Oakland rolls past Cleary behind Morell’s all-around effort
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (Interstat) — Milagros Morell scored 18 points and added eight rebounds, four blocks and two assists as Oakland defeated visiting Cleary 104-32 on Monday in a women’s NCAA Division I game at Athletics Center O’rena. The Golden Grizzlies improved to 1-0. Oakland led 26-5 after the first quarter and 52-19 at halftime. Alessia Reale added 20 points and four rebounds, Angie Smith had 12 points, three rebounds, three assists and one block, Makenzie Luehring scored 12 points with four assists, Samone Andrews had 13 points and Cece Bonner dished out eight assists to go with five rebounds. Layla Gold added five points and five rebounds. Oakland scored 104 points from 78 possessions with an offensive rating of 133.3, collecting 18 assists, eight blocks, five offensive rebounds and eight turnovers. Cleary, a non-divisional opponent, got early 3-pointers from Reese Williams and Karissa Cochran.