Conway, Ark. - Central Arkansas (1-0) defeated Oral Roberts (0-1) 85-55 on Monday in the Farris Center. A 10-0 first-half run took the Bears from a 5-5 tie to a 15-5 lead, and the Bears finished with 26 points off 18 Oral Roberts turnovers.
Ty Robinson scored a career-high 29 points.
Ty Robinson's 3-pointer gave the Bears a 3-0 start before Oral Roberts tied up 5-5. The Bears then scored the next 10 points, with
Simm-Marten Saadi scoring twice around 3-pointers from
Harry Beauchamp and Robinson to build a 15-5 lead. Oral Roberts got back to 16-10, but Beauchamp hit two more 3-pointers, and
Rylie Marshall and
R.J. Young also connected from outside as the Bears moved ahead 32-23 at 7:07. The Bears added late baskets from
Luke Moore and Robinson before Robinson assisted Beauchamp's layup at the horn, sending the Bears to halftime ahead 47-31.
The Bears pushed the score to 55-33 by 15:47, with Robinson scoring at the line and in the paint before Marshall hit a transition 3-pointer off a Moore assist and Harrison Beauchamp finished a
Camarion Bead feed. Oral Roberts scored the next seven points to make it 55-40, but Robinson scored twice in the paint around a
Cole McCormick fast break layup as the Bears reached 61-40 at 12:28. Oral Roberts later moved the score to 66-50, but Saadi and Robinson hit 3-pointers, and the Bears forced four turnovers from 5:42 to 3:57 during a stretch that included a Moore jumper and a Marshall fast break layup for a 76-52 score. The Bears closed on a 9-0 run with Beauchamp's layup, Bead's two free throws, Marshall's 3-pointer and two
Isaiah Templeton free throws to finish an 85-55 win.
Ty Robinson
- 29 points
- 4/5 3-pointers made
- 9/10 free throws made
- 4 steals
Harry Beauchamp
- 15 points
- 6 field goals made
- 3 3-pointers made
Rylie Marshall
- 11 points
- 3/5 3-pointers made
- 4/6 field goals made
Luke Moore
- 6 assists
- 2 steals
- 6 points
Simm-Marten Saadi
- 7 rebounds
- 7 points
- 3 assists
Up next, the Bears head to Oxford, Miss. to take on the Ole Miss Rebels on Friday, tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
