Feb. 7, 2011
Recap | Box Score
OAKLAND 56, WESTERN ILLINOIS 47
WASTE MANAGEMENT COURT AT WESTERN HALL (194 attendance)
MACOMB, ILL.
OAKLAND (16-8, 10-3 Summit)
- Oakland leads the all-time series with Western Illinois 19-8 with a 5-6 record on the road against the Fighting Leathernecks.
- Oakland failed to score for the first 3:16 of the game as Western Illinois jumped out to a 5-0 lead.
- Brittany Carnago blocked four shots to claim third place on Oakland's career blocked shot list with 184. She currently ranks first in The Summit League and 10th in the nation for blocked shots per game this season.
- With 17 points, Bethany Watterworth has now tallied double-digits in 23 of 24 games this season.
- Oakland started the game shooting 2-for-21 (9.5 percent) from the field. Trailing 17-6 before a 10-0 run started by a pair of baskets by Zakiya Minifee. OU shot 6-for-11 (54.5 percent) to finish the half.
- OU failed to score a field goal for 8:03 in the first half, going from the 13:53 mark to the 5:50 mark between buckets in the first half.
- Oakland held Western Illinois scoreless for a 7:20 stretch from the 8:12 to the 0:52 mark of the first half to turn the tables on the Fighting Leathernecks with a 12-4 run to end the half.
- Oakland was down 21-18 at the half.
- The Golden Grizzlies tied the game at 26-26 with 16:48 to play on back-to-back baskets by Brittany Carnago.
- Oakland took its first lead of the game 33-32 on a pair of free throws with 13:00 to play in the second half.
- Sharise Calhoun scored her 10th point at the 5:51 mark to send OU on a 7-0 run. The Golden Grizzlies never trailed again
- The Golden Grizzlies move over .500 on the road with a 7-6 away record this season.
- Oakland remains tied for second place in The Summit League with IPFW. OU and IPFW meet on Saturday at the O'rena.
- Oakland, the No. 5 team in the nation for fewest fouls committed, the Golden Grizzlies fouled just seven times, as WIU was just 1-of-2 from the free-throw line and did not attempt a free throw in the second half.
- After shooting 25 percent from the field in the first half, Oakland shot 50 percent from the floor in the second half.
