Lady Bears Face Road Test at ORU Wednesday

Missouri State Lady Bears (2-5) at Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (4-4)
Date and Time	Wednesday, December 7, 7 p.m.
Location	Tulsa, Okla.
Site	Mabee Center (10,575)
Radio	KWTO 98.7 FM
Listen Live	RadioSpringfield.com
Live Video	ORUAthletics.com
Live Stats	ORUAthletics.com
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Oral Roberts	Women's Basketball Home Page

The Missouri State Lady Bears will play their final road game until mid-January Wednesday when they make the short trip to Tulsa for a 7 p.m. contest at Oral Roberts (4-4).
   The game will be Missouri State's sixth true road date of the season and seventh away from home, and MSU is 2-5 against that schedule that also includes four Power Five opponents so far.
   After Wednesday, the Lady Bears will play their next six games at JQH Arena, taking on Arkansas (Dec. 11), North Texas (Dec. 17) and Middle Tennessee (Dec. 19) before the holiday break, and opening the Missouri Valley Conference season with three home games, beginning Dec. 30 against Drake. MSU's next game away from home is set for Jan. 13 at Evansville.
   The Lady Bears are primed for improvement now that the calendar has turned to December if recent history is any indication. Since Kellie Harper took over in 2013, MSU owns a 52-29 (.642) post-November record, including a 39-15 (.722) mark the previous two seasons.

Series History
Missouri State is 8-9 all-time against Oral Roberts, but 6-4 in the last 10 meetings.
Wednesday's game will be the 10th meeting in less than nine years, dating to Dec.15,
2007. The Lady Bears are the last road team to win in the series, claiming an 85-79 victory in Tulsa in 2012.

Scouting Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts is 4-4 on the year after a win at Oklahoma on Sunday. The Golden Eagles and Lady Bears have three common opponents in Northwestern, Kansas and Little Rock, with MSU being out-scored by 11 total points in those three games and ORU by 23 total points. Four Oral Roberts players average at least 10.9 points per game, with Faith Ihim and Maria Martianez grabbing at least 8.1 rebounds per contest in addition to scoring in double figures. As a team, the Golden Eagles average 66.1 points and allow 64.4 while shooting 39.1 percent overall, 25.2 percent from long range and 62.2 percent from the foul line.

Lady Bears Face Road Test at ORU Wednesday

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