SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) - Damen Bell-Holter and Warren Niles scored 21 points apiece, helping Oral Roberts to an 86-77 victory Wednesday over Texas State in the first meeting between the schools since 1995.
Bell-Holter was 10 of 14 from the field and added a game-high eight rebounds, while Niles hit three 3-pointers for the Golden Eagles (5-4). Niles came into the game sixth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage (55.6 percent). Shawn Glover chipped in 15 points.
Matt Staff led the Bobcats (3-5) with 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting, and Joel Wright scored 17.
Texas State opened the game on a 15-4 run, but Oral Roberts responded with its own run and went ahead for good, 33-31, on Korey Billbury's jumper 4:07 before halftime and led 47-42 at the break. In the second half, the Bobcats pulled within 78-73 on Phil Hawkins' 3-pointer with 2:29 left but could get no closer.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oral Roberts (5-4) « | 47 | 39 | 86 |
| Texas State-San Marcos (3-5) | 42 | 35 | 77 |
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| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Niles, F | 35 | 7-19 | 4-5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| S. Roundtree, F | 13 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| D. Bell-Holter, C | 31 | 10-14 | 1-2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| S. Glover, G | 37 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| D. Jackson, G | 17 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Manghum | 29 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| K. Billbury | 19 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| B. Conley | 16 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Kaufman | 3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Totals | 32-67 | 17-24 | 42 | 16 | 19 | 86 | |
| 47.8% | 70.8% | ||||||
| Texas State-San Marcos Bobcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Staff, F | 32 | 8-12 | 1-1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| C. Stern, F | 25 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Wright, F | 23 | 6-10 | 5-6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| V. Jones, G | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| W. Davis, G | 22 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Dorsey | 18 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| P. Hawkins | 18 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| R. Koenen | 16 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Brown II | 11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| N. Hinton | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Jones | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-56 | 16-22 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 77 | |
| 50% | 72.7% | ||||||
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