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WESTERN MICHIGAN 91, OAKLAND 76

DECEMBER 23, 2011

ATHLETICS CENTER O'rena (3,415 attendance)

ROCHESTER, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (8-6)

â-ª The last time OU lost 2 home games in the same month was the 2005-06 season; Lost to Southern Utah (1/9/06) and Centenary (1/21/06)

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies had not lost 2 home games in the same season since 2007-08

â-ª Tonight's 15-point loss is the worst defeat at home since Duquesne beat Oakland 92-77 (11/20/07), a span of 48 games

â-ª Reggie Hamilton scored 16 straight points for OU in the 2^nd half, bringing the Grizzlies within 10 points, 81-71 (3:47)

â-ª OU shot just 54.5% from the free-throw line (12-22)

â-ª The Grizzlies came in to the game shooting 75.7%, 17^th in the country

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 118-33 vs. Mid-Majors (.781 winning percentage) since the 2006-07 season

â-ª OU is 7-2 this season vs. Mid-Majors

â-ª The starting lineup of Bader, Hamilton, Lucas-Perry, Petros and Valentine fall to 0-2 this season

â-ª The Grizzlies are 18-40 all-time vs. MAC opponents

â-ª Western Michigan had 12 second-chance points in the 1^st half to build an 18-point lead at halftime, 45-27

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 1-5 this season when trailing at the break

â-ª WMU snapped a 2-game losing streak to Oakland and leads the overall series 5-2

â-ª With Travis Bader's 3-pointer in the first half (17:06), Oakland extends its streak to 714 consecutive games with at least one trey made - 7^th-longest streak in the country

â-ª Oakland is No. 19 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll

PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Joey Asbury

â-ª Made his first career 3-pointer

â-ª Scored a career-high 3 points

Sophomore Travis Bader

â-ª Finished with 17 points, reaching double figures for the 2^nd straight time

â-ª Has been in double figures 9 times this season, 29 in his career

â-ª Went 5 of 11 from behind the arc

â-ª Is the 3^rd time this season he has made 5 or more 3-pointers (12^th in his career)

â-ª Made at least 1 3-pointer in 45 of 49 career games

Senior Reggie Hamilton

â-ª Scored a game-high 27 points

â-ª Has reached 20 or more points in 3 consecutive games

â-ª In 7 games this season he has gone for 20 or more

â-ª Posted 16 straight points for Oakland in 2^nd half

â-ª Made 9 of 11 free throws

â-ª Dished out a game-high 7 assists

â-ª Moves in to a tie for 15^th all-time in Summit League history with 426 assists

â-ª Has reached double figures in 18 consecutive games

â-ª 78^th time in his career he has reached double figures

â-ª Is the only OU player to reach double figures in every game this season

â-ª Made his 47^th consecutive start

Senior Laval Lucas-Perry

â-ª Made his 2^nd straight start

â-ª Scored 8 points on 3 of 7 shooting, 1 of 3 from beyond the arc

â-ª Dished out 2 assists

Freshman Corey Petros

â-ª Scored for the first time in 2 games

â-ª Tallied 5 points and a game-high 9 rebounds

Freshman Kyle Sikora

â-ª Had 4 points in 11 minutes

â-ª Tallied 2 rebounds and 1 blocked shot

Junior Drew Valentine

â-ª Reached double figures with 10 points

â-ª Is the 10^th time this year he has reached double figures (25^th time in his career)

â-ª Had 4 offensive rebounds and 7 total boards in the game

â-ª Career-high 9 turnovers

â-ª Matched his career-high with 1 blocked shot (5^th time in his career)