Kyron Stokes News

Ineligible: ORU ruled walk-on freshman guard Mikey Manghum temporarily ineligible Thursday.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Lo and behold, the Virginia Cavaliers can play defense. The Cavaliers held Oral Roberts to 32 percent shooting in the second half Saturday, pulling away from the Golden Eagles for a 76-55 nonconference victory at John Paul Jones Arena.

Tuesday, November 24th, 1:30 p.m. FACTS & STATS: Site: Moon Palace Resort -- Cancun, Mexico.

Who's playing point guard? That's a good question for the Oral Roberts University basketball team.

Assane Sene looked good in his season debut Saturday. The Virginia center, who had been suspended for his team's first three games, scored a career-high eight points in the Cavaliers' 76-55 win over Oral Roberts at John Paul Jones Arena.

Mike Scott scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Sylven Landesberg added 14 points to lead Virginia to a 76-55 win over Oral Roberts in the final states-side game of the Cancun Challenge on Saturday.

After taking its lumps in last Friday's regular-season opener, the Oral Roberts University basketball team took it out on somebody else Monday night.

Warren Niles doesn't lack for confidence. The Oral Roberts University freshman guard said he wants to average 16 points per game in his first college season.

Warren Niles scored 16 points off the bench in his regular-season home debut to help lead Oral Roberts past Northwestern Oklahoma State 86-50 on Monday night.

Oral Roberts University played its best basketball in the second half but couldn't overcome Wake Forest's towering front line and sophomore forward Al-Farouq Aminu's second-half explosion.

They are teams on opposite ends of the college basketball spectrum, but similar in at least one respect.

Freshman Warren Niles scored 16 points off the bench as Oral Roberts closed out the exhibition schedule with a 99-70 win over Harding University Saturday at the Mabee Center.

The Oral Roberts basketball team gave an encouraging defensive performance in its first exhibition game.

There could hardly be a more deflating way for the Oral Roberts basketball team to open the season.

Hunter McClintock loves passing the basketball and Kevin Ford loves dunking it. It was a match made in heaven when they connected during McClintock's recruiting trip to Oral Roberts University last spring.

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.

Counting transfer junior guard Rod Pearson and redshirt freshman forward Tim Morton, the Golden Eagles will have seven scholarship athletes eligible for the first time.

ORU sophomore guard Kyron Stokes said he's taking more than his basketball skills to play for Belize in the 2009 COCABA championships.