Jan. 22, 2009

Recap | Box Score | Quotes

Oakland

• Oakland has advanced to 12-9 overall and 5-3 in Summit League play
• The Golden Grizzlies are 9-2 when Erik Kangas is the leading scorer. Kangas led the squad with 33 points, which marks the first time in his career that he has had back-to-back 30-point games. The senior scored a career-high 39 against IPFW on Jan. 17.
• Kangas also tied his career-high in three-point field goals with eight.
• Kangas is now ranked second all-time on the Oakland three-point field goal list with 287. He is also now ranked sixth all-time on the Summit League three-point field goals list.
• Oakland is now 2-1 when the starting lineup consists of Will Hudson, Kangas, Johnathon Jones, Drew Maynard and Keith Benson.
• Jones had a season-high 10 assists, which led both teams.
• OU has extended their three-point streak to 615 straight games of hitting at least one trey in a game.
• The Golden Grizzlies are 9-1 when leading at the half. Tonight, OU led 33-26 at the half.
• The attendance tonight was 2,805, which is the highest at the O'Rena this season.
• Benson was just shy of a double-double with nine points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
• Oakland holds the advantage in the all-time series of these teams 17-13.
• Oakland is 9-0 when shooting 40 percent or better.

IUPUI

• IUPUI falls to 9-10 overall and 2-6 in Summit League play.
• The Jaguars have dropped their fifth straight game.
• The Jags lost 20 points on turnovers, 18 of those coming in the second half. IUPUI had 14 compared to Oakland's nine.
• The 18-point loss marks the largest league loss for the Jags this season.
• One stat column where IUPUI held the advantage was in steals. They had seven compared to Oakland's two.