TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Warren Niles opened the game with three straight 3-pointers and finished with 25 points as Oral Roberts defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 56-51 Saturday night.
Damen Bell-Holter added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Eagles (16-10, 11-3 Southland), and D.J. Jackson had 10 points.
Johnathan Jordan led Corpus Christi (4-19, 3-10) with 20 points and seven assists. Hameed Ali added 11 points.
Oral Roberts shot just 39 percent but held a significant advantage at the free-throw line, hitting 16 of 23 foul shots while the Islanders went 4 for 4.
The Golden Eagles scored the first eight points of the second half to go ahead 39-25 but later went 11:14 without a field goal as the Islanders pulled within 43-42 at the 4:32 mark. A basket by Niles ended the drought and started a 10-4 run to push the lead to 53-46 with 14 seconds left.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4-19) | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| Oral Roberts (16-10) « | 31 | 25 | 56 |
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| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Knowles, F | 20 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Francis, F | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Jordan, G | 39 | 8-15 | 3-3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| H. Ali, G | 35 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| J. King, G | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Williamson | 33 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| W. Nelson | 22 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| N. Maxey | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Pye | 18 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Martinez | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-58 | 4-4 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 51 | |
| 36.2% | 100% | ||||||
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Bell-Holter, F | 36 | 3-9 | 5-8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| S. Roundtree, F | 23 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| W. Niles, G | 40 | 7-17 | 6-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| K. Billbury, G | 36 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Jackson, G | 35 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Manghum | 18 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Conley | 12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-44 | 16-23 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 56 | |
| 38.6% | 69.6% | ||||||
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