Roos Downed by Hot-Shooting Golden Eagles

Saturday, January 15

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

8-7,2-2Summit League

Oral Roberts

12-6,6-1Summit League

Oral Roberts

Kansas City

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Roos Downed by Hot-Shooting Golden Eagles

1/15/2022 10:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Kansas City outscored ORU by 20 points in the paint, but were outmanned from long range

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Despite dominant play in the paint, Kansas City Men's Basketball came up short against Oral Roberts' three-point barrage tonight, falling 84-72. Marvin Nesbitt Jr. and Arkel Lamar both came within one rebound of a double-double, posting 19 and 15 points, respectively.

KEY MOMENTS

1H / 2-2 | Evan Gilyard II scored the Roos' first points of the game with a driving layup in the paint.
1H / 6-7 | Nesbitt went to work inside, hitting a baby hook from just outside of the lane.
1H / 21-24 | Nesbitt used an inside-out pass to find a wide-open Caden Boser for the three-point bucket.

1H | Great awareness by Marvin, great shot by Caden. Roos are within three.#ROOUP | @Cadenboser33 pic.twitter.com/RFUWyjUI1P
— Kansas City Men's Basketball (@KCRoosMBB) January 16, 2022

1H / 30-31 | After defensive pressure forced an ORU turnover, Shemarri Allen found Gilyard in transition for a triple to cut the deficit to one.
2H / 41-45 | After the Golden Eagles jumped out to an 11-point lead, KC responded with seven-straight, capped by a bucket inside by Allen.
2H / 50-52 | Lamar drew a double-team inside, dishing the ball out to Gilyard for a long-range three.

2H | EG has that look in his eyes rn ....... ??#ROOUP | @EGillyy1 pic.twitter.com/4e5gKa02dQ
— Kansas City Men's Basketball (@KCRoosMBB) January 16, 2022

2H / 56-55 | The Roos took their only lead of the game when Gilyard found Nesbitt inside for a bucket.
2H / 60-70 | A 15-1 Oral Roberts run was put to an end when Jacob Johnson knocked down his second three-pointer of the season.

STATS TO NOTE

The Roos committed just seven turnovers and forced 12.
Gilyard II scored 18 points and dished out five assists.
Kansas City won the points-in-the-paint battle 34-14.
Nesbitt paced the Roos with 19 points, nine rebounds, and two steals on 7-of-12 shooting in a team-high 39 minutes.
Lamar contributed 15 points, three assists, and a season-high nine rebounds.
Oral Roberts knocked down 17 three-pointers, the most by an opponent in program history.

UP NEXT
Kansas City remains at home for three Summit League contests next week, beginning with Denver on Monday at 7 p.m.