Jan. 24, 2012

Recap | Box Score

OAKLAND 64 , SOUTHERN UTAH 60
CENTRUM ARENA (251 attendance)
CEDAR CITY, Utah
OAKLAND (9-9, 5-4 Summit League)

· Bethany Watterworth scored 20 points, including 16 in the second half before fouling out with 45.6 seconds left in the game.
· OU is 23-5 all-time against Southern Utah. All five losses against the Thunderbirds have come at Centrum Arena, where Oakland will end the series with a 8-5 record.
· Amy Carlton scored a career-high 12 points to help the OU bench outscore the SUU bench 14-2
· Brittany Carnago had 6 blocks giving her 254 for her career. She needs 5 more blocked shots to become the all-time leader at OU.
· Oakland is now 4-1 in the new year after suffering its first defeat in 2012.
· Brittany Carnago had Oakland's first basket of the game.
· Went on a 16-1 run from the 8:03 mark to the 1:26 mark of the second half and held SUU scoreless for over four minutes as part of an 8-0 run to tie the game
· This is Oakland's last trip to Centrum Arena for a league game, as SUU is leaving The Summit League at the end of the season for the Big Sky Conference
· Bethany Watterworth hit a 3 with just over 3 minutes left to give OU its first lead since the opening second minute of play
· Oakland improves to 2-8 this season when trailing at the half
· SUU outrebounded Oakland 21-11 in the first half, but OU won the rebound battle 33-24 in the second half
· Watterworth has scored 20 or more points eight times this season and reached double-digits in 17 of the 18 games