McBride leads Oral Roberts against St. Thomas

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (11-11, 5-4 Summit League) at St. Thomas Tommies (15-9, 5-4 Summit League)

7 p.m. Thursday

BOTTOM LINE: Oral Roberts takes on the Saint Thomas Tommies after Issac McBride scored 34 points in Oral Roberts' 82-76 win over the Denver Pioneers.

The Tommies are 8-2 in home games. St. Thomas has a 1-3 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Golden Eagles are 5-4 against conference opponents. Oral Roberts has a 6-6 record against opponents over .500.

St. Thomas makes 46.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.6 percentage points higher than Oral Roberts has allowed to its opponents (43.1%). Oral Roberts averages 12.5 more points per game (76.1) than St. Thomas allows (63.6).

TOP PERFORMERS: Parker Bjorklund is shooting 47.5% and averaging 13.8 points for the Tommies. Raheem Anthony is averaging 15.3 points over the last 10 games for St. Thomas.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tommies: 6-4, averaging 73.4 points, 28.4 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 6.6 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.9 points per game.

Golden Eagles: 6-4, averaging 79.6 points, 33.5 rebounds, 10.5 assists, 5.0 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 47.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.2 points.

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