Oral Roberts 66, IUPUI 63

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Luke Spencer-Gardner scored 19 points Thursday night and Oral Roberts held on to beat Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis 66-63 in the Mid-Continent Conference. <br><br>The Golden Eagles (11-5,

Friday, January 17th 2003, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Luke Spencer-Gardner scored 19 points Thursday night and Oral Roberts held on to beat Indiana-Purdue-Indianapolis 66-63 in the Mid-Continent Conference.

The Golden Eagles (11-5, 2-1 Mid-Con) had a 10-point lead with just over seven minutes to play before IUPUI rallied.

Josh Atkinson scored 17, the only other ORU player in double figures. IUPUI (7-10, 1-1) had four in double figures, led by Josh Murray with 19.

The Jaguars chipped away at Oral Roberts' lead before Chris Sanders made a 3-pointer with 1:37 remaining to make it 66-63. After an ORU miss, Murray missed the front of a 1-and-1 with 47 seconds left.

Atkinson then missed two free throws with 22 seconds left, but Marcus May and Sanders missed 3-pointers in the final 15 seconds.

Both teams struggled from the foul line _ IUPUI was 11-of-22, Oral Roberts 10-of-20.

The Golden Eagles have won 11 straight at home.