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A month ago, Louisville's game with Oral Roberts looked like just a play date on the Cardinals' schedule on the way to the big showdown with Kentucky on Jan.

With an 11-point second-half lead against a depleted Oral Roberts team that had seven healthy scholarship players and earlier losses to Sam Houston State and Arkansas-Little Rock, the Mizzou Tigers still managed to trump their latest miserable escapades away from home with a 60-59 loss.

Indiana State's men's basketball team has this bounce back thing down pat. It's probably an attribute they wish they didn't have to fall back on as much, but Sunday's 60-54 victory at Hulman Center over a depleted Oral Roberts team felt a lot better than Wednesday's disappointing home loss to Ball State.

Scott Sutton sees his injury-riddled Oral Roberts basketball team developing a familiar identity.

Expect a miracle? All the Oral Roberts basketball team needed Wednesday night was a 10-point rally in the final 7:20 against a Missouri team that went to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament last March.

Michael Craion's layup with nine-tenths of a second left and interception of the ensuing inbounds pass gave Oral Roberts a 60-59 victory over Missouri on Wednesday night.

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 ...

Michael Craion scored 18 of his game-high 22 points in the second half to help Oral Roberts withstand a late rally in a 68-53 victory over Southern Utah on Saturday night.

Michael Craion scored 21 points to help Oral Roberts overcome a slow start and defeat Missouri-Kansas City 68-57 in the Summit League opener for both teams Thursday night.

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

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.

Corey Allmond scored 17 points and Ashton Mitchell added 16 to lead Sam Houston State to a 71-65 win over Oral Roberts in the Cancun Classic on Tuesday.

Head coach Scott Sutton said a deliberate foul in the closing seconds of Oral Roberts University's 83-81 win at Stanford on Wednesday night "almost backfired on us." It allowed the Cardinal to erase a three-point deficit in a matter of seconds to tie the game.

Stanford , Calif. 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 .

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.

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.

Oral Roberts starts fast in 86-50 victory Eds: APNewsNow. Oral Roberts 86, Northwestern Oklahoma State 50.

Al-Farouq Aminu scored 18 of his 25 points in the second half and added 13 rebounds, helping new-look Wake Forest beat Oral Roberts 76-56 Friday night in the season opener for both teams.

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.