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Big Second Quarter Carries Women to Win at Oakland
73
Winner Wright State WSU 13-5, 5-1 HL
61
Oakland OAKLAND 9-8, 3-3 HL
Winner
Wright State WSU
13-5, 5-1 HL
73
Final
61
Oakland OAKLAND
9-8, 3-3 HL
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Wright State WSU 16 29 18 10 73
Oakland OAKLAND 9 12 19 21 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | WSU Athletic Media Relations

Big Second Quarter Carries Women to Win at Oakland

A 29-12 second quarter gave the Wright State women's basketball team a 24-point halftime lead en route to a 73-61 Horizon League victory at Oakland Monday afternoon.

After scoring the final five points of the opening period to go up 16-9, the Raider offense broke the game open over the final 7:29 of the second stanza, outscoring the Golden Grizzlies 25-8 to take a 45-21 halftime lead.  11 of those 25 points came from Mackenzie Taylor as WSU hit nine of 15 shots in the quarter, including four of six three-pointers, and made all seven free throw attempts.

STAT COMPARISON
Category WSU OU
Points 73 61
FGM-A 27-61 24-62
FG% .443 .387
3-Pt. FGM-A 8-25 3-14
3-Pt. FG% .320 .214
FTM-A 11-12 10-12
FT% .917 .833
Rebounds (O-D-Tot.) 5-25-30 14-27-41
Assists 11 12
Turnovers 13 19
Blocks 2 2
Steals 10 5
Points in Paint 36 40
Points Off Turnovers 22 8
2nd Chance Points 9 7
Fast Break Points 14 8
Bench Scoring 4 11

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Category WSU OU
Points Welch - 18 Jones - 17
Rebounds Smith - 8 Little - 12
Assists Vogelpohl - 5 Little - 4
Steals Simmons - 3 Little - 3
Blocks Welch - 2 Little - 2

Wright State shot 52 percent from the field in the first half, six of 13 from behind the arc, while Oakland shot 28 percent.

A Symone Simmons three gave the Raiders their biggest lead of the game at 48-21 early in the third period and the margin was 68-42 after another Simmons triple with 8:03 remaining in the contest before the Golden Grizzlies closed out the game with a 19-5 run.

WSU shot 44 percent for the game and hit 11 of 12 free throws while Oakland shot 39 percent and made 10 of 12 from the line.  The Raiders forced 19 turnovers while committing 13, resulting in a 22-8 differential in points off of turnovers.

For the second straight game, all five Wright State starters scored in double figures, led by Chelsea Welch's 18 and 17 from Simmons.  Taylor added 12 while Lexi Smith and Emily Vogelpohl each had 11.

Wright State (13-5, 5-1 Horizon), winners of four straight and nine of its last 10, remains on the road for two more games next weekend, taking on UIC on Friday, January 20, at 8:00 Eastern followed by Valparaiso on Sunday, January 22, at 6:00 Dayton time.

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