ORU 48, Arkansas 39 - 15:50 left
A sequence that perfectly sums up this game today for Arkansas just took place. The Razorbacks grabbed an offensive rebound, Desi Sills missed a wide open layup then ORU buried a 3 on the other end. It's been a frustrating day for Eric Musselman.
The Golden Eagles have hit 2 of 3 looks from 3 in the second half while Arkansas is 0 of 3 from deep. Justin Smith has a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double and is the only Razorback in double figures.
Arkansas is now 2 of 19 from deep and shooting 32% for the game.
ORU 40, Arkansas 30 - Half
Easily the worst half of basketball the Razorbacks have played this season, and they find themselves down double digits at half for the first time.
Arkansas turned the ball over nine times and hit just 12 shots. Justin Smith leads the Razorbacks in scoring with nine, but he is 4 of 13 from the floor, missing on all three of his 3-point attempts and having some trouble finishing around the rim.
He's been great on the glass with eight rebounds - six offensive - but he's been pretty inefficient.
Moses Moody quietly scored six points, and Desi Sills and Vance Jackson each have five points. Sills grabbed seven rebounds as well.
Oral Roberts, though, is playing tough defensively and making things incredibly tough for Arkansas right now. The Razorbacks are 2 of 16 from 3 and scored at a .811 PPP clip in the first half.
ORU leading scorer Max Abmas has just three points on 1 of 5 shooting at the half but the Golden Eagles are in control. Kevin Obanor, ORU's 6-8 forward, leads all scorers with 12 points and seven rebounds. RJ Glasper has eight points on 3 of 5 from the floor.
ORU 34, Arkansas 22 - 3:39 left first half
RJ Glasper, the ORU guard who began his college career as a walk-on at Arkansas, just hit a tough 3 from the left wing as the shot clock expired to push the Golden Eagles' lead to 12. He has eight points to lead ORU today.
The Razorbacks have turned the ball over seven times and made nine shots. Arkansas is 2 of 14 from 3 today. Vance Jackson will be at the line for two shots when play resumes.
ORU 20, Arkansas 13 - 8:20 left first half
RJ Glasper just got to the rim pretty easily on a straight-line drive, giving the Golden Eagles their biggest lead of the afternoon. ORU is on an 8-0 and Eric Musselman just called a rare timeout.
Arkansas is shooting 23% and is 0 of 10 from 3 to this point. Justin Smith is 2 of 9 from the floor and 0 of 3 beyond the arc. I think it's about time he puts the perimeter jumper on the shelf.
Arkansas 12, ORU 11 - 11:59 left first half
Justin Smith added a pair of layups to put the Razorbacks up 12-7, but the Golden Eagles have scored twice on the interior to pull within one at the second media timeout.
RJ Glasper just took an Arkansas defender off the bounce going right and converted a floater. Meanwhile, the Razorbacks have not scored in more than two minutes.
Arkansas is 5 of 20 shooting today and 0 of 5 from deep. This offense needs to wake up. Desi Sills has seven rebounds to lead all players.
Arkansas 8, ORU 7 - 14:37 left first half
Arkansas held an 8-4 lead and Justin Smith violently swatted an ORU layup attempt off the glass, then Desi Sills turned the ball over looking to make an advance pass. The Golden Eagles came back down on a broken floor and got a 3 from the top of the key to fall, setting the current score.
Sills has four points on a pair of layups. He followed a Connor Vanover miss from the right corner with a bucket from point-blank range.
ORU has opened the game 3 of 10 from the floor. Max Abmas is 0 of 1 shooting, missing a deep 3 from the right wing.
Arkansas 6, ORU 0 - 17:32 left first half
Razorbacks off to a solid start on both ends of the floor. Max Abmas has not attempted a shot through two-plus minutes.
Moses Moody has four points to lead the Razorbacks, and Desi Sills added a tough layup against a pair of ORU defenders. Golden Eagles called for time to stop the early run.
Pregame
Arkansas' starting lineup: Jalen Tate, Desi Sills, Moses Moody, Justin Smith and Connor Vanover.
This group is plus-41 together over Arkansas' last three games and allowed .60 PPP in that span, according to HoopLens.
Coming into today, the Razorbacks’ defense holds the nation’s sixth-best effective field goal percentage (38.8%) and has limited opponents to 36.9% on 2-point looks. Vanover and Smith have been really solid interior defenders this season. The 7-3 forward has swatted away 15.7% of teams’ shots inside the arc this season.
Moody leads Arkansas in scoring at 16 points per game, and JD Notae, who has come off the bench in each game this season, is second at 13.3 per game. Smith, Sills and Tate are each adding at least 10.5 points per outing as well.
Razorbacks opponents have shot 28.2% from 3-point range this season. They will be tested there today. The Golden Eagles have several players who can fill it up from distance.
Oral Roberts' starters: RJ Glasper (6-0), Max Abmas (6-1), Kareem Thompson (6-6), Francis Lacis (6-7) and Kevin Obanor (6-8).
ORU enters today’s game 3-4 overall with its four losses coming on the road against Missouri, Wichita State, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. The Golden Eagles are preparing to play their fourth game in the last eight days. They have wins over Rogers State, Southwestern Christian and Bacone College.
Against the Division I teams ORU has played, it has shot the 3 at a 34.4% clip and hit 81.6% of its free throws. The Golden Eagles have struggled a bit inside the arc, hitting 42.1% of their 2-point attempts. Defensively, they have allowed those four higher-level opponents to grab 37.4% of their missed shots.
Abmas and Obanor are the players to keep a close eye on for ORU. Abmas is an explosive scoring guard who is also the team’s best playmaker. In the Golden Eagles’ toughest four games, he has shot 48.7% from 3-point range and assisted on 42.2% of the team’s scores when on the floor.
Obanor is a handful on the interior, both scoring the ball and on the glass. He can also step out and shoot the 3, hitting 7 of 14 attempts against Wichita State and Oklahoma State. Obanor has grabbed better than 22% of available defensive rebounds.
Glasper began his college career as a walk-on at Arkansas. He has not scored more than nine points against ORU’s better competition this season. He is 3 of 12 from deep in those games.
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