ORU easily defeated North Dakota Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Conference Tournament, 96-80.  No 9 seed North Dakota had beaten No. 8 seed Denver in the first round on Friday 83-68.  No 1. seed ORU faced No. 5 seed St. Thomas (Minnesota) on Monday evening at 6 p.m.  This game is after our editorial deadline. The Tulsa Beacon will have complete coverage of all the Golden Eagles conference championship games in the next issue of the newspaper that will be out on March 16, 2023.