Jan. 17, 2013

Recap | Box Score

OAKLAND 55, KANSAS CITY 46
SWINNEY RECREATION CENTER (543 attendance)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
OAKLAND (8-11, 2-4 Summit)

• Oakland is 28-7 against UMKC all-time with a 10-3 record in road games against the Kangaroos.
• The Golden Grizzlies are 2-4 in road games this season
• Victoria Lipscomb hit three 3-pointers in the first half equaling her career-high which she has hit three times in her career
• Lipscomb finished with a career-high 15 points
• After failing to get to the free-throw line in the final quarter against NDSU, Oakland was also held without a free-throw attempt in the first half against the Kangaroos
• Oakland went on a 14-2 run over a six-minute stretch in the first half
• Elena Popkey reached double-digits for the 12th time this season. She has been in double-figures in five of the last six games.
• Popkey is averaging 15 points per game in Summit League
• Oakland's first free throw came at the 10:04 mark of the second half
• Popkey had a career-high four steals and OU forced UMKC into 18 turnovers
• The Golden Grizzlies had 14 points off of turnovers
• With 192 career wins as a Summit League coach, Beckie Francisis now tied for third most in league history with former Western Illinois head coach Leslie Crane
• Lipscomb had a career-high four blocks
• Olivia Nash scored 14 of her team-high 16 points in the second half
• Nash's 16 points were a career-high and came on the strength of a career-best seven field goals
• Oakland had three players in double-digits for the second consecutive game
• After knocking down five 3s in the first half, Oakland did not hit a triple in the second half
• The Oakland bench scored two points as the starters account for 53 of the 55 points (96.4 percent)
• The Golden Grizzlies shot 48.1 percent from the field in the second half