Article: Leathernecks no cakewalk: Western Illinois has upset ORU twice in two seasons.

Byline: Mike Brown

Jan. 4--Western Illinois isn't a basketball team Oral Roberts University is likely to take lightly -- not after the trouble the Leathernecks have caused the Golden Eagles. WIU is the only Mid-Continent Conference team to beat the Eagles each of the past two years, and almost upset them in last year's conference tournament. ORU won the tournament, but needed Ken Tutt's 29 points to subdue the Leathernecks 60-53 in a gut-churning first-round game. "We've had some pretty good battles with them and even when we've won, it seems like it's taken something special," said ORU coach Scott Sutton. "Last year in the tournament was a stressful night ...

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