South Dakota Coyotes (7-8, 1-0 Summit) at Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (10-4, 0-1 Summit)
Tulsa, Oklahoma; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Oral Roberts hosts South Dakota after Taleyah Jones scored 28 points in Oral Roberts’ 81-76 loss to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.
The Golden Eagles are 7-1 in home games. Oral Roberts averages 82.9 points and has outscored opponents by 11.4 points per game.
The Coyotes are 1-0 against conference opponents. South Dakota gives up 73.3 points to opponents while being outscored by 3.2 points per game.
Oral Roberts makes 46.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.3 percentage points higher than South Dakota has allowed to its opponents (41.8%). South Dakota averages 70.1 points per game, 1.4 fewer than the 71.5 Oral Roberts gives up to opponents.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jalei Oglesby is averaging 16.2 points and 6.2 rebounds for the Golden Eagles.
Alexi Hempe averages 2.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Coyotes, scoring 12.8 points while shooting 41.7% from beyond the arc.
LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Eagles: 7-3, averaging 86.1 points, 36.0 rebounds, 17.7 assists, 10.5 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 47.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.4 points per game.
Coyotes: 6-4, averaging 69.2 points, 30.6 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 4.5 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 40.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.7 points.
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