Nov. 25, 2012

Recap | Box Score

NIAGARA 70, OAKLAND 59
"Taps" Gallagher Center (192 attendance)
NIAGARA, N.Y.
OAKLAND (3-2)

• Oakland leads the All-Time series against Niagara 4-2, Sunday was the first meeting since Nov. 16, 2008

• 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)

• Elizabeth Hamlet opened the scoring for Oakland at the 19:06 mark of the first half

• Elena Popkey opened the game 3-for-4 from the field

• Niagara took its first lead at the 13:32 mark of the first half, 11-8 on a 3-pointer by Jess Flamm

• After knocking down a season-high eight 3-pointers against Canisius, OU started 0-for-4 from beyond the arc.

• Elizabeth Hamlet hit the first 3 of the game for OU with 4:26 left in the first half

• Popkey led all players by scoring 10 points in the first half, reaching double-digits for the third time this season

• OU went just 1-for-9 from the field and was outscored 12-2 during a seven-minute period in the first half, beginning at the 15:32 mark and ending with two Popkey free throws with 8:20 to play in the half.

• OU went 6-for-9 from the field to end the half and cut the halftime deficit to 32-28

• Victoria Lipscomb hit a 3-pointer with 2:02 to play that cut the 10-point deficit to one point at 27-26

• Oakland had 11 first-half turnovers and was outscored 13-8 in points off turnovers

• The Niagara bench outscored OU 28-8, the Black and Gold bench has been outscored in three straight games

• The largest lead for Niagara in the second half was 16 points

• Olivia Nash had 15 points and 13 rebounds to earn her fourth double-double

• Oakland has outscored opponents from the free-throw line in every game this season

• The Golden Grizzlies were 4-14 (28.6 percent) from 3-point-range, the lowest percentage of the season (next lowest is 35.3 percent