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Career Night From Parks and Ekh Pushes MSU Past Oakland
11/26/2021 6:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Forwards Parks and Ekh both get career highs in scoring in the win.
ROCHESTER, Mich. - Forwards Matilda Ekh and Taiyier Parks both set career highs in scoring, as MSU women's basketball stopped Oakland, 84-71 Friday at the Athletics Center O'rena.
Michigan State snapped a two-game losing streak, improving to 5-2 this season. Oakland falls to 2-4 with losses to both Michigan and Michigan State. The Spartans got back to their offensive scoring ways after being held under 70 points for two-straight games.
Five Spartans scored in double-figures led by senior guard Nia Clouden, who had her fourth-straight 20-point game with 23 points. Ekh added a new career-high 17 points with two blocks and two steals. Parks was close to a double-double with a career-high 16 points and eight boards, while junior guard Alyza Winston and senior forward Alisia Smith added 12 and 13 points, respectively. Freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann distributed the ball well with a career-high 10 assists, part of MSU's season-high tying 27 helpers.
Behind seven quick points from Clouden, MSU jumped out to an early 12-5 lead midway through the first period. After a pair of Parks free throws at the 4:43 mark, the Spartans held a 17-9 advantage. The Spartans took their biggest lead of the quarter 25-13 after Ekh's seventh point of the quarter.
In the second quarter, the Golden Grizzlies scored the first eight points of the period to cut the MSU lead to 27-26. A mini 5-1 run over 1:04 led to a Spartan 37-29 lead with less that three minutes left in the half. Despite shooting only 33.3 percent from the field, Michigan State was able to hold on to a 39-32 at the half. Parks was solid in the first half with eight points.
A Luchenbach bucket at the 5:11 mark of the third quarter tied it at 48-48, before a Clouden layup put MSU back on top. Michigan State ended the quarter with a 10-0 run highlighted by an Ekh trey to lead 65-51, heading into the final period. The Golden Grizzlies used the long ball to keep within distance, but MSU always had a response.
After pulling away in the third quarter, the Spartans maintained the lead in the final period. Winston scored six points in the fourth quarter, going 3-for-3. Kahlaijah Dean came to life in the fourth period with a 11 points, but it wasn't enough for the Grizzlies.
Michigan State finally returns to the friendly confines of the Breslin Center to face Marshall on Sunday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m.
Post-Game Notes vs. Oakland
Michigan State snapped a two-game losing streak, improving to 5-2 this season. Oakland falls to 2-4 with losses to both Michigan and Michigan State. The Spartans got back to their offensive scoring ways after being held under 70 points for two-straight games.
Five Spartans scored in double-figures led by senior guard Nia Clouden, who had her fourth-straight 20-point game with 23 points. Ekh added a new career-high 17 points with two blocks and two steals. Parks was close to a double-double with a career-high 16 points and eight boards, while junior guard Alyza Winston and senior forward Alisia Smith added 12 and 13 points, respectively. Freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann distributed the ball well with a career-high 10 assists, part of MSU's season-high tying 27 helpers.
Behind seven quick points from Clouden, MSU jumped out to an early 12-5 lead midway through the first period. After a pair of Parks free throws at the 4:43 mark, the Spartans held a 17-9 advantage. The Spartans took their biggest lead of the quarter 25-13 after Ekh's seventh point of the quarter.
In the second quarter, the Golden Grizzlies scored the first eight points of the period to cut the MSU lead to 27-26. A mini 5-1 run over 1:04 led to a Spartan 37-29 lead with less that three minutes left in the half. Despite shooting only 33.3 percent from the field, Michigan State was able to hold on to a 39-32 at the half. Parks was solid in the first half with eight points.
A Luchenbach bucket at the 5:11 mark of the third quarter tied it at 48-48, before a Clouden layup put MSU back on top. Michigan State ended the quarter with a 10-0 run highlighted by an Ekh trey to lead 65-51, heading into the final period. The Golden Grizzlies used the long ball to keep within distance, but MSU always had a response.
After pulling away in the third quarter, the Spartans maintained the lead in the final period. Winston scored six points in the fourth quarter, going 3-for-3. Kahlaijah Dean came to life in the fourth period with a 11 points, but it wasn't enough for the Grizzlies.
Michigan State finally returns to the friendly confines of the Breslin Center to face Marshall on Sunday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m.
Post-Game Notes vs. Oakland
- Junior forward Taiyier Parks followed her double-digit rebound performance with a career-high 16 points Friday against Oakland. This was her second double-digit scoring game of the year after scoring 11 against Niagara on Nov. 14.
- MSU returned to its scoring ways with five players in double figures, as the Spartans are now 5-0 when at least four people score in double digits.
- Senior guard Nia Clouden recorded a new season-best 23 points and four assists. She has now scored in double figures in all seven games and in 77 career games. The senior now has had four-straight 20 points games this season and 22 for her career.
- Freshman guard DeeDee Hagemann had a career-high 10 assists against the Golden Grizzlies. It was the double-digit performance for any Spartan this season.
- Michigan State went with the starting lineup of Nia Clouden, Alyza Winston, Alisia Smith, Matilda Ekh and Tamara Farquhar. Clouden with that lineup earning a 2-2 record. Winston, Ekh and Smith have started all seven games.
Team Stats
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Oak
FG%
.541
.406
3FG%
.300
.400
FT%
.706
.833
RB
37
34
TO
10
12
STL
5
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
23
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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