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DAYTON, Ohio - Elena Popkey led the Oakland with a team-high 15 points as the Golden Grizzlies dropped a 92-66 contest to Wright State Saturday afternoon at the Nutter Center. Nola Anderson added 13 points for Oakland, who is now 11-15 overall, 5-8 in Horizon League play.

Trailing 20 at the break, Oakland's first-half deficit was too much to overcome as the Golden Grizzlies could not get within 14 points in the second half and 20 points for the game's final 13:47.

Oakland struggled to get its offense in sync early on, missing their first nine field goal attempts until Peyton Apsey's pull-up jumper with 13:40 to go in the first half to stop Wright State's 10-0 run to start the contest.

Wright State (20-7, 9-4 Horizon League) shot 51.4 percent from the field in the first half and owned a 51-31 advantage at the intermission in part to Richelle van der Keijl's 15 points. van der Keijl finished with 18 points to lead five Wright State players in double figures.

Oakland responded with seven of the first eight points out of the break, with a Sinclair Russell layup making it a 52-38 game with 18:32 to go. But Wright State came back with a 14-5 run of their own to regain momentum the rest of the way.

Beth Mahurin matched a season-high with eight points off the bench for Oakland. Russell missed a double-double with eight points to go with a team-best 10 rebounds. Popkey also had six of the team's 12 assists.

The Golden Grizzlies return to action Thursday, Feb. 26 when Oakland hosts Horizon League-leading Green Bay for a 7 p.m. contest. Oakland handed the Phoenix its lone Horizon League loss this season with a 70-67 victory Feb. 4.

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