Dec. 31, 2010

Recap | Box Score

ORAL ROBERTS 96, OAKLAND 74
MABEE CENTER (772 attendance)
TULSA OKLA.

OAKLAND (9-5, 3-0)

• The Golden Grizzlies trail the series with ORU 20-11 and are 4-9 in games played at the Mabee Center.
• Oakland started league play 3-0 for just the third time in the school's division I era. The other two 3-0 starts were 2000-01 and 2007-08. Oakland has never gone 4-0 to start league play.
• Averaging just 17 turnovers per game this season, Oakland turned the ball over 19 times in the first half. OU finished with 26 turnovers.
• Bethany Watterworth reached double-digits for the 13th time in 14 games this season.
• Watterworth's average of 19.2 points per game is second most in The Summit League and is 27th in the national rankings.
• Zakiya Minifee reached double-digits for the fourth time in five games.
• For the first time this season all of the active players on the OU roster scored in the game.
• Brittany Carnago has now blocked a shot in each of her last 10 games. With 154 career blocks, she is now just five shy of moving into a tie for ninth all-time in The Summit League.
• Malika Glover reached double-digit scoring for just the second time all season.
• Oakland was 11-for-25 on 3-pointers both were season-highs.
• OU is 3-2 in games when committing 20 turnovers or more.
• The 22 point margin of defeat equals the highest in the series between OU and ORU. ORU has won by 22 points on two other occasions.

ORAL ROBERTS (7-7, 4-0)

• Oral Roberts is now 3-2 in games played at the Mabee Center this season.
• Oral Roberts went on a 23-8 run to finish the half and led 48-34 at the intermission.
• ORU is 24th in the NCAA in made 3-pointers per game and leads The Summit League with an average of 7.5 per game. They hit 11 in the game on Friday.
• Oral Roberts starts the season 4-0 in league play for the first time since the 1986-87 season.
• Kevi Luper has now scored over 1,000 points in just her sophomore season.
• The No. 16 scoring offense in the nation, ORU scored above its average point total of 80.7 points per game.
• Kevi Luper leads The Summit League in scoring with an average of 23.5 points per game. She ranks seventh in the NCAA.