Roos Drop Back-and-Forth Battle with ORU

Saturday, February 12

Tulsa, OK

7:00 PM

Kansas City

16-10,9-5Summit League

Oral Roberts

17-8,11-3Summit League

Kansas City

Oral Roberts

Photo by: Justin Cohen

Roos Drop Back-and-Forth Battle with ORU

2/12/2022 9:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Evan Gilyard II and Marvin Nesbitt Jr. posted standout performances in the loss

TULSA, Okla. - Kansas City Men's Basketball (16-10, 9-5) took Oral Roberts to the wire this evening, but could not pull out the victory, falling 91-86. A 29-point performance from Evan Gilyard II and a 17-point, 13-rebound double-double by Marvin Nesbitt Jr. were not enough to lift the Roos over the Golden Eagles.

KEY MOMENTS

1H / 12-3 | The Roos got out to a quick lead, backed by two triples by Anderson Kopp.
1H / 21-7 | A bucket inside by Nesbitt after a steal by Jack Chapman gave Kansas City its largest lead of the game in the first eight minutes.
1H / 27-18 | Kopp came up with a steal, finding Shemarri Allen in the fast break for the and-one dunk.
1H / 43-29 | Arkel Lamar found an open Gilyard for the long-range shot, extending the lead back to 14.
1H / 45-34 | Gilyard found Timothy Barnes cutting along the baseline for an alley-oop that took the Roos into half with a double-digit lead.
2H / 49-39 | Josiah Allick scored the Roos' first four points of the second half to keep Kansas City ahead.
2H / 59-60 | After the Golden Eagles came back to take the lead, Gilyard knocked down a triple that drew the Roos back within one.
2H / 74-74 | Over a stretch of 2:24, Gilyard scored 11-straight points for Kansas City, including three triples, to tie the game up.
2H / 81-78 | Nesbitt assisted to Allick for a layup in the lane that gave the Roos a three-point advantage with three minutes remaining.
2H / 84-85 | Kopp found Nesbitt for a three with just 25 seconds remaining that brought KC within a point, but the Golden Eagles would close the game out at the free throw line.

STATS TO NOTE

Tonight marked the first time all season that Kansas City allowed more than 90 points.
Gilyard finished with 29 points, his sixth game of the season with 28-or-more.
After forcing ORU into nine turnovers in the first half, the Roos forced just one Golden Eagle turnover in the second frame.
Nesbitt pulled down 13 rebounds, besting his previous career-high of 12.
The Roos finished with a 1.6% better field goal percentage than Oral Roberts, marking the first time in 14 games this year that KC lost despite outshooting their opponent.

UP NEXT
The Roos remain on the road next week, taking on North Dakota on Thursday at 7 p.m., followed by North Dakota State on Saturday at 1 p.m.