Feb. 28, 2011
Recap | Box Score
OAKLAND 63, UMKC 61
SWINNEY ATHLETIC CENTER (411 attendance)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
OAKLAND (18-11, 12-6 Summit)
- OU leads the all-time series with UMKC 26-5 and have won the last 13 meetings in the series
- With 19 points Bethany Watterworth has now scored in double-digits in 28 of the 29 games this season
- Sharise Calhoun has reached double-digits in 12 of the last 13 games
- Oakland finishes the year tied for third in the Summit League standings. Due to tiebreakers, OU will be the No. 4 seed and play Southern Utah in the opening round of The Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Friday
- Oakland has won 693 games overall and is approaching the 700th win in school history
- Oakland remains fifth in the nation fewest fouls committed per game
- Carnago, who ranks 10th in the NCAA in blocked shots per game had one block in the game, she is now up to 188. Eighth place in The Summit league is 191 career rebounds and seventh is 192.
- The Oakland senior class has amassed a total of 81 wins over the last four seasons
- Oakland took its first lead of the game at the 5:39 mark of the first half
- UMKC led by as many as five points in the first half
- Oakland led by six in the first half, but UMKC went on a 6-0 run to tie the game at 25-25
- Bethany Watterworth hit a 3-pointer to put Oakland up 28-25 at the half
- UMKC took its first lead at 35-34 with 15:25 to play in the second half
- Watterworth hit back-to-back 3-pointers as OU went on a 11-2 run to take a 45-37 lead
- UMKC took the lead 56-54 following back-to-back 3-pointers by Kim Nezianya with 3:28 to play
- Kaycie Boyles missed two free throws with 8.1 seconds left that would have given UMKC the lead
- Anna Patritto scored 12 points. She reached double-digits for the fourth time this season and the 14th time in her career. She hit two free throws to put OU ahead 62-61 for good