Dec. 1, 2011

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OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (5-2)

• Oakland is riding a 30-game home court league winning streak, 3rd-best in the country
• The Golden Grizzlies are on a 6-game league winning streak; OU set a new league record last year with 20 straight wins from 2010-11
• After dropping their first 2 games of the season at Alabama and Arkansas, the Grizzlies have won 5 straight
• Oakland is a nation's-best 35-2 over the last 2-plus seasons, ahead of powerhouse Kansas (29-3) and Utah State (29-3); The Grizzlies won the last 7 league games in 2008-09 and are 42-2 in their last 44 Summit League contests
• OU is 50-3 in its last 53 games versus Summit League opponents (including last three league tournaments)
• Oakland has won 6 consecutive home league openers
• The Grizzlies are 40-2 in their last 42 games inside the O'rena (Losses to Eastern Michigan in 2009 and Valparaiso in 2010)
• The Black and Gold won the battle of the boards for the 6th consecutive game, 45-32 tonight
• The Grizzlies started the game with 3 straight 3-pointers by Travis Bader and led 18-4 (16:19)
• Tonight was the first-ever league game for South Dakota and the first match-up between the two schools; OU leads series now 1-0
• OU improved to 5-0 this season when holding a lead at halftime, 54-37 tonight
• With Travis Bader's 3-pointer in the first half (19:48), Oakland extends its streak to 707 consecutive games with at least one trey made - 7th-longest streak in the country
• The Golden Grizzlies are 54-5 against non-BCS schools since 2009 (losses to Eastern Michigan, Wright State, Valparaiso and IUPUI twice)
• OU set season highs in field goals (35), field goal percent (49%), 3-point field goal percent (42%)
• Oakland has gotten to the free-throw line 20 times or more in 5 straight games, finishing 21-for-28 tonight
• The Black and Gold reached the 80-point plateau for the 3rd straight game and have done so in 16 of their last 19 games inside the O'rena (4 straight)
• OU has won 79 games over the last three-plus seasons
• The Golden Grizzlies are currently No. 21 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll

PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Travis Bader

• Set a new career-high with 28 points
• Drained a career-best 8 3-pointers which ranks tied for 2nd for any single game in school history (9 is school record set by 3 different players, last by Calvin Wooten vs. Albany [11/9/05])
• Tallied a career-high 10 field goals on 16 attempts (tying a career high for attempts)
• Has made at least 1 3-pointer in 39 of 42 career games, including 14 straight

Senior Reggie Hamilton

• Dished out a season-high 9 assists
• He has reached double figures in 11 consecutive games with 16 tonight
• Is the only OU player to score 10 or more points in every game this season
• Had a string of 22 consecutive free-throws made snapped in 2nd half (span of 3 games)
• Made his 40th consecutive start

Junior Drew Valentine

• Season-high 18 points to go with 9 rebounds
• Attempted a career-high 15 field goals, finishing 8-for-15

Freshman Corey Petros

• Recorded his 2nd double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds
• Has grabbed 7 or more boards in every game this season and reached double-figure boards for the 5th time in 6 games
• Went a career-best 6-for-6 from the free-throw line

Senior Laval Lucas-Perry

• Went 8 of 11 from the free-throw line and finished with 8 points
• Is 31-for-38 (82 percent) from the charity stripe in last 4 games

Freshman Kyle Sikora

• Reached career highs with 9 points and 6 rebounds
• Also set career bests with 4 field goals and 1 blocked shot

Freshman Dante Williams

• Made his 3rd consecutive start
• Matched his season-high with 4 points

Sophomore Ryan Bass

• Dished out a season-high tying 2 assists
• Went 3-for-6 from the floor to finish with 6 points