Nov. 27, 2009

MEDIA CENTER

ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland University men's basketball team (2-3) will host Central Arkansas (1-4) on Saturday night inside the Athletics Center O'Rena. Game time is set for 6 p.m.

GAME COVERAGE
TV: None
RADIO: WXOU-FM (88.3), Neal Ruhl (play by play), Live Stream

OAKLAND-CENTRAL ARKANSAS SERIES
The Golden Grizzlies and Bears have never met. OU is 1-1 against teams that hail from the Southland Conference playing Texas A&M-Corpus Christi twice.

GOLDEN GRIZZLIES FAST BREAK
» Oakland has made at least one 3-pointer in 635 consecutive games, 7th longest streak in the country

» The Golden Grizzlies are 15-1 in their last 16 games inside the Athletics Center O'Rena.

» OU is 2-5 when point guard Jonathon Jones leads the team in scoring dating back to 2008-09

» Jones is tied with Bryce Drew (Valparaiso) for the all-time assists lead (626) in The Summit League

» The Golden Grizzlies are 5-44 against schools that hail from BCS conferences

» Oakland could become the only Summit League school to take on the top two ranked schools in the country; No. 1 Kansas (Nov. 25) and No. 2 Michigan State (Dec. 10)

» The Golden Grizzlies are 1-18 versus top 25 teams since moving Division I in 1998-99. OU defeated No. 23/21 Oregon, 68-62, at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Dec. 22, 2007. Oakland is 0-1 versus teams that are ranked No. 1, falling to UCLA, 74-53, in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 2006

» The Golden Grizzlies received 34 of 35 first-place votes and were the league's first team to receive all but one first-place vote since Valparaiso got 21 of 22 votes in the 2001-02 preseason poll. The Crusaders lost to Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament that season 83-68 as a 13 seed in the East Region.

» OU's three first team all-league preseason selections (Keith Benson, Johnathon Jones, Derick Nelson) marked the first time since 2003-04 when the Golden Grizzlies again had three players on that team; Mike Helms, Rawle Marshall and Cortney Scott.