March 18, 2011

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#4 SEED TEXAS 85, #13 SEED OAKLAND 81
MARCH 18, 2011
BOK CENTER
TULSA, Okla.

NO. 13 SEED OAKLAND (25-10)

• The loss snaps Oakland's 8-game winning streak as OU falls to 18-2 over its last 20 games.
• Oakland becomes The Summit League leader for points scored in a season 2,992, eclipsing the 25-year old record of 2,934 established by Cleveland State.
• The Golden Grizzlies also broke their own record set last year for most rebounds in a season pulling in 1365 this season.
• Keith Benson has now scored 1903 points and pulled in 1103 rebounds over his four year career.
• Benson moved into a tie with Jonathan Jones for most games played.
• He finishes with a school record of 371 career blocks after swatting three against Texas.
• Will Hudson played in his school record 137th game tonight; He recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
• Oakland's all-time leader in offensive rebounding, Hudson ends his career with 345 offensive boards.
• Hudson and Benson are the winningest senior class in school history with 91 wins
• Benson finishes tied for 12th all-time in Summit League in field goals made (684)
• He tallied his school single-season record 20th double-double. He has a school record 49 career double-doubles
• The 25 wins ranks second on single-season school history.
• Reggie Hamilton tallied 25 points tonight and has reached double figures in 18 of his last 19 games and scored 20+ points in five of his last six.
• The Grizzlies are 2-7 when trailing at the half this season. Today it was 38-46 at the break.
• The starting lineup of Bader, Benson, Hudson, Hamilton and Valentine are 15-2 this season.
• OU is now 1-3 in NCAA Tournament games. This is the closest margin of defeat for OU at the tournament.
• Reggie Hamilton had five assists to climb into 12th in The Summit League for most single-season assists (187)
• The Black and Gold are 50-5 versus non-BCS schools over the last 2 seasons
• 7 of OU's 10 losses have come to BCS schools, including 5 losses to nationally-ranked teams. Texas finished the year 8th.
• Six of OU's losses came against teams that made the NCAA Tournament.
• With Travis Bader's 3-pointer in the first half (17:05), Oakland extends its streak to 700. consecutive games with at least one trey, 7th longest streak in the NCAA
• Texas led by as many as 17 in the second half.
• Oakland falls to 2-27 against AP top-25 ranked opponents.
• Reggie Hamilton wears No. 23 and scored OU's 23rd point in the game. He finished with 25 points
• Greg Kampe finishes the season with 470 career victories.
• Four OU players reached double-digits: Reggie Hamilton (25), Keith Benson (15), Will Hudson (14) and Travis Bader (10)
• The Golden Grizzlies are No. 5 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, and are receiving two first-place votes
• A No. 13 seed has won in 20 of the last 27 seasons since the field expanded to 64+ teams in 1985. Moorehead State this year.
• Two No. 13 seeds have advanced in the same tournament just 3 times since 1985. The last time two No. 13 seeds advanced was 2008 (San Diego, Siena).
• This year the No. 13 seeds finished 1-3 against the No. 4 seeds.
• No. 13 seeds are 4-18 in the third round (formerly second round).
• No. 13 seeds are now 23-85 against the No. 4 seed all time.
• The Golden Grizzlies are 49-3 over their last 52 games against Summit League opponents, including the last three tournaments
• OU has won 3 Summit League tournament titles now (2005, '10, '11)
• Oakland has appeared in 5 of the last 7 Summit League Championship games, The Grizzlies are 3-2 in championship games.
• Travis Bader scored 10 points in the first half including two 3-pointers. He finished his freshman season with 94 3-pointers. He did not score in the second half.