Oral Roberts beats North Dakota State 72-65

By foxsports
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Warren Niles scored 19 points and Dominique Morrison had 18 as Oral Roberts beat North Dakota State 72-65 in the quarterfinals of the Summit League tournament on Saturday night.

Oral Roberts, the Summit's No. 2 seed, advanced to Monday's semifinals and will face the winner of Sunday's game between IUPUI and UMKC.

Niles' 3-pointer with just under a minute remaining gave the Golden Eagles (18-14) a 68-62 lead. He made four free throws to complete the scoring for Oral Roberts.

Damen Bell-Holter added 14 points and seven rebounds, tying Morrison for ORU's high for the game.

TrayVonn Wright led the Bison (14-15) with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting, including all three of his 3-point tries. He had seven rebounds for North Dakota State. Michael Tveidt had 14 points for the Bison.