Nov. 26, 2005
TULSA, Oklahoma - Despite doubling their point output from their season opener, the Lamar Lady Cardinal basketball team could not slow down the oral Roberts Golden Eagles Saturday afternoon, falling 111-84 at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Okla.
The Lady Cardinals 84 points was twice as many points than they scored on Wednesday night when they fell 45-42 to Denver, but their defense was unable to stop the hot-shooting Golden Eagles on Saturday.
Lamar opened the game on a 7-0 run, as they knocked down their first three shots in the opening minute of the game. The Golden Eagles however, responded by outscoring the Lady Cardinals 36-8 run to take control of the game midway through the first half. Oral Roberts continued to push the ball in the first half, taking a 55-35 lead into the halftime break.
In the second half, Lamar again jumped out to early, as Bridgette Brackens knocked down a pair of three pointers to cut the ORU lead to 14 points at 55-41 with 19:18 to play. The 14 point deficit was as close as the Lady Cardinals would get though, as the Golden Eagles stretched their lead to as much as 30 points at 101-71 late in the game.
Brackens led all scorers in the game, pouring in 24 points on 8-14 shooting from the field, knocking down five of her eight three pointers. All of her points came in the second half, after she missed her three attempts in the opening period.
Three other Lady Cardinals tallied double digits for the game, as Audrea Samuel scored 14 points while Chelsea Gugliotta and Dionne Pounds scored 12 and 11 points respectively.
Oral Roberts had six players score in double digits, led by Elisha Turek and Alicia Seay who had 22 and 21 points respectively.
The Golden Eagles shot 50 percent for the game, knocking down 36 of their 72 shots, while LU connected on 30 of 65 shots for 46.2 percent. Oral Robert out rebounded Lamar 47 to 30 in the game, and LU turned the ball over 28 times while ORU had 23 turnovers. The two team's combined 24 three point field goals was a Mabee Center record for a women's game
The 111 points is the eighth-highest point total ever surrendered by a Lady Cardinals team, and the first time Lamar was allowed an opponent to score 100 or more points since Nov. 21, 1999 when Wichita State beat Lamar 103-64. It is also the most points Oral Roberts has scored under the direction of head coach Jerry Finkbeiner.
The Lady Cardinals will look to bounce back be back on Wednesday night in Beaumont, when they take on Wiley College at the Montagne Center at 7 p.m.
