NEW ALBANY, Ind. – The IU Southeast women's basketball team fell to Oakland City 91-64 on Senior Day.
The score was tied 8-8 nearly halfway through the first quarter. Oakland City then used a 7-0 run to take a 15-8 lead. IU Southeast used back-to-back baskets to make it 15-12, but Oakland City responded with a 4-0 run to take a 19-12 lead. Oakland City led 21-16 after one quarter.
Oakland City opened the second quarter with a 9-0 run to extend their advantage to 30-16. IU Southeast was able to cut the Mighty Oak lead to 11, but the lead never dropped to single digits as Oakland City took a 47-32 into halftime.
Oakland City led by 14 at 55-41 halfway through the third quarter. The Mighty Oaks then used a 13-0 run to extend their lead to 68-41. Oakland City led 68-46 after three quarters.
The Mighty Oaks led by as many as 34 in the fourth quarter and would cruise to a 91-64 win.
"Very disappointed in our effort all around today," IU Southeast interim head coach Derek Sims said. "I felt like we were ready to play. The shootaround was good. I thought our preparation was good. Our attention to detail was not good. Obviously, they're a good team, but our effort didn't match theirs at all. I know they're disappointed in our play. I told them that you have bad days in life, but you can keep fighting to make it a better day. We just have to continue to get better every day with every rep. I hate that our two seniors had a bad senior night. Hopefully we learn from this and move forward in a positive direction. Brescia is a really good team. We'll need to be at our best."
IU Southeast struggled to hang on to the ball, as Oakland City forced 24 Grenadier turnovers.
Makenna Wilson led IU Southeast with 17 points. The only other Grenadier in double figures was
Grace Stapleton with 10 points.
Taylor Treat and
Karly Sweeney each had eight points, and both
Lexi Starr and
Jesse Ledgerwood had seven.
Carley Higgins grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
IU Southeast (13-11, 7-7 RSC) returns to action on the road against Brescia on Tuesday.
