UMKC Falls To Oral Roberts In 2009 Home Finale

Saturday, February 21

Kansas City, Mo. (Municipal)

7:05 p.m. CT

Kansas City

Oral Roberts

UMKC Falls To Oral Roberts In 2009 Home Finale

2/21/2009 10:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

By: UMKC Athletics

Kansas City, Mo. -- The UMKC men's basketball team dropped a 93-62 home decision to Oral Roberts on Saturday night at Municipal Auditorium. Playing in his final home game, senior Dane Brumagin paced the Kangaroos with 16 points.

After trading the lead six times over the first four minutes, ORU guard Robert Jarvis connected on three consecutive long balls to put the Golden Eagles up 14-9 at the 15:29 mark. After UMKC pulled to within five (16-11), Oral Roberts used a 16-5 run to stretch its lead to 16 (32-16) with 7:51 to go in the half.

The Golden Eagles pushed its advantage to as many as 24 points (42-18) in the opening 20 minutes before taking a 48-28 lead into the break. ORU shot .567 from the field in the first half and .727 (8-11) from long range.

Back-to-back jumpers by Spencer Johnson and Dane Brumagin cut the lead to 16 (48-32) coming out of the break, but the Golden Eagles responded with 13 unanswered points to push its lead to 29 (61-32). UMKC never got any closer than 26 (75-49) in the contest, before ORU went on to claim the 93-62 victory.

The Kangaroos finished with a .349 (22-63) field goal percentage and a .263 (5-19) mark from three-point land. The Golden Eagles, meanwhile, shot .542 (32-59) from the floor and .526 (10-19) from long range. ORU also won the battle on the boards, 42-32.

Playing on one leg, Brumagin closed out his home career with 16 points on a 6-of-14 night from the floor. Latreze Mushatt and Spencer Johnson also reached double digits for the ?Roos with 15 and 10 points, respectively.

Jarvis led a group of four Golden Eagle players in double figures, as he made 8-of-12 shots (6-8 3PT) to finish with 22 points.

UMKC (7-22, 3-13) will return to action on Thursday night at IPFW.