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Date Posted: 13:10:48 02/22/04 Sun
Author: TD
Subject: +++Midconfans 2/22/04+++


Thunderbirds stun Valpo--Daily Spectrum (Utah)

ORU shoots down Golden Grizzlies--Oakland Press

IUPUI moves up on Centenary in Mid-Con race with victory--Indianapolis Star
Bradley scores 29 points, grabs 11 rebounds as Jaguars pound Gents with their inside game

Chicago State tips UMKC--Kansas City Star

Southern Utah sweeps VU men, women--NW Indiana Post Tribune

Oakland loses to Oral Roberts--Detroit News

Palmer leads So. Utah to blowout of Valparaiso--Deseret News

Chicago State 66, UMKC 65--Daily Southtown (Chicago)

Centenary Basketball Teams Swept By IUPUI--CC Website

CHICAGO STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL COLLECTS RARE WIN AT UMKC ON SATURDAY--CSU Website

DEFENSE, REBOUNDING HELP JAGS SNAP TWO-GAME CONFERENCE LOSING SKID--IUPUI Website

Chicago State Hands Men's Basketball Third Straight Loss, 66-65--UMKC Website
Late rally falls short for UMKC

Oakland Falls In Final Minutes At Oral Roberts--OU Website

ORU Rallies For 84-75 Homecoming Win Over Oakland On Fox Sports Net--ORU Website

Thunderbirds Top Valpo On Senior Night, 75-58--SUU Website

Valpo Falls To Southern Utah--VU Website
Crusaders Drop Into First-Place Logjam



Youngsters power ORU over Oakland

By MIKE BROWN World Sports Writer
2/22/2004

Tutt increases string of performances of 25 or more points to seven.

Oral Roberts University seems to have a bright basketball future, but on Saturday night its three youngest stars played like the future is now.

Freshmen Ken Tutt and Caleb Green and sophomore Jonathan Bluitt combined to score 66 points -- including all 46 in the second half -- as the Eagles rallied for a rousing 84-75 homecoming win over Oakland (Mich.) before 7,443 spectators fans and a regional television audience.

Tutt scored 25 points, Green added 24 and Bluitt scored 17. ORU (16-9, 9-5) rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to stay in contention for the Mid-Continent Conference regular-season title.

The Eagles moved into a three-way tie for second place, one-half game behind Valparaiso, which lost at Southern Utah 75-58 Saturday night. ORU can tie for the title by winning its remaining games -- at Centenary on Thursday night and at home to Southern Utah next Saturday.

Tutt had his seventh straight game with at least 25 points. Green also had 10 rebounds for his 13th double-double. The 5-foot-9 Bluitt, ORU's smallest starter, added eight rebounds, four assists and three steals.

All three provided a spark after the Eagles fell behind 52-40 with 17:15 left. So did university president Dr. Richard Roberts. With 17:45 left, he and wife, Lindsay, donned capes and moved from their usual seats in the south end zone to join the Mabee Maniacs, the student section in the north end.

"They came and got us at halftime and told us they wanted us to sit with them," Roberts said. "They got us T-shirts and capes to wear."

ORU's partisan crowd roared its approval for the Eagles as they started their comeback.

"The crowd was terrific. They really played the part of the sixth man," said ORU coach Scott Sutton.

Bad luck accompanied Oakland's decline from preseason league favorite to eighth place, but the Grizzlies (11-16, 5-10) played like contenders.

Led by Mike Helms with 22 points and Rawle Marshall with 20, they shot 61 percent from the field in the first half and made nine of their first 18 from 3-point range.

Oakland led 66-56 with 8:59, but ORU ran off 10 straight points. Green sank a pair of free throws that tied the game for the first time in the second half and he scored eight of the next 10 points.

His two free throws at 4:26 gave ORU its first lead of the half and the Eagles were ahead to stay.

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Mike Brown 581-8390
mike.brown@tulsaworld.com

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ORU 84, Oakland 75

OAKLAND (11-16, 5-10)
Min FG 3pt FT Reb
O-T F Pt.
Williams, f 38 2-5 2-3 1-2 0-1 4 7
Scott, f 35 4-10 0-1 4-5 0-3 3 12
Marshall, g 38 7-17 3-6 3-4 3-8 0 20
Ishmeal, g 30 2-6 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 6
Helms, g 28 8-19 2-8 4-4 1-2 3 22
Dukes 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0
Williams 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0
Sabourin 16 1-1 0-0 0-0 3-3 5 2
Hopes 9 3-3 0-0 0-0 2-4 3 6
TEAM 3-6
TOTAL 27-61 9-24 12-15 12-27 22 75

Assists -- Ishmeal 5, Marshall 1, Helms 1, Sabourin 1
Blocks -- Scott 1, Sabourin 1
Turnovers -- Helms 3, Ishmeal 2, Marshall 2, Hopes 2, Sabourin 1, Williams 1, Dukes 1
Steals -- Williams 2, Scott 1, Marshall 1, Ishmeal 1
Technical fouls -- None

ORAL ROBERTS (16-9, 9-5)
Min FG 3pt FT Reb
O-T F Pt.
Green, f 38 6-9 0-0 12-14 3-10 4 24
Charles, f 24 3-5 1-1 2-2 1-3 2 9
Tutt, g 40 8-14 5-8 4-4 1-2 1 25
Atkinson, g 33 1-6 1-5 0-0 0-2 2 2
Bluitt, g 30 4-8 2-3 7-9 1-8 2 17
Thomas 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 2
Fowlkes 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 2
Gastel 13 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 2 2
TEAM 1-2
TOTAL 25-47 9-17 25-29 9-33 17 84

Assists -- Bluitt 4, Green 2, Charles 2, Tutt 2, Fowlkes 2, Gastel 1, Atkinson 1
Blocks -- Green 1, Thomas 1
Turnovers -- Green 5, Tutt 5, Fowlkes 2, Gastel 2, Charles 1, Bluitt 1
Steals -- Bluitt 3, Green 1, Tutt 1, Fowlkes 1
Technical fouls -- None

Oakland 41 34 -- 75
Oral Roberts 38 46 -- 84

Attendance -- 7,443

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