March 9, 2010

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• OU has won a single-season school record 26 games this season
• The Golden Grizzlies are 20-1 in their last 21 games
• Tonight marked the fourth title game appearance in last six years (2005, '07, '09, '10)
• The Golden Grizzlies are 2-2 in championship games with titles in '05 and '10
• Oakland is 29-2 against Summit League opponents in its last 31 games
• The Grizzlies are riding a school record 11-game winning streak
• OU began the game 0-for-9 from the field (1st basket at 15:01)
• Derick Nelson scored 20 of OU's 35 first-half points; He finished the game with a career-high 36 points, which ranks second best in league tournament history and in title game history
• Grizzlies led 35-27 at halftime; 22-0 this season when leading at the break
• With Larry Wright's 3-pointer in the first half (12:54), OU extends its streak to 664 straight games with at least one trey (7th longest streak in the country)
• Keith Benson has four double-doubles in six career tournament games; His six blocks tonight ranks third in single-game tournament history
• Larry Wright made 44 consecutive free throws before missing his final attempt, going 5-for-6 tonight; He broke the school record set by senior teammate Johnathon Jones (43) earlier this season
• Oakland is 17-2 this season when Wright reaches double figures; He finished with 16
• Johnathon Jones has made a program-high 134 consecutive starts at point guard
• With his two free throws made tonight, Benson pushed his season total to 179 (3rd most in school history); He broke the single-season school records in blocks (116) and rebounds (358)
• Benson's rebound and blocked shot totals rank third all-time in single-season league history
• The Golden Grizzlies are 11-7 overall at the conference tournament

No. 2 Seed IUPUI Jaguars (24-10)

• The Jaguars lost for the first time to Oakland in the tournament (3-1)
• The loss tonight snapped a six-game winning streak
• The Jaguars have made five championship game appearances, posting a record of 1-4
• Jon Avery reached 1,000 points tonight with four; He is just the eighth player in school history to surpass 1,000 points and 500 rebounds
• The Jags are 15-9 overall at the tournament
• IUPUI is 10-4 as the No. 2 seed at the conference championship
• The No. 2 seed is 4-9 all-time vs. No. 1 seeds in title game; Last win was IUPUI over Valparaiso (66-64) in 2003
• Billy Pettiford made his 101st start tonight; He is three shy of school record set by Don Carlisle
• The Jaguars' 24 wins ranks second all-time in school history; IUPUI won 26 games in 2007-08 (26-7)
• The Jags are 3-8 this season when trailing at halftime (35-27)