Jan. 28, 2012
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OAKLAND
(10-9, 6-4) | | 1st | 2nd | F | Oakland
| 30 | 38 | 68 | | North Dakota St. | 20 | 32 | 52 | |
| ND STATE
(7-15, 4-6) |
Postgame Press Conference | OU vs NDSU Highlights | | Stat Comparison | Oakland | North Dakota State | | Points | 68 | 52 | | FG Made-Attempted | 24-57 | 21-63 | | FG Percentage | 42.1 | 33.3 | | 3P Made-Attempted | 0-6 | 4-20 | | 3P Percentage | 0.0 | 20.0 | | FT Made-Attempted | 20-23 | 6-7 | | FT Percentage | 87.0 | 85.7 | | Rebounds | 40 | 37 | | Turnovers | 11 | 13 |
| Individual Leaders | | Stat | Oakland | North Dakota State
| | Points | Watterworth - 24 | Burich, Degangne - 12 | | Rebounds | Watterworth - 8 | Plucker - 11 | | Assists | Carnago - 5 | Linz - 7 | | Steals | Five Players - 1 | Degagne - 1 | | Blocks | Carnago - 4 | Burich - 3 |
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ROCHESTER, Mich.- With 24 points from Bethany Watterworth and 18 from Sharise Calhoun the Oakland women's basketball team (10-9, 6-4) earned a 68-52 homecoming win over Summit League foe North Dakota State (7-15, 4-6) at the Athletics Center O'rena on Saturday. Brittany Carnago also had a record-setting day as she tied the school record for career blocked shots.
"I thought we did some new things tonight, since it's the second time we've faced this team in league play," said Oakland head coach Beckie Francis. "I thought we did some new things tonight and the team adjusted to that and I'm proud of the performance of Sharise [Calhoun] and Bethany [Watterworth], who both showed some great leadership tonight."
After trailing by as many as seven points early, the Golden Grizzlies ended the first half on a 20-5 run to lead 30-20 at the intermission. Calhoun's 10 first-half points paced the OU team, which surrendered only two baskets over the final 11:18 of the half and held ND State to just 28.6 percent shooting in the period.
North Dakota State battled back to within four points early in the second half, but a three-point-play by Watterworth spurred a 13-8 run that put the game out of reach. Carnago had a game-high four blocks and led Oakland with five assists. She is now tied with Helen Shereda with 258 career blocked shots.
"Brittany Carnago gave us some great assists and our freshmen played great," added Francis.
Oakland scored 40 points in the paint and shot 42.1 percent from the field while holding NDSU to just 33.3 percent. The Golden Grizzlies also won the battle of the boards 40-37, improving to 8-4 when winning the battle of the boards. A total of 10 different players scored for OU, which failed to score a 3-pointer for the first time all season.
Janae Burich and Dani DeGagne scored 12 points each to lead North Dakota State. The Bison shot just 20 percent from beyond the arc, going 4-for-20. Abby Plucker had a game-high 11 rebounds for the Bison.
The Golden Grizzlies split the season series with NDSU after falling 78-65 earlier this season in Fargo, N.D. OU has won two straight games and five of its last six games.
Oakland will return to the O'rena on Monday to host league-leading South Dakota State at 6:30 p.m..
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