Dec. 1, 2012

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OAKLAND 73 , WESTERN MICHIGAN 70 (4OT)
Athletics Center O'rena (501 attendance)
ROCHESTER, Mich.
OAKLAND (5-2)

• Oakland is now 6-4 all-time against Western Michigan. This was the first meeting since Dec. 22, 1983
• This is the first meeting between OU and WMU in the O'rena, which opened in 1998
• OU is 42-32 against current members of the Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC)
• (Akron 3-0, Ball State 1-0, BGSU 3-5, Buffalo 3-3, CMU 12-5, EMU 7-8, Ohio 2-2, Toledo 7-3, WMU 4-6)
• OU faced two MAC teams this season (Buffalo and Western Michigan)
• Elena Popkey scored the game's first points at the 17:45 mark on a free throw
• Oakland trailed by as many as eight in the first half, but ended the half on a 7-2 scoring run
• A.J. Johnson hit back-to-back 3s early in the game and led all scorers with 9 in the first half (all 3s)
• Zakiya Minifee made her first start of the season for Oakland
• Olivia Nash picked up her second foul at the 6:09 mark of the first half and did not score in the first half
• WMU shot 40.0% from the floor and were 41.7 % (5-12) from three-point-range in the first half
• Oakland shot just 28.6% from the field and hit 37.5% (3-8) from beyond the arc
• Nash scored her first basket at the 18:33 mark of the second half and gave OU its first lead since 1-0 at the 17:00 minute mark of the first half
• The lead changed hands seven times during the second half
• WMU went on 9-0 run and led 45-36 with 8:41 to play
• Nash hit back-to-back 3s to cut it to 47-44 with 7:00 to play
• Annemarie Hamlett capped a 13-2 run for OU and put OU ahead 49-47 with 5:04 to play
• WMU did not score from the 8:00 minute mark of the second half, until the 1:01 mark of regulation
• OU did not score in the final 5:04 of overtime
• WMU scored the first 7 points in first OT, before
• From the end of regulation through the first OT Oakland did not score for 7:39
• Annemarie Hamlet snapped OU's scoreless drought with a 3 at the 2:25 mark of the first OT
• After outscoring Oakland 7-0 to start OT, WMU went scoreless for the final 2:39 of the first OT period
• Oakland had not played a double-overtime since Jan. 31, 2011 against Oral Roberts
• OU missed two one-and-one FTs in double-OT as OU was outscored 4-0 to start the second overtime
• Victoria Lipscomb hit a 3 to end OU scoreless run in double-OT with 1:16 left to play
• Elizabeth Hamlet hit one free throw with 00.9 left to tie the game at 62-62 at the end of double-OT
• OU played a triple-OT game earlier this year against Windsor in an exhibition game. OU won that game 83-81
• Both teams scored just two points each in the third overtime
• Nash picked up fifth foul with 1:12 to play in the third OT.
• Oakland had never played more than 2 overtimes in a regular season game prior to Saturday
• Olivia Nash has reached double-digits in every game this season
• Oakland took its biggest lead in any of the overtime periods on a 3 by Annemarie Hamlet to beat the shot clock to make it 69-64 with 3:40 to play in the fourth OT
• Elena Popkey missed a 3 and grabbed her own rebound with 12.8 seconds left to go and Elizabeth Hamlet scored the game-clinching free throws to seal the win
• The last overtime game for Oakland was Dec. 28, 2011 at Buffalo
• Oakland's last win in overtime came on Dec. 1, 2011 at home against UMKCThe NCAA Division I record for overtimes is five between Drexel and Northeastern Feb. 22, 2007
• Victoria Lipscombs 58 minutes played are a school record
• Four Oakland players reached double-digits
• Lipscombs six steals area new career high
• Oakland forced WMU into a season-high 24 turnovers
• The 16 steals for Oakland are the most since the 19 takeaways against Rochester College on Nov. 22, 2010
• Both teams finished with 49 rebounds. It is a new season high in rebounding for Oakland
• Annemarie Hamlet was 5-for-9 beyond the arc. She came in ranked No. 5 in the country at 3FG% at 60%
• Elizabeth Hamlet had a season-high 14 points and set a career-best in FTM going 9-of-10 at the charity stripe