March 8, 2011

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SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 61, Oakland 54
SIOUX FALLS ARENA (4071 attendance)
SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.
OAKLAND (20-12, 12-6 Summit)

• Oakland was playing in the Summit League championship game for the seventh time in 12 seasons
• Oakland is 2-5 in Summit League Championship games and has made two NCAA Tournament appearances.
• OU trails the all-time series with South Dakota State leads the all-time series 7-3 and are 2-0 in postseason play.
• The Golden Grizzlies are 0-2 against the Jackrabbits in Summit League Tournament games, both meetings have been championship games (2009, SDSU won 79-69), (2011, SDSU won 61-54)
• Oakland is 19-9 all-time at the Summit League Tournament and won the title in 2002 and 2006. Coach Beckie Francis led both of OU's championship teams and is 16-7 all-time in Summit League Tournament games.
• The host team has won six of the last seven Summit League Championship Tournaments, including three straight by SDSU in Sioux Falls. Oral Roberts was 3-for-4 as Tournament host with Oakland's 2006 title being the only break in the trend.
• Sharise Calhoun and Bethany Watterworth were named to The Summit League All-Tournament Team.
• Zakiya Minifee had a double-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds. It was her second career double-double.
• SDSU is 9-0 in The Summit League Tournament with all games being played as tournament host in Sioux Falls.
• Sharise Calhoun had 10 points and has scored in double-digits in 16 of the last 18 games.
• With 83 wins over the past four years, the Oakland senior class now has the most wins of any class in OU history.
• The Golden Grizzlies won the 2002 tournament as a No. 2 seed and the 2006 tournament as a No. 6 seed.
• With 17 points Bethany Watterworth has now scored in double-digits in 31 of the 32 games this season.
• Watterworth has scored 978 career points.
• Oakland has won 696 games overall and is approaching the 700th win in school history
• OU leads the league in scoring defense (58.9), field goal percentage (37.7) and blocked shots (4.9)
• Oakland continues to rank fifth in the nation in fewest fouls committed per game.
• Oakland and SDSU split the regular season series with OU winning 57-56 in overtime in Brookings, S.D. while SDSU won 76-52.
• Oakland's largest lead of the first half was four points. SDSU led by as many as seven points.
• Oakland was on an 8-2 run before a scoreboard malfunction caused a delay, following which SDSU went on an 11-4 run.
• South Dakota State's largest lead was 55-45 with 3:43 to play.
• Oakland hit 3s on three consecutive possessions to pull within three at 57-54 with 2:06 to go. But did not score again in the game.
• All eight Oakland players that logged minutes scored. It was the second game in a row that every OU player had at least one point.