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STRONG SECOND HALF LIFTS OAKLAND OVER MANHATTAN 75-61

Dec. 6, 2013

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ROCHESTER, Mich. - Kim Bee tallied a double-double with a career-high 18 points, while Amy Carlton also scored a career-best with 16 points as the Oakland women's basketball team (2-6) defeated Manhattan (1-6), 75-61, Friday night in the Athletics Center O'rena. OU improves to 2-3 inside the O'rena this season.

"This was a great win as any win is a great win," said head coach Jeff Tungate. "I thought in the first half we did a great job defensively as that was one thing we really emphasized this week. In the second half we knew we were going to hit some shots as we ran our offense and executed our offense well and got the ball inside well and that opened up shots from the outside."

Kim Bee earned her second double-double of the season shooting 7-of-13 from the floor and grabbed 11 rebounds. Carlton hit a team-best four 3-pointers in the game and Olivia Nash added 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting including two triples.

Oakland led 28-23 at the half but trailed by as many as five points before going on a 16-5 run at the end of the opening half. Nash led the Golden Grizzlies with seven point in the half as Bee and Elena Popkey added six points. OU forced 11 turnovers in the first 20 minutes of action and scored 17 points off the turnovers.

The Grizzlies came out on fire in the second half as they went on a 24-8 run to start the half and led by as many as 19 points. Carlton scored all 16 of her points in the second half and Bee added 12 as OU outscored MU 47-38 to close the game. Oakland was also a perfect 9-for-9 from the free throw line in the second half. Oakland's bench outscored Manhattan's 30-12 in the game and OU won the rebounding battle 41-39.

Manhattan's Kayla Grimme led the Jaspers with 16 points and 10 rebounds while Allison Skrec and Nicole Isaacs each added 12 points.

Oakland will have nine days off before returning to the court on Dec. 15 to face No. 25 Michigan State at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich.

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