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Oakland 97, Detroit 78

Athletics Center O'rena (738)

Rochester, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (11-13, 6-5 HL)

â-ª Oakland is 8-5 at home including 4-2 in league play

â-ª OU led 40-36 at the half; OU is 9-1 when leading at intermission

â-ª The 97 points is the most scored against a Division I opponent this season and 3 shy of season-high

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies outscored the Titans 37-24 in second half

â-ª OU pulled away in the second half using a 26-7 run from 14:16-6:25 to grab its largest lead of the game at 22 points

â-ª Oakland outrebounded Detroit 46-37

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

â-ª OU finished game shooting a season-high 53.7 percent (36-67) including 36.0 percent (9-25) from behind the arc.

â-ª Oakland shot 41.7 percent (15-36) in the first half but just 20.0 percent (3-15) in the first half

â-ª Detroit shot 34.1 percent (14-41) in the opening half and 42.9 percent (3-7) from long range

â-ª The Titans finished shooting 41.0 percent (32-78) including just 41.7 percent (5-12) from 3-point range

â-ª Oakland recorded 7 blocks in the opening half; finished with season-best 11 blocks

â-ª UDM held a 38-26 advantage in points in the paint

â-ª OU had six players in double-figures and each player in the game scored at least 9 points

â-ª Oakland tied a season-high with 25 assists

OU-UDM SERIES NOTES

â-ª Oakland trails 8-11

â-ª OU swept Detroit in the season series

PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Elena Popkey

â-ª Recorded 18 points

â-ª 16^th double-digit point game of the season

â-ª It is her 34^th double-figure point game of her career

â-ª Marks 7^th time leading the team in scoring

Junior Peyton Apsey

â-ª Scored career-high 16 points

â-ª Hit a career-best 4 3-pointers

â-ª Scored 14 of her 16 points in the second half

â-ª Started game 6-6 from the floor and 4-4 from long range

â-ª It is just her 2^nd double-figure scoring effort of the season

Freshman Nola Anderson

â-ª Tallied 14 points, tying a career-high

â-ª Hit a career-best 6 field goals

â-ª Marks 4^th double-figure point effort of season

â-ª It is her second consecutive game with double figure points

Senior Bethany Watterworth

â-ª Scored 15 points with season-high 7 assists

â-ª Marks her 16^th double-figure scoring game of the season

â-ª It is her 12^th straight double-figure scoring effort

â-ª Tallied 96^th career double-figure scoring game

Senior Kim Bee

â-ª Recorded 14 points and grabbed 8 rebounds

â-ª Has tallied 2 or more blocks in 17 of her 22 games played this season

â-ª Marks her 11^th double-figure scoring effort of the season

Senior Victoria Lipscomb

â-ª Scored 11 points

â-ª Second consecutive game with double-digit points

â-ª Marks 8^th time this season with double-figure points

â-ª Tied a career-high with 4 blocks

Sophomore Olivia Nash

â-ª Recorded 13 rebounds with 9 points

â-ª 10 of her 13 rebounds came in the first half