Rochester, Mich. -- Sophomore Velissa Vaughn tied a career-high with 17 points and junior Heather Karner added 16 points but Oakland shot an impressive 54 percent from the field en route to an 81-57 victory over the Youngstown State women's basketball team on Tuesday evening at the Athletics Center O'rena.

The Penguins fall to 6-15 overall while Oakland won its eighth straight game and improves to 12-10.

Trailing by as many as 13, 32-19, late in the first half, the Penguins used a 13-4 run over three-and-a-half minute span to slice the Oakland edge to just three, 36-33, after a Monique Godfrey 3-pointer at the 1:47 mark.

Oakland, though, scored the last four points of the half to take a seven-point lead, 40-33, into the lockerroom.

Oakland , which out-rebounded the Penguins, 47-18, shot 62.1 percent from the field in the second half and began the stanza with a 15-6 run to jump out to a 16 point lead, 55-39, with 13:03 left.

The Penguins visit Detroit, Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. at Calihan Hall.