008 ► Trudy Armstead scored 29 points in Thursday night’s loss to Central Arkansas and leads the Lady Demons with 15.0 points per game. ► Has recruited and coached five All-Americans and 12 1,000-point scorers while at ORU ► ORU is 4-12 (3-3 Southland Conference) after knocking Stephen F. Austin out of the Southland lead, 64-55, on Thursday night. ► BOX SCORE ON PAGE 32 ► Helped ORU to a pair of WNIT victories in 2011, the program’s first postseason tournament victories in 28 years ► ORU is 1-3 all-time against Northwestern State and split with the Lady Demons last season. ORU won at home, 66-55, behind Christian Key’s 15 points, but they fell in Natchitoches, 67-63, after scoring just four ► Served as head coach for Athletes in Action during the points in the game’s final five minutes. summer of 2006, leading the team on a month-long tour of India LAST TIME OUT • January 23• ORU 64, Stephen F. Austin 55 ► BOX SCORE ON PAGE 32 ► Spent one season as an assistant coach at Southern Nazarene University ► Oral Roberts University led preseason Southland Conference favorite Stephen F.