#HLWBB Weekend Recap

#HLWBB Results
Oakland 66, Chicago State 40
Cleveland State 73, Florida International 65
St. Bonaventure 68, Detroit 56
UIC 72, Miami (OH) 69
Valparaiso 79, Tennessee Tech 61
Green Bay 84, Duquesne 52
Bowling Green 60, Milwaukee 50
Wright State 70,  Southern Illinois 50
Youngstown State 70, Radford 44
Florida Atlantic 79, Cleveland State 74

Oakland Upends Chicago State in Home Opener, 66-40-- Box Score
ROCHESTER, Mich. - Olivia Nash tallied a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, while Elena Popkey and Amy Carlton each scored in double figures as Oakland defeated Chicago State, 66-40, in women's basketball action Sunday evening during the team's home opener Sunday evening. The Golden Grizzlies earn their first win of the season and move to 2-2 in its last four home-opening games.

"Anytime you can get a win you'll take it as it's important to win at home," said head coach Jeff Tungate. "We showed some signs of spurts where we played some pretty good basketball. I thought our defense in the first half was solid. Second half, the last ten minutes our intensity wasn't there on the defensive end. We didn't do a good job defending around the basket. Same thing we talked about after Central Florida, we have to make open shots, we have to make wide-open layups, wide-open jump shots if we are going to be a team that contends in this league. We just have to learn and get better and get ready for Michigan State on Wednesday." Read more

Vikings Pick Up 73-65 Victory At FIU-- Box Score
MIAMI, Fla. – The Cleveland State women's basketball team got back on the winning track Sunday afternoon, picking up a 73-65 victory at FIU in their final contest of a three-game roadswing. The Vikings now stand at 2-2 on the season, while the Panthers fall to 0-3.

Kiersten Green led the Viking offense with 18 points – 15 of which she posted during the first half. All of Green's 18 points came off three-pointers, as she went 6-for-7 from behind-the-arc. Cori Coleman and Imani Gordon also finished the game with double-digits, Coleman notching 14 points and Gordon adding 10. Read more

Second-Half Rally Not Enough For Detroit-- Box Score
DETROIT (11/22/2014) -- The University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team used a spirited second-half run to get back into the game, but it just wasn't enough as the Titans fell, 68-56, to St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon at Calihan Hall.

Senior Ellisha Crosby led the way with a season-high 16 points and five rebounds, while freshman Nicole Urbanick netted a season-best 11. Sophomore Haleigh Ristovski totaled nine points, eight rebounds and tied her career high with five assists and redshirt sophomore Rosanna Reynolds added 10 points, a season-high five assists and three steals. Read more

Women's Basketball Wins Thriller at Miami Ohio, 72-69-- Box Score
OXFORD, Ohio – The UIC women’s basketball team (3-0) remained undefeated Saturday with a 72-69 victory at Miami Ohio (1-1). The contest featured 12 ties and 16 lead changes.

The Flames are 3-0 for the first time since the 2011-12 campaign and have won seven straight games dating back to last season’s WBI Championship. The seven-game win streak is the second longest in the nation behind No. 22 Rutgers (eight), who won the 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). Read more

Crusaders Dial It Up From Deep to Defeat Tennessee Tech-- Box Score 
The Valparaiso women's basketball team continued its torrid shooting Saturday night at the Athletics-Recreation Center, and it parlayed into a 79-61 victory over Tennessee Tech.

For the second straight game, the Brown and Gold had a guard shoot 4-for-5 from three-point range. Two days after Lexi Miller (Caledonia, Mich./Caledonia) achieved the feat at Northern Illinois, senior Jessica Carr (Arcadia, Ind./Hamilton Heights) took her turn as her 16 points represented a game-high. Carr added six assists as well. Read more

Buck's Career Game Leads Green Bay to 84-52 Rout-- Box Score
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Benefitting from a career-high performance by Tesha Buck, the Green Bay women’s basketball team cruised to an 84-52 victory over Duquesne on Saturday afternoon at the Kress Center in its home opener.

The Phoenix (3-1) shot a blistering 57.1 percent (12-21) from behind the arc in the game, led by Buck’s career-high six three-pointers. Buck finished with a game-high 24 points, tying her career-best for points in a game. Read more

Panthers Can’t Ground Falcons In Second Half-- Box Score
MILWAUKEE - Despite a near-record defensive performance in the first half, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's basketball team could not close out a late lead against Bowling Green State University in falling, 60-50, Saturday at the Klotsche Center.

"It was very similar to the North Dakota game," Milwaukee head coach Kyle Rechlicz said. "We gave up way too many points in the second half. If a team punches and goes on a run, we have to learn how to punch back. We haven't gotten that mentality yet. Part of that is a lot of new faces, and part of that is just having the confidence that we are capable of winning these games." Read more

Women Pull Away from Southern Illinois-- Box Score
Up just four at the half, the Wright State women's basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 70-50 decision over Southern Illinois Saturday at the C.J. McLin Gymnasium.

Neither team had more than a five-point advantage until WSU went up 21-14 on two Breanna Stucke foul shots with 5:40 remaining in the first half.  The Raiders later held a 31-24 lead following a Tay'ler Mingo three-point play, only to see the Salukis scored five of the final seven points to only trail 33-29 at the break. Read more

Defense Strong Again as YSU Beats Radford, 70-44-- Box Score
Radford, Virginia -- The Youngstown State women's basketball team flexed its defensive muscles again on Saturday while maintaining a balanced offense in a 70-44 victory over Radford at the Dedmon Center.

The Penguins allowed just 22 points in each half and held Radford to 27.4 percent shooting in the game. They blocked eight shots, tied for the eighth-most in program history, and Latisha Walker became the first YSU player in 10 years to block six shots in a game. Read more 

Eckles Has Career-High Performance In Loss At FAU-- Box Score
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Despite a career-high performance from sophomore Alexis Eckles, the Cleveland State women's basketball team fell at Florida Atlantic Friday evening, 79-74. The loss drops the Vikings to 1-2 on the season, while Florida Atlantic improves to 2-1.

Eckles posted the first double-double of her career against FAU, notching 17 points and 11 rebounds – both team-highs. She also tallied three assists and five blocks against the Owls, with the five blocks tying for the seventh best single-game mark in program history. Read more