Post Game Notes

Dec. 19, 2012

No. 2/2 Connecticut 97, OAKLAND 25
XL CENTER (8,325 attendance)
HARTFORD, Conn.

OAKLAND (5-6)

Oakland falls to 0-2 all-time against Connecticut
The Golden Grizzlies are now 3-19 overall against top-25 ranked squads
Elizabeth Hamlet equaled her season high with 14 points, it was one off of her career-high of 15 points
Oakland outscored UConn 7-2 at the free-throw line in the first half and 8-3 for the game, OU has outscored 9 of 11 opponents at the line this season
The Golden Grizzlies held UConn under its season average for field-goal percentage of 53.5 percent (UConn shot 50.6 percent)
Peyton Apsey had a season-high five rebounds
The Black and Gold started the second half on a 5-0 run and outscored UConn 10-9 over the first 8:05 of the second half
Oakland forced turnovers on the first two UConn possessions
OU played the game without leading scorer and rebounder Olivia Nash, who missed her third straight game
Preseason Summit League Player of the Year Bethany Watterworth also did not play
The Golden Grizzlies held the Huskie to 0-for-14 shooting from beyond the arc to start the second half after UConn was 9-of-18 from deep in the first half . The Huskies went 12-for-40 beyond the arc
The 40 3-pointers attempted were a school record for Connecticut
UConn started the game on a 14-0 run and never trailed
Shelby Herrington hit a jumper for Oakland's first points of the game at the 15:52 mark of the first half
UConn has scored 40 or more points in the first half in seven of nine games this season
The 61 points scored in the first half were a season-high for UConn and also marked the most points conceded in a half by OU this season.
The 41 field goals by UConn were the most since Ohio hit 40 on December 30, 1999

Beckie Francis Postgame Quotes:

On her team's overall performance
"I was disappointed in how we didn't handle the pressure, but I felt better that we responded better in the second half and held them to 37 percent from the floor. We had a lot of good stops; we just couldn't come up with the rebound. I felt that we did better in the second half. We didn't quit and we kept fighting."

How has having Olivia Nash out impacted your team?
"It's killed our rebounding. She is a double-double player. She is 17th in the nation in double-doubles. That really kills us. In the first six games that we played, she was getting 15 rebounds, 13 rebounds and everybody else was watching. I knew that that was going to be an issue and it was apparent."

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