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How Oral Roberts defeated Ohio State

Kevin Obanor and Max Abmas were sensational versus Ohio State, combining for 61% of Oral Roberts points as well as 50% of the Golden Eagles rebounds. Obanor picked up his 13th double-double of the season with 30 points — 15 points coming from long-distance — and 11 caroms, while Abmas finished with 29 points — he was 5-for-10 from 3-point land — along with five rebounds.

ORU, which led by seven points with 12 minutes left, trailed by four late in the game, but the Golden Eagles held the Buckeyes scoreless over the final 2:50 minutes of regulation to force overtime. Obanor then took over in overtime, tallying seven of Oral Roberts 11 points in the second half.

“Their two players that obviously concerned us were terrific, so give them, their coaches, their players, their program, their university a lot of credit for this win,” Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann said. “We had no illusions that this was going to be by any stretch anything other than a really challenging game, and it obviously was that from the very jump.”

Oral Roberts shot just 35.7% from the field for the game; however, the Golden Eagles made 11 3-pointers and held the Buckeyes to just 5-for-23 from beyond the arc. ORU was also strong at the free-throw line, making 14 of 18, including 5-of-8 in overtime, committed just six turnovers all game, and held Ohio State to 3 of 9 shooting in the extra stanza.