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— ORU Basketball (@ORUMBB) December 5, 2015
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When you’re in need of a big basket in the final seconds, it certainly helps a coach if he has one of his conference’s best players to call upon.
That was the case for Oral Roberts head coach Scott Sutton, whose senior guard Obi Egemano (preseason Summit League Player of the Year) provided the heroics in the Golden Eagles’ 70-68 win over city rival Tulsa. After Tulsa’s Shaquille Harrison split a pair of free throws with 9.5 seconds remaining Egemano dribbled the length of the floor, knocking down a challenged fadeaway baseline jumper with 1.9 seconds to go.
Egemano’s shot capped a wild final minute, as ORU erased a four-point deficit against the Golden Hurricane with Albert Owens scoring five straight points before Harrison split two free throws. As a result the Golden Eagles will hold onto the Mayor’s Cup for a third consecutive year.