Dec. 28, 2009

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• Jonathon Jones breaks all-time record with his 114th game started for the Golden Grizzlies
• With Larry Wright's 3-pointer at the 16:52 minute mark of the first half, the Golden Grizzlies extended their streak to 644 consecutive games with at least one trey made (7th-best streak in the country)
• Oakland is 6-3 this season when scoring first
• Keith Benson has made at least one free throw in every game this season and has a streak of 15 consecutive games and earned his 19th career double-double
• Larry Wright tied a career high with 6 3-pointers
• By going 2-2 from the free throw line, tonight Larry Wright stays perfect on the year from the charity stripe at 26-26
• With a 3-pointer at the 5:35 minute mark in the first half, Jay Thames scored his first career points as a Golden Grizzly
• The Golden Grizzlies set a season high with 59 points scored in a half and gave up the least amount of points in one half with 22; OU is 7-0 this year when leading at the break
• Career highs in points were set by Larry Wright (22), Ledrick Eackles(11) and Ilija Milutinovic (12). Season high was set by Blake Cushingberry with 11 points.
• The Golden Grizzlies set a season high from long range with 13 3-pointers
• The Golden Grizzlies snap a two-game losing streak with the win tonight
• Oakland scored over 100 points for the first time since February 28, 2009 when they defeated UMKC 100-88 in the O'Rena. It is the 102nd time in school history that OU has hit the century mark, the 67th time under Greg Kampe and the 10th time the Golden Grizzlies have scored in triple digits in the Division-I era
• OU has now won 18 of its last 19 games inside the O'Rena
• The Grizzlies improve to .500 all-time in the Division I era (174-174)

Alma College Scots (3-7)

• With the loss tonight, the Scots fall to 6-7 against Oakland all-time
• Alma has dropped three straight games to OU