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Article: Leathernecks no cakewalk: Western Illinois has upset ORU twice in two seasons.
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- Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)
- Article date:
- January 4, 2007
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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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Article: Eagles down Leathernecks: ORU 65, Western Illinois ...
Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK);
January 5, 2007 ;
700+ words
... ... center swatted almost every shot that Western Illinois didn't miss on its own power Thursday ... Eagles coasted to a 65-46 win at the Mabee Center in both teams' Mid-Continent Conference ... Saturday. The Crusaders will visit the Mabee Center for the last time before joining the ...
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