By james art 
St. Thomas’s men’s basketball team came in this week in the hope of the regular season of the meeting of the meeting.
After two losses on the road, these hopes look quite dark.
Last place oral Roberts made nine out of 10 free throws in the last 25 seconds to hold St. Thomas 71-66 on Saturday in Tulsa, Okla.
St. Thomas is 1½ matches behind Nebraska Omaha, who defeated South Dakota 93-85 Saturday to win a share of the conference title. Mavericks are 12-3 in a conference game and can win it straight with a win in their last game, next Saturday at home against Oral Roberts.
Tommy (20-9, 10-4 meetings) that lost 85-80 in South Dakota on Wednesday, led by seven points at the beginning of the second half, but the golden eagles (7-20, 3-11) gathered to He takes 62-54 lead with 3 minutes left 24 seconds.
Tommy received within 62-60, with 29 seconds left before Jalen Miller made six free throws, and Isaac McBride made three, as the golden eagles ended with a losing series of four games.
For the game, the golden eagles made 18 of the 22 free throws.
Nathan Minesle scored seven of his team 17 points in the last 29 seconds to help Tommy stay close.