Ken Holdman News

The phone calls, e-mails and text messages flowed into Minardi Hall from around the globe.

The hits keep coming for Oral Roberts. Just a few days after an upset win over Missouri, the injury bug hit again, leaving the Golden Eagles with only seven players available for Sunday's 60-54 loss at Indiana State.

New man: The unfamiliar face behind the ORU bench was 6-foot-5 Dione Young, who has joined the squad as a walk-on. Young is waiting to be certified by the NCAA Clearinghouse.

Scott Sutton had his Oral Roberts University basketball starters scrimmaging five against six.

ORU ruled walk-on freshman guard Mikey Manghum temporarily ineligible Thursday. Manghum, who captained England's under-20 team in the European Championships last summer, has been certified by the NCAA Clearinghouse but has yet to receive the necessary amateurism certification the NCAA requires of all student-athletes. He will be held out of ...

Playing conference basketball games in December can be tricky for the favored team, Oral Roberts head coach Scott Sutton said.

Michael Craion doubled his season average with 21 points and had 10 rebounds to help Oral Roberts defeat Missouri-Kansas City 68-57 in the Summit League opener for both teams on Thursday night.

A few good men are trying to hold things together as injuries threaten to wreck the Oral Roberts basketball team.

The Oral Roberts basketball team is usually good at defending shots from the 3-point arc, but not against Arkansas-Little Rock.

The Oral Roberts men's basketball team won in a runaway Wednesday and dodged an injury bullet on the final day of the Cancun Challenge.

The Oral Roberts basketball team knew it was in for a bumpy ride Tuesday afternoon.

STANFORD, Calif. a ' Rod Pearson hit a jumper as time expired, lifting Oral Roberts University to an 83-81 win over Stanford of the Pac-10 in Wednesday night college basketball.

If there's a silver lining to losing a high-profile freshman before the first game, the Oral Roberts basketball team found it Monday night.

ORU has lost 30.5 points per game from last season's team. ORU sophomore Dominique Morrison averaged 9.6 points per game last season and is the Golden Eagles' top returning scorer from last season.

Scott Sutton said his Oral Roberts University basketball team is eager to put a disappointing 2008-09 season behind and get started on a new year.

Ken Holdman practiced like a man hoping to increase his playing time during the first week of Oral Roberts University's preseason drills.