Feb. 27, 2014
Oakland 81, Cleveland State 71
Athletics Center O'rena (552)
Rochester, Mich.
OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (12-15, 7-7 HL)
â-ª Oakland played its final regular season home game and finished the year 9-6 at home including 5-2 in league play
â-ª Oakland celebrated senior night as Oakland's 3 seniors, Kim Bee, Victoria Lipscomb and Bethany Watterworth combined for 35 points and 21 rebounds
â-ª OU trailed 37-29 at the half; OU is 3-14 when trailing at intermission, with one of the wins came at Cleveland State earlier this season
â-ª Oakland outrebounded Cleveland State 51-36 and are 10-4 when doing so
â-ª 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
â-ª Oakland shot 40.6 percent (13-32) in the first half but just 14.3 percent (1-7) from 3-point range the first half
â-ª OU finished game shooting 41.2 percent (28-68) but 25.0 percent (5-20) from behind the arc.
â-ª CSU shot 43.3 percent (13-30) in the opening half including 53.8 percent (7-13) from long range
â-ª The Vikings finished shooting 37.3 percent (25-67) including 42.9 percent (12-28) from 3-point range
â-ª Cleveland State outscored Oakland 22-18 in points off of turnovers
â-ª OU lost the turnover battle 13-12; Oakland is 4-7 when doing so
â-ª The Golden Grizzlies outscored the Vikings 32-20 in the paint
OU-CSU SERIES NOTES
â-ª Oakland leads 3-0
â-ª OU swept the season series
PLAYER NOTES
Sophomore Elena Popkey
â-ª Recorded 22 points and 12 rebounds
â-ª It is her 3rd double-double of the season
â-ª Her 12 rebounds tied a career-high
â-ª Marks her 6th 20-plus point performance of the season
â-ª 19th double-digit point game of the season
â-ª It is her 37th double-figure point game of her career
Senior Bethany Watterworth
â-ª Scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds
â-ª It is her first double-double of the season
â-ª Recorded 1st 10-plus rebound performance of season
â-ª Marks her 19th double-figure scoring game of the season
â-ª It is her 15th straight double-figure scoring effort
â-ª Tallied 99th career double-figure scoring game
Senior Kim Bee
â-ª Scored 13 points
â-ª It is her 12th double-digit scoring effort
â-ª She was 1 rebound away from 5th double-double of the season
â-ª Recorded at least two blocks for the 19th time
Sophomore Olivia Nash
â-ª Scored 11 points and grabbed 7 rebounds
â-ª It is her 18th double-digit point performance of the season
