Feb. 4, 2012

Recap | Box Score

WESTERN ILLINOIS 86, OAKLAND 53
WASTE MANAGEMENT COURT (734 attendance)
MACOMB, Ill.
OAKLAND (10-11, 6-6 Summit League)

· Bethany Watterworth scored 25 points, with 15 coming in the second half.
· OU is 21-9 all-time against Western Illinois.
· The Golden Grizzlies are 6-7 all-time in games played on Waste Management Court.
· Sharise Calhoun scored Oakland's first basket of the game, she had OU's first four points of the game.
· Oakland is now 2-4 in road league games this season.
· Watterworth hit 3 free throws to move into 8th all-time in career made free throws at OU with 279.
· The Black & Gold did not allow WIU to attempt a free throw in the first half. Holding an opponent without a fist-half free throw attempt for the second consecutive game.
· Jenna Bachrouche scored a career-high 14 points and a career-high 5 rebounds
· The 86 points scored by the Leathernecks are a season-high for an OU opponent.
· Oakland did not hit a 3-pointer for the second time this season.
· Oakland allowed a season-high 15 3-pointers
· OU has used six different starting lineups this season, including five different starting lineups in the previous seven games.
· The 23-point halftime deficit was the largest of the season for Oakland, the Golden Grizzlies are 2-9 this season when trailing at the half.
· The 44 points allowed in a half are the most of any opponent this season, WIU had held the previous mark, after scoring 40 at the O'rena earlier this season.
· The Leathernecks have scored over 40 points in three of four halves against OU this season .
· Oakland did not block a shot in the game for the first time all season.
· Oakland played without the OU career blocked shots leader Brittany Carnago who missed the game due to illness, but is expected to rejoin the team.
· WIU hit eight 3-pointers in the first half, which tied a season-high for OU, which also happened in a win over UMKC.
· It is the first time a team has shot better than 50 from the floor against Oakland this season