CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Damen Bell-Holter had 27 points and 13 rebounds to lead Oral Roberts over Texas A&M-CC 64-52 Thursday night.
Bell-Holter was 8 of 9 from the field. Warren Niles scored 14 points and Shawn Glover had 12 for the Golden Eagles (9-8, 4-1 Southland).
The Golden Eagles led 25-23 at halftime in a game with seven lead changes. The Golden Eagles shot 43.9 percent from the field for the game, while the Islanders shot 35.8 percent. The Golden Eagles outrebounded Texas A&M-CC 35-27 and had 21 points off turnovers by the Islanders.
Will Nelson had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Texas A&M-CC (2-13, 1-4) with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
The Golden Eagles are in their first season as a member of the Southland Conference.
This was the second meeting ever between the Golden Eagles and the Islanders. The first was in 2007 and Texas A&M-CC won 86-81.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oral Roberts (9-8) « | 25 | 39 | 64 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2-13) | 23 | 29 | 52 |
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| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Glover, F | 36 | 4-9 | 4-5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| B. Conley, F | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Bell-Holter, C | 38 | 8-9 | 11-12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
| W. Niles, G | 38 | 3-12 | 5-7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| D. Jackson, G | 24 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Billbury | 27 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| M. Manghum | 19 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Lliteras | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-41 | 23-28 | 35 | 10 | 16 | 64 | |
| 43.9% | 82.1% | ||||||
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Nelson, F | 37 | 7-19 | 4-5 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| D. Francis, F | 17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Jordan, G | 37 | 1-9 | 4-4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| H. Ali, G | 33 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Williamson, G | 33 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Knowles | 21 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| B. Pye | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. King | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| C. Martinez | 4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| N. Maxey | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Currie | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-53 | 11-15 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 52 | |
| 35.8% | 73.3% | ||||||
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