Dec. 29, 2010

Recap | Box Score

OAKLAND 87, CENTENARY 58
GOLD DOME (127 attendance)

SHREVEPORT, La.

OAKLAND (9-5, 3-0 Summit)

• Oakland improves to 17-0 against Centenary all-time.
• The Golden Grizzlies are 3-0 in Summit League play this season.
• Coach Beckie Francis has led OU to a 33-6 record against Summit League opponents over the last three seasons.
• Oakland never trailed in the game, after starting with a 4-0 lead. The score was tied 12-12 with 13:27 to play, before Oakland went on an 18-7 run, leading by as many as 12 points in the first half and taking a 44-34 lead into halftime.
• Bethany Watterworth reached double-digits in the first half for the ninth time this season. Oakland is 7-2 when that occurs
• Zakiya Minifee also reached double-digits by halftime, it was the first time she had done so this year.
• Minifee finished the game with a double-double effort of 21 points and 10 rebounds, the first double-double of her career.
• Watterworth reached double-digits for the 13th time in 14 games this season. She also scored over 20 points for the ninth time this season.
• Brittany Carnago had six blocks. Currently 10th in The Summit League for career blocks she is just six rejections shy of moving into a tie for ninth best in league history.
• Oakland finished with eight blocks. The Golden Grizzlies average a league-best five blocks per game.
• The last time Brittany Carnago played at Centenary on Jan. 12, 2009, she recorded a triple-double of 14 points, 11 blocks and 10 rebounds.
• Brittany Carnago finished with 10 points, reaching double-digits for just the second time all season, both times have resulted in Oakland wins.
• Oakland started the second half on a 12-0 run.
• Four Oakland players finished in double-digits for just the second time this season. OU is 2-0 when that happens.
• Oakland has scored over 80 points three times this season, with the season high coming with 89 in overtime against Penn State.

CENTENARY (0-9, 0-3 Summit)

• The Lady Lions finished with seven players in double-figures.
• The Lady Lions are a perfect 3-0 against teams that hail from The Summit League.
• Centenary's closest loss this season was a 65-55 defeat against Southeastern Louisiana.
• The Ladies have now gone 1-20 in Summit League games over the last two seasons.
• Anne Farrell scored 11 points in the first half.
• Ashley Jackson pulled in 10 rebounds to go with eight points in the first half.
• Jackson finished with a double-double effort of 16 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Ladies in scoring and rebounding
• Farrell also reached double-figures with 15 points.