Article: Defensive stops fuel Ogunoye: The forward logs plenty of minutes, but defense is his primary focus.

Byline: Mike Brown

Feb. 15--Yemi Ogunoye shoots less frequently than almost any player in the Mid-Continent Conference -- barely over two attempts per game.

"People tell me I have nice form and ought to shoot it more, but that's not what I'm looking to do," the Oral Roberts junior said. "I'm looking to play defense and get my teammates the ball." Ogunoye's 2.4 scoring average is the lowest in the league among men who have started at least half their team's games. But scoring isn't his priority.

His role is to make sure the other team's offensive star doesn't explode like an atomic bomb. The forward's defense is one reason the Eagles sit ...

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