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Oakland 70, Green Bay 67 - Game Notes

Feb. 4, 2015

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Oakland 70, Green Bay 67

Kress Events Center (2,075)

Green Bay, Wis.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (10-11, 4-4 Horizon League)

  • Oakland is now 4-7 on the road, including 2-1 in league play
  • The Golden Grizzlies earned just the 6th league win over the Phoenix inside the Kress Center in 16 years
  • Oakland trailed 33-29 at halftime; Oakland earns its first win of the season when trailing at intermission
  • The Golden Grizzlies are 2-2 against teams ranked in the mid-major top-25 as Green Bay came in ranked No. 3
  • The Phoenix ranked No. 18 in the RPI coming into the game, the highest ranking opponent the Golden Grizzlies have faced this season
  • Oakland won the rebounding battle 44-38 and improved to 7-1 when doing so
  • The Golden Grizzlies are 8-7 against mid-major opponents this season
  • The Golden Grizzlies shot 37 percent (24-63) for the game compared to 43 percent (26-61) only the second win when shooting a lower percentage than their opponent
  • The Golden Grizzlies won the turnover battle 14-11 but are now 8-5 when winning the turnover battle
  • Oakland was outscored 15-6 in bench points

OAKLAND-GB SERIES NOTES

  • Oakland is now 1-4 all-time against the Phoenix
  • The Golden Grizzlies are 1-2 at the Kress Center

PLAYER NOTES

Junior Olivia Nash

  • Recorded 21 points and 14 rebounds
  • Marks her 7th double-double of the season, 2nd-most in the league
  • Tallied her 5th 20-point performance this season and 6th of her career
  • Her 14 rebounds tied a season-high
  • It is her 22nd double-double of her career
  • Team leading 16th double-digit point game of the season
  • Marks her 53rd career double-digit effort
  • Tallied her 7th double-digit rebounding game of the season
  • Recorded 24th double-figure rebound game of her career

Junior Elena Popkey

  • Scored her 1,000th career point at the 13:28 mark of the second half
  • She becomes the 26th player in program history to reach 1,000 points
  • Finished with 19 points
  • Tallied 15th double-digit scoring performance of the season
  • Marks her 54th career double-figure point performance
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Players Mentioned

Elena Popkey

#3 Elena Popkey

Guard
5' 6"
Freshman
Olivia Nash

#44 Olivia Nash

Forward
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Elena Popkey

#3 Elena Popkey

5' 6"
Freshman
Guard
Olivia Nash

#44 Olivia Nash

6' 1"
Freshman
Forward