University of St. Thomas Athletics
Saturday, February 5
St. Paul, Minn.
1:00 p.m.
6-15,3-8Summit League
67
vs
73
Oral Roberts
12-11,7-5Summit League
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT 1 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Roberts | 16 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 73 |
| St. Thomas (MN) | 8 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 67 |
Team Stats
ORU
UST
FG%
.438
.441
3FG%
.176
.235
FT%
.583
.733
RB
28
46
TO
11
24
STL
14
6
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
5
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
C
/ Women's BasketballF
/ Women's Basketball
G/F
/ Women's Basketball
Hill’s second-straight 20-plus point game can’t propel St. Thomas past Oral Roberts in overtime thriller
2/5/2022 3:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball
St. Paul, Minn. - The St. Thomas Women's Basketball Team (6-15, 3-8) trailed by as many as 12 points in the second half, but battled back to force overtime, eventually falling to Oral Roberts (12-11, 7-5), 73-67.
Freshman G Jade Hill, who has scored 49 points in her last two outings continue to pace the St. Thomas offensive efforts, finishing today's game with a career-high 27 points. Freshman C Jo Langbehn poster her second-career double-double matching a career-best 12 points and hauling in a career-best 12 rebounds.
"I'm proud of the effort our team showed," said Head Coach Ruth Sinn. "We were excited to go into overtime because we've been there before. If you look at ORU, they have a great team. If you look at their stats, the third and fourth quarter is when they score there most points. Here, that's when we created and made it even with them."
The Tommies started slow shooting the ball, connected on one of their first nine shots of the ball game. Freshman C Jo Langbehn scored the first points of the game for the Purple. The Tommies connected on two threes in the opening frame, trailing 16-8 after the first period.
A three-point shot by grad student F Erin Norling cut the Golden Eagle lead to three points, 22-19 with 5:45 remaining in the second quarter. Oral Roberts went on a 10-0 run over the next three minutes to open up a 32-19 lead with 2:51 to play in the first half. The Purple responded with a 7-2 run of their own to bring the score to 34-26 in favor of the Golden Eagles at halftime.
Langbehn led the Tommies in the opening half with 10 points and four rebounds. The freshman center connected on all five of her shot attempts from the field. Norling ended the half with six points by way of a pair of threes.
As a team, St. Thomas was able to gain some traction shooting the ball, it finished the half connecting on 10-of-27 (37 percent) of its attempts from the field and 3-of-11 (27 percent) from behind the arc. The Tommies were plagued with 12 first-half turnovers which led to 14 points for Oral Roberts.
Oral Robers started the second half on a 4-0 run, the Tommies responded with a 6-0 run of their own to cut the Golden Eagle lead to six points, 38-32 with six minutes to play in the third quarter. The Tommies would get within two points, 38-36 with 3:25 remaining in the third, before ORU pushed its lead back to five, 46-41 at the end of the third quarter.
With 8:23 to play Norling gave the Tommies their first lead of the game, 47-46, before the Golden Eagles responded with a bucket of their own. Over the next five minutes, the two teams would exchange leads with ORU holding a 53-52 lead with 4:20 to play.
With the game tied at 59-59 with under 30 seconds to play, the Tommies had two chances to secure the win, Norling missed a three-point shot, Langbehn pulled down her 12th rebound of the game and grad student Kaia Porter couldn't connect on the hook shot as time expired. The Tommies outscored the Golden Eagles 18-13 in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
The Tommies were outscored 14-8 in the overtime period to fall to the Golden Eagles 73-67.
"I'm real proud of our girls, if it comes down to one or two possession games, we're in the game with that and we just have to correct that," Sinn added.
As a team, St. Thomas connected on 44 percent (26-of-59) of its shots from the field, 24 precent (4-of-17) from behind the arc, but committed 24 penalties which led to 23 points for the Golden Eagles.
Individually, Hill was one of three players to reach double-digit points, leading with a carrer-best 27 points. Norling added 15 points and Langbehn finished with 12 points and 12 boards, her second-collegiate double-double.
The Tommies return to action on Thursday as they travel to Grand Forks, N.D. to face the University of North Dakota. Tip-off is slated for 7:00 p.m.
Freshman G Jade Hill, who has scored 49 points in her last two outings continue to pace the St. Thomas offensive efforts, finishing today's game with a career-high 27 points. Freshman C Jo Langbehn poster her second-career double-double matching a career-best 12 points and hauling in a career-best 12 rebounds.
"I'm proud of the effort our team showed," said Head Coach Ruth Sinn. "We were excited to go into overtime because we've been there before. If you look at ORU, they have a great team. If you look at their stats, the third and fourth quarter is when they score there most points. Here, that's when we created and made it even with them."
The Tommies started slow shooting the ball, connected on one of their first nine shots of the ball game. Freshman C Jo Langbehn scored the first points of the game for the Purple. The Tommies connected on two threes in the opening frame, trailing 16-8 after the first period.
A three-point shot by grad student F Erin Norling cut the Golden Eagle lead to three points, 22-19 with 5:45 remaining in the second quarter. Oral Roberts went on a 10-0 run over the next three minutes to open up a 32-19 lead with 2:51 to play in the first half. The Purple responded with a 7-2 run of their own to bring the score to 34-26 in favor of the Golden Eagles at halftime.
Langbehn led the Tommies in the opening half with 10 points and four rebounds. The freshman center connected on all five of her shot attempts from the field. Norling ended the half with six points by way of a pair of threes.
As a team, St. Thomas was able to gain some traction shooting the ball, it finished the half connecting on 10-of-27 (37 percent) of its attempts from the field and 3-of-11 (27 percent) from behind the arc. The Tommies were plagued with 12 first-half turnovers which led to 14 points for Oral Roberts.
Oral Robers started the second half on a 4-0 run, the Tommies responded with a 6-0 run of their own to cut the Golden Eagle lead to six points, 38-32 with six minutes to play in the third quarter. The Tommies would get within two points, 38-36 with 3:25 remaining in the third, before ORU pushed its lead back to five, 46-41 at the end of the third quarter.
With 8:23 to play Norling gave the Tommies their first lead of the game, 47-46, before the Golden Eagles responded with a bucket of their own. Over the next five minutes, the two teams would exchange leads with ORU holding a 53-52 lead with 4:20 to play.
With the game tied at 59-59 with under 30 seconds to play, the Tommies had two chances to secure the win, Norling missed a three-point shot, Langbehn pulled down her 12th rebound of the game and grad student Kaia Porter couldn't connect on the hook shot as time expired. The Tommies outscored the Golden Eagles 18-13 in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
The Tommies were outscored 14-8 in the overtime period to fall to the Golden Eagles 73-67.
"I'm real proud of our girls, if it comes down to one or two possession games, we're in the game with that and we just have to correct that," Sinn added.
As a team, St. Thomas connected on 44 percent (26-of-59) of its shots from the field, 24 precent (4-of-17) from behind the arc, but committed 24 penalties which led to 23 points for the Golden Eagles.
Individually, Hill was one of three players to reach double-digit points, leading with a carrer-best 27 points. Norling added 15 points and Langbehn finished with 12 points and 12 boards, her second-collegiate double-double.
The Tommies return to action on Thursday as they travel to Grand Forks, N.D. to face the University of North Dakota. Tip-off is slated for 7:00 p.m.
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