TULSA - Fred Oguns led the Western Illinois scoring attack for the fourth time in the last five games, this time with 15 points against Oral Roberts in an 83-66 loss to the preseason Mid-Continent Conference favorites.The Golden Eagles (8-7, 3-0) led the entire game, breaking away with an 12-1 run midway through the first half that stretched a 10-9 advantage into a 22-10 lead with 7:01 left in the half. Layups by Eliz Cepeda and Oguns, who tallied 10 of his points in the first half, cut the deficit to eight, but Oral Roberts responded with a 25-2 spurt to lead by as many as 21 before taking a 39-23 lead into the break. The Leathernecks (5-8, 1-1) were outscored by just one, 44-43, in the second half as they hit 3-of-4 from beyond the arc and 14-of-18 from the line while shooting 46 percent from the floor. They used free throws to chip away steadily at the Golden Eagles? lead early in the second period, using a 12-5 start to come within nine, 44-35, at the 15:39 mark, and then coming within seven just two minutes later. Western was held scoreless for the next 3:50, however, as ORU built its lead back to double digits.Reigning Mid-Con Player of the Year Caleb Green, one of four ORU players to score in double figures, notched 32 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field and 10-of-13 shooting from the free throw line, and grabbed 13 rebounds to keep the Golden Eagles perfect in conference play. David Jackson tallied 14 points for the Leathernecks, who were outrebounded, 44-25, and outscored, 25-8, on second-chance points. Both teams shot 44 percent from the floor and accounted for four three-pointers as Western went 4-for-8 and Oral Roberts shot 4-of-12 from long range. The Golden Eagles, however, converted 23 of their 32 free throw attempts while the Leathernecks finished 16-of-22 from the line.Postgame notes:? David Jackson?s 14 points is his highest scoring output in five games, since recording 15 against Illinois-Springfield.? Troy Okeson has knocked down at least two three-pointers in each of his last four games. ? Sean Blalock had a perfect stat line, going 2-for-2 from the floor, 1-for-1 from three-point range and 2-for-2 from the free throw line. He matched a career high with seven points and also added a rebound, two assists and a steal in nine minutes off the bench.? Eze Samuel recorded his first field goal of the season, a hook shot in the lane over Caleb Green.? The loss snapped a five-game conference winning streak.Postgame quotes from Western Illinois head coach Derek Thomas:?I told our guys that I see two main differences between us and Oral Roberts. First, they have four or five guys who are fifth-year seniors and they have four or five guys who are 220-plus pounds. And on top of that they are more hungry right now. They have a bad taste in their mouth after what happened in the tournament last year so they?re playing with a chip on their shoulders.?On cutting the deficit to seven in the second half:?I thought we were better than them in certain phases. We came out and played excellent in the first part of the second half. They are just a very big, very physical team. We made a couple of mistakes, took some bad shot selections and they had some putbacks and some hustle points to get their lead back.??We went big, but they just went bigger. So we tried to go smaller and faster and we were able to push it and get good transitions as a result. But as a result we gave up some second and third shots. Our bench did a solid job attacking the basket and that got their big guys a little tired. We were just lacking that third guy in the scoring column.?On the rebounding margin:?They?re bodies were big. Scott (Sutton) does a good job of teaching them position and how to use their bodies. We need to get more physical. We tried to do that by starting a bigger lineup.?On Eze Samuel:?He?s such a physical player and he was allowed to play that way. Unfortunately, he was the only one with the body to bang around down there with them.?On Caleb Green:?You have to give him a lot of credit. He has added a lot to his arsenal since we saw him last year. You have to bring a different aspect to your game each year. He?s added 15 pounds and now he has a 10-12 footer which he didn?t have last year. He?s just a great example of someone who takes the summer seriously and comes back a better player.?