Oakland University

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Oakland 91, Omaha 79

Athletics Center O’rena (2,015 attendance)

Rochester, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (7-9, 2-1 Summit League)

▪ Oakland is riding a 9-game home court winning streak

▪ The Golden Grizzlies are 36-3 in their last 39 home league games

▪ OU led 50-42 at half and is 7-3 this season when leading at the break

▪ The Black and Gold led by as many as 22 in the game (7:35, 2^nd half)

▪ Oakland scored 36 points off 20 Omaha turnovers

▪ The Grizzlies shot over 50% for the second straight game (5^th time this season)

▪ All 5 starters reached double figures for the first time this season

▪ OU had 14 steals in the game, 4^th straight game with at least 10

▪ Oakland is 62-12 in its last 74 games vs. Summit League opponents

▪ OU is 91-33 (.734) vs. mid-major opponents since 2008-09 season (5-5 this year)

▪ With Travis Bader’s 3-pointer in the 1^st half (19:54), OU extends its streak to 752 straight games with at least 1 triple; 7^th-longest streak in the country

▪ Greg Kampe picked up his 497^th career win

▪ Oakland is 682-615 all-time in 46 seasons

▪ The Golden Grizzlies are 138-76 all-time in Summit League play in 14 seasons

OU-OMAHA SERIES NOTES

▪ Tonight was the first-ever meeting

▪ OU leads 1-0

PLAYER NOTES

Junior Travis Bader

▪ Finished with 19 points on 5 of 13 long-range shooting

▪ Shooting 44% (37-84) from beyond the arc in last 8 games

▪ Reached double figures in 10 straight games and 15 of 16 this season

▪ Posted double figures in 29 of his last 31 games

▪ Made at least 1 three in 36 consecutive games

▪ Last time he did not make a 3-pointer was at South Dakota State (12/30/11)

▪ Tallied at least one 3-pointer in 81 of 87 career games

Junior Ryan Bass

▪ Tallied a season-high 20 points

▪ Went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line

▪ Has made 14 consecutive free throws

▪ Shooting 53% (9-17) from long range over his last 6 games

Junior Raphael Carter

▪ Scored 6 points on 3 dunks

▪ Improved his team lead to 10 dunks

▪ Grabbed 5 rebounds in 22 minutes

Junior Duke Mondy

▪ Tied his career high with 9 assists

▪ Finished with 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting

▪ Went a season-best 3-for-4 from behind the arc

▪ Is 6-for-10 from 3 in last 2 games

▪ Has 58 assists and 30 turnovers in his last 11 games

Sophomore Corey Petros

▪ Posted 16 points and 8 rebounds

▪ Made 7 of 8 shots from the floor

▪ Went 2-for-9 from the free-throw line

▪ Shooting 38% (16-42) from the free-throw line in last 5 games

Senior Drew Valentine

▪ Tallied his 2^nd double-double of the season

▪ Finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds

▪ Dished out 5 assists

▪ Moved into 7^th all-time in school history with 119 games played

▪ Recorded at least 10 points and 5 rebounds for the 38^th time in his career