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Oakland vs. North Dakota State Postgame Notes
Oakland University
• OU's win today was Beckie Francis' 200th career win. Her career record now stands at 200-145, and she is 170-97 at Oakland.
• Today's win pushed OU's win streak to 10 games. It is the longest win streak for OU since the 2006-07 season, when the Golden Grizzlies won 12 consecutive games.
• Oakland improves to 17-2 when OU scores first.
• OU improved to 17-7 all-time in the Summit League tournament.
• Oakland has never lost a game from the No. 2 seed in the Summit League tournament.
• With her 3-point basket at the 9:07 mark in the first half, senior Jessica Pike scored the 1,442ndpoint of her career, moving past Nicole Piggott (2003-07) for 10th all-time at Oakland.
• Oakland took a 4-3 series advantage in the all-time slate with NDSU.
• At the first media timeout, Oakland held a 12-4 lead and was outshooting the Bison 66.7 percent to 16.7 percent.
• With seven steals today, April Kidd added to her season and career steals records at OU. The senior now has (99) steals this season and (248) career steals.
• Oakland opened the contest on a 24-4 run, spanning the first 12:46 of the game.
• At the third media timeout, Oakland held a 55.6 percent to 11.1 percent advantage in shooting. NDSU had committed 10 turnovers at the 7:59 mark, and OU held a 22-4 lead.
• OU held a 51.7 percent to 38.1 shooting advantage at the half, and had outrebounded NDSU 17-11 at that point.
• The Golden Grizzlies improved to 19-0 when leading at the half.
• OU held a 30-4 advantage in points off turnovers, and a 32-6 advantage in the paint.
• OU held NDSU scoreless from the 10:13 mark of the second half to the 3:54 mark, going on a 7-0 run in the process.
North Dakota State
• The Bison were without the services of junior post Jill Zaruba, who is out with injury.
• This year's appearance in The Summit League championship is the first for NDSU, who is in its first year of eligibility for NCAA tournament competition. The Bison advanced to the semifinals by virtue of a come-from-behind win over Western Illinois in the quarterfinals.
• NDSU did not attempt a single shot - field goal or free throw - between the first and second media timeouts. The Bison committed two turnovers during that time.
• NDSU did not score its 10th point of the contest until the 5:20 point of the first half on a layup by Inger Hodgson.
• After starting the game 1-for-9 from the floor, the Bison hit five of its next eight shots to pull to within 32-17 at the final media timeout of the first half (3:03 remaining).
• After committing 10 turnovers in the first 12 minutes of the game, the Bison took far better care of the ball in the latter stages of the first half, committing just one turnover down the stretch.
