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Molly Sheppard

Mavericks Head to Tulsa for Rematch Against Oral Roberts

Feb 21, 2024

The Omaha Mavericks will make their return trip to Tulsa to tipoff against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.  The Mavericks will return to Baxter to host the Kansas City Roos on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 12 p.m.

The game can be heard on 1180 The Zone with Jon Schriner on the call. Links to live stats, audio, and video are available on OMavs.com.

Quick Hits
    • The Mavericks head to ORU with a 6-20 overall record, having gone 2-11 both in conference play and on the road. 
    • Omaha last played South Dakota State on Saturday, where they fell 79-57. 
    • Grace Cave led the Mavericks with 25 points, going 7-of-13 from the field, 4-of-7 from the arc, and 7-of-8 from the free throw line. Cave accounted for nearly half of Omaha's points and had a team-high six steals. Cora Olsen led the Mavericks with five rebounds and Katie Keitges had a team-high four assists. 
    • Omaha was outshot 33.3% (19-of-57) to 52.6% (30-of-57) from the field. On the arc, the Mavericks out shot SDSU 28.6% (6-of-21) to 25% (4-of-16). Omaha was also outshot on the free throw line 81.3% (13-of-16) to 83.3% (15-of-18).
    • The Mavericks average 17.81 free throws per game, ranking them second among all D1 teams in the nation, sitting just behind LSU. 
    • The depth of the Omaha roster continues to show as they average 25.9 bench points per game, which ranks them 25th in the nation. 
    • Omaha's scoring offense sits at 56th of 349 D1 teams for their 73.7 average points per game. From the arc, the Mavericks average a .348 shot percent, ranking them 49th. 
    • Cave has gone 74-of-90 from the line for a .822 free throw percentage, ranking her 88th among the 250 eligible D1 players ranked. Cave also moves in as the Maverick's leading point scorer with 309. She also leads in assists (86), steals (39), and blocks (10). 
    • Deanay Watson maintains the team-high 105 rebounds.
    • In the victory over South Dakota, Morgann Gardner notched her first double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. 
    
Scouting the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
    - ORU hosts Omaha with a 17-9 overall record, having gone 11-1 with the home-court advantage and 8-5 in Summit League play. 
    - The Golden Eagles most recently lost to North Dakota 102-57 this past weekend. 
    - Hannah Cooper led all scorers with 30 points tonight, reaching the 30-point mark for the second time this season. Emily Robinson matched her career-high with 19 points, Jalei Oglesby recorded a 16-point and 10-rebound double-double off the bench, and Ruthie Udoumoh notched her League-leading 11th double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 rebounds to round out ORU's double-digit scorers.
    - The Golden Eagles have the 11th-best scoring offense in the country and first in the league, though their scoring defense is ranked 339th, averaging 76.2 points against. 
    - Two Golden Eagles are ranked 27th nationally. Taleyah Jones is ranked for her .875 free throw percentage and Ruthie Udoumoh is ranked for her 246 rebounds. 
    - From the field, ORU shoots a .427 but from the arc, they average a .287 shot percent. On the free throw line, they have gone 347-of-517 for a .723 shot percent. 
    
All-Time Against Oral Roberts
Omaha trails in the all-time series against the Golden Eagles 3-16. The teams last met in Baxter on Jan. 25 where Omaha fell 88-78.
 
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