Jan. 8, 2014

Recap | Box Score

Wright State 94, Oakland 85
Nutter Center (365)
Dayton, Ohio

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (5-9, 0-1 HL)

• Oakland played its first-ever Horizon League women's basketball game

• Oakland is 1-6 on the road

• OU is 4-3 in league openers over the past seven seasons

• WSU led 42-28 at the half; OU is 0-8 when trailing at the half

• The 94 points is the most given up by OU this season; last time Oakland gave up more than 90 points was against UCONN on Dec. 19, 2012

• The Golden Grizzlies held a 40-38 rebounding advantage

• Jeff Tungate started his 1st season as head coach of the women's program after spending the last six seasons as associate head coach for the men's team

• The Golden Grizzlies turned the ball over 19 times compared to 14 Raider turnovers; OU is 1-4 when losing the turnover battle

• Back-to-back 3-pointers by Bethany Watterworth cut the WSU lead to 7 points with 2:49 left in the game

• Oakland shot 39.3 percent (11-28), including 3-for-9 from beyond the arc in the first half

• OU finished game shooting 44.8 percent (30-67) including 37.5 percent (9-24) from behind the arc

• WSU shot 49.3 percent (33-67) from the floor and 38.1 (8-21) from 3-point range

• Wright State outscored Oakland in the paint by a 42-34 advantage and had a 28-18 points of turnover lead

OU-WSU SERIES NOTES

• WSU leads 2-1

• The home team has won each game in this series

PLAYER NOTES

Senior Bethany Watterworth

• Scored season-high 24 points

• Tallied 20-plus points for first time this season

• It is her 31st 20-plus point performance of her career

• Marks her 6th double-figure scoring game this season

• First Oakland player to hit 10 or more field goals in a game (10-of-16)

Sophomore Elena Popkey

• Scored season-best 20 points

• It is her 8th double-figure scoring effort this season

• Scored double-digit points for second consecutive game

• Marks her 4th career 20-plus point performance

Senior Kim Bee

• Scored 11 points

• Marks her 5th double-figure scoring game of the season

• Recorded 2 blocks; has at least 2 blocks in 9 of her 12 games played

• Fouled out for first time this season

Sophomore Olivia Nash

• Scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds

• Marks her 11th double-figure scoring game of the season

• Recorded her 5th double-double of the season

• Has hit at least 2 3-pointers in 12 of the 14 games this season

Junior Peyton Apsey

• Tied a career-best with 12 points

• Shot 5-of-6 from the floor

• Scored 10 of her points in the second half