Oral Roberts 76, Arkansas 64

Nov 26, 10:52 pm EST

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TULSA, Okla. (AP)—Luke Spencer-Gardner had 19 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead Oral Roberts past Arkansas 76-64 on Tuesday night.

Spencer-Gardner, a 6-1 junior guard, scored 13 points in the second half to help ORU (2-0) steadily pull away from the Razorbacks (1-1), who trailed 37-32 at halftime.

Tyrone Tiggs added 18 points while Reggie Borges scored 13 points and had a game-high eight rebounds for the Golden Eagles.

Arkansas’ Kendrick Davis led all scorers with 23 points and teammate Michael Jones added 14 points.

Spencer-Gardner’s 3-pointer opened post-intermission scoring and the addition of two more treys in the next six minutes helped build a 50-38 lead for the Golden Eagles with 13:45 left.

After a 3-pointer by Jones with 9:20 left cut ORU’s lead to 59-50, ORU went on a 10-4 run, capped by Josh Atkinson’s 3-pointer that made it 69-54 at 5:20.

Cold shooting from the field derailed Arkansas’ second-half comeback hopes as the Razorbacks hit only 8-of-32.

Updated Nov 26, 10:52 pm EST
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