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TULSA, Okla. - Oral Roberts' freshman Warren Niles scored on a drive from the right side with 8.7 seconds left to send the Golden Eagles to a 61-60 see-saw win over IUPUI inside the Mabee Center on Saturday night. IUPUI junior Leroy Nobles missed an off balanced 15-footer at the final horn as the Jaguars lost in Tulsa for the sixth straight time.

IUPUI (18-9, 11-3 Summit) senior Robert Glenn led all scorers with 28 points and Nobles finished with 10. 

The game featured 15 lead changes, including three in the final 30 seconds as ORU closed the game with a 9-2 run. Trailing 50-48, IUPUI's Jon Avery broke a streak of six straight scoreless possessions by driving down the right side of the lane and dropping a layup to knot the score with 5:52 left. 

From there, Glenn continued his offensive brilliance, albeit in unconventional fashion. After an ORU (15-12, 10-5) turnover, Glenn splashed just his second career three from wing to break the tie. On the next possession, the 6-foot-7 senior struck again from behind the arc to make it 56-50. 

ORU's Kevin Ford and Glenn traded layups on both team's next trip, but the Jaguars' offense flatlined from there. The hosts crept within one on a Michael Craion layup with 36 seconds left and immediately applied a full-court press after a timeout. The Jags struggled to get the ball inbounds as Ken Holdman picked off the pass, setting up Craion's go-ahead bucket with 29 seconds left. 

Playing from behind, IUPUI fed the ball to Glenn who wheeled along the baseline before banking home a short jumper to make it 60-59 with 16.3 seconds left. Niles came up with the final blow though as IUPUI lost for the third time this season on a shot in the final seconds. 

"We just didn't execute late," IUPUI Head Coach Ron Hunter said. "Give them credit, they made the plays and we didn't. That's part of playing on the road though, is that you've got to execute when it counts."

Craion led ORU with 17 points and Niles finished with 12, all coming in the second half. Ford chipped in 10 points and Kyron Stokes led the Golden Eagles with nine boards and five assists.

IUPUI hit just 41.8 percent from the floor and was credited with a season-low five assists on 23 baskets. The Jags outrebounded the Golden Eagles 34-29, but allowed ORU to shoot 54 percent from the floor in the second half on its way to a 46 percent finish. 

Glenn hit 11-of-23 shots and grabbed seven boards while sophomore Alex Young was limited to eight points on just 3-of-10 shooting. Nobles grabbed a team-high eight boards but hit just 2-of-9 shots.

The game was nip-and-tuck from the outset until the Jags outscored ORU 14-7 over the final 6:27 of the first half to take a 31-24 lead to the break. Oral Roberts quickly erased the lead after an extended halftime as neither team led by more than six during the final 19-plus minutes.

IUPUI will now return home for its final homestand of the season, beginning with a Thursday, Feb. 18 meeting with UMKC in The Jungle. IUPUI will retire George Hill's #3 following the game while fans are urged to wear black as part of a BLACKOUT. Pregame coverage with Scott McCauley (play-by-play) and Jared Lux (analyst) will begin at approximately 6:50 p.m. for the evening's 7 o'clock tip.