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Oldenburg Leads Women's Basketball Past Pacific
11/26/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Nov. 26, 1999
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Lisa Oldenburg tallied 42 points, an all-time Marquette high against a Division I foe, as the Marquette women's basketball team got past a feisty Pacific squad 86-81 in overtime in the first game of the OSU Classic in Gill Coliseum this evening. The 42 points was also a tournament record and it helped the Golden Eagles improve to 2-1 on the young season. Pacific falls to 1-1.
"Lisa was just outstanding for us tonight," Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell said. "Obviously the 42 points is huge, but her all-around game was just as impressive. She's a senior captain and she looked like one tonight. She kept her composure when we were down and kept the team's spirits up. Shooting 17-21 from the field will help you think positively."
Oldenburg's career outing was almost wasted, as Marquette trailed by eight with under four minutes left. However, as they had for the entire second half, the Golden Eagles turned up the defensive intensity, holding Pacific to one point in the last 3:55. Oldenburg's traditional three-point play actually put Marquette up one with 35 seconds left, but Dolinda Meeker made the first of two free throws to knot the score. Kiesha Oliver's running one-hander in the lane as the clock expired was long, sending the teams to the extra session.
"As I've said before, we've got an experienced squad that knows what to do in pressure situations," Mitchell said. "I'm not saying we were looking forward to overtime, but we knew whar we had to do and we buckled down and did it."
The Golden Eagles showed that experience in the overtime, going 5-6 from the field and 7-8 from the line. Sophomore point Kristi Johnson drilled a three and went 3-4 from the charity stripe and Abbie Willenborg and Oldenburg combined to go 4-4 from the line. Oldenburg had eight of her 42 in the extra session to counter some late three-point bombing from Selana Ho and Eden Palacio.
"This was a thrilling Division I basketball game,S Mitchell said. RIt's a shame someone had to lose. Lisa had the big game for 's, but we earned the win with a total team effort."
As with the first half of Marquette's Monday loss at Drake, the Golden Eagles squandered several early leads in the first half. After taking a 19-10 lead behind the hot hand of Oldenburg midway through the opening frame, MU saw the Tigers go on a 29-15 run to close the half. Pacific got hot in the latter ten minutes of the half, with seniors Chante Guggia and Palacio leading the way with 10 and nine points, respectively. Oldenburg paced the Golden Eagles with 14 points and four boards.
Oldenburg scored 24 of Marquette's final 38 points, but fell one point short of Marquette's all-time career mark. Marquette's all-time leading scorer, Julie Sievers, tallied 43 points against Carthage College on Feb. 22, 1983. Oldenburg also grabbed three rebounds and had two blocks and two steals. Willenborg scored 12, grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and dished out a career-high six assists. Johnson had 11 points and five assists. Pacific had five players hit double figures, led by Palacio's 18 and 17 from Millie Kimpton.
In tomorrow's champiosnhip game, the Golden Eagles will face the winner of the Idaho State-Oregon State game being played later tonight. The championship contest is slated to get underway at 9 p.m. (CT).
MARQUETTE 86, PACIFIC 81 (OT)
PACIFIC (1-1)
Kimpton 6-13 5-8 17, Yarbrough 1-4 0-0 2, Guggia 4-8 0-0 10, Ho 4-16 5-5 15, Palacio 5-11 7-8 18, Luckey 0-1 0-0 0, Svensson 2-3 0-0 4, Johnson 1-1 1-2 3, Meeker 5-6 1-2 12, Clark 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28 65 19-25 81.
MARQUETTE (1-1)
Oldenburg 17-21 8-9 42, Bowman 3-12 0-0 6, Willenborg 5-12 2-2 12, Johnson 3-5 3-4 11, Oliver 2-8 0-2 4, Klug 1-1 0-0 2, Gales 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 2-2 0-0 5, Seffern 1-2 0-0 2, Zawodny 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 35-64 13-17 86.
Halftime- Pacific 39, Marquette 34. 3-point goals-Pacific 6-20 (Kimpton 0-1, Yarbrough 0-3, Guggia 2-3, Ho 2-9, Palacio 1-3, Meeker 1-1), Marquette 3-10 (Oldenburg 0-1, Bowman 0-3, Johnson 2-4, Oliver 0-1, Williams 1-1). Rebounds-Pacific 40 (Meeker 8), Marquette 36 (Willenborg 7). Assists-Pacific 21 (Meeker 6), Marquette 18 (Willenborg 6). Turnovers-Pacific 14, Marquette 13. Fouled Out-Pacific (Guggia). Total Fouls-Pacific 21, Marquette 13. Att.-TBA.
