Nov. 21, 2012

Recap | Box Score

OAKLAND 52, CANISIUS 51
Koessler Athletic Center (556 attendance)
BUFFALO, N.Y.

OAKLAND (3-1)

• This was the first ever meeting between Oakland and Canisius, the Golden Grizzlies are now 1-0 against the Golden Griffins
• The Golden Grizzlies are now 7-2 against current members of the Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
• OU faces three MAAC teams this season (Canisius, Niagara and Manhattan)
• The eight 3-pointers for Oakland were a season high for the team
• Olivia Nash led all players with a career-high 15 points and made a personal-best six field goals
• Nash failed to record a double-double for the first time this season, but has reached double-digit scoring in every game
• The game was tied at 48-48 with 2 minutes to play before Annemarie Hamlet hit a go-ahead layup with 1:40 to play (OU never trailed again)
• Neither team scored in each of the first six possessions (3 OU, 3 Can)
• Elizabeth Hamlet scored the first two points of the game from the free-throw line
• Oakland's first field goal came with 15:38 left in the first half on a 3 by Nash to make it 5-2
• Zakiya Minifee hit a first-half 3-pointer for her first points of the season, she scored six points in 19 minutes
• Peyton Apsey also netted her first basket of the season
• Oakland's first six field goals were 3-pointers
• Elizabeth Hamlet unleashed a 3 as the shot clock expired that went in to make it 14-7, the largest lead of the game for the Black and Gold
• Oakland's first 2-point basket came at 1:08 from Annemarie Hamlet to make it 22-20
• The score was tied 22-22 at the half.
• Oakland forced Canisius into 14 first-half turnovers; the Griffins average a MAAC best 13.3 turnovers per-game. The Golden Griffins finished the game with 22 turnovers
• Victoria Lipscomb equaled a career-high with five steals, she's the first OU player with five pilfers since she accomplished the same feat against Oral Roberts on Feb. 20, 2012
• OU was 6-for-11 (54.5 percent) from beyond the arc in the first half
• Canisius had not led since the 13:49 mark of the first half, before Jen Morabito hit a 3-pointer with 15 minutes to play in the second half
• Both benches finished with 23 points. The Golden Grizzlies are 3-0 when the bench scoring is equal or in OU's favor
• Annemarie Hamlet was in double-figures for the fourth consecutive game to start her career
• Elena Popkey had a career-best three assists
• Elizabeth Hamlet had a season-high three rebounds and four assists
• Minifee made a steal with 1:07 to play
• The Golden Grizzlies return to Western New York on Nov. 25 to take on Niagara