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ORAL ROBERTS 89, OAKLAND 80

Athletics Center O'rena (2,185 attendance)

Rochester, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (8-9, 2-3 Summit League)
â-ª Oral Roberts snapped OU's 31-game home court winning streak

â-ª OU's 31 consecutive home league wins ranks No. 2 in Summit League history behind ORU's 35 (2004-08)

â-ª The Golden Eagles snapped a 6-game losing streak to the Golden Grizzlies tonight and lead the overall series 17-13

â-ª The Black and Gold have dropped 5 straight games on the season

â-ª The last time OU lost 5 consecutive games was 2004-05 when they started the season 0-7

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies went on to capture the league tournament title that season as a No. 7 seed

â-ª Oakland scored a season-low 26 points in the first half and trailed 32-26

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies shot just 39% in the opening 20 minutes, 2 of 8 from 3-point range (25%)

â-ª The Grizzlies are 1-8 this season when trailing at halftime

â-ª ORU began the second half 7 of 8 from the floor and 4 of 4 from behind the arc to take a 15-point lead

â-ª The Golden Eagles shot a season-best 69% from 3-point range (11-16)

â-ª ORU becomes the 2^nd team in 3 games to shoot better than 60% from the floor, finishing at 67% (34-51)

â-ª The Grizzlies committed a season-low tying 7 turnovers in the game (Grambling State, 7 turnovers)

â-ª Oakland is 5-3 at home this season

â-ª The 3 losses at home is the most since 2007-08 when the Grizzlies went 11-4

â-ª With Travis Bader's 3-pointer in the first half (8:06), Oakland extends its streak to 717 consecutive games with at least one trey made - 7^th-longest streak in the country

â-ª ORU's Dominique Morrison is 11-for-19 from beyond the arc in his last 4 games vs. OU

â-ª Oakland is 118-36 vs. Mid-Major opponents since the 2006-07 season; 7-5 this year

PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Travis Bader

â-ª Ended a 0-for-9 streak from 3 by going 3-for-6 tonight

â-ª Finished with 16 points

â-ª Reached double figures for the 11^th time this season

â-ª Has made at least 1 3-pointer in 46 of 52 career games

â-ª Pushes his career total to 138 treys made, 8 shy of 10^th all-time in school history

Sophomore Ryan Bass

â-ª Dished out a season-high 5 assists

â-ª Matched his career high in assists

â-ª Went 3 of 7 from the floor to score 6 points

â-ª Posted his first-ever block on his career

Senior Reggie Hamilton

â-ª Scored a game-high 28 points

â-ª Has made 21 consecutive free throws, 6 of 6 tonight

â-ª Moved in to 22^nd on the all-time scoring list inside The Summit League with 1,637 points

â-ª Matched his career-high with 6 steals tonight, most this season

â-ª Had 5 assists and no turnovers

â-ª First turnover free game of the season

â-ª Advanced in to a T13 on all-time league assists list with 439

â-ª Has reached 20 or more points in 6 consecutive games

â-ª Scored 20 or more in 10 games this season

â-ª Has reached double figures in 21 consecutive games

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

â-ª Made his 50^th consecutive start

Freshman Corey Petros

â-ª Tallied 10 points to reach double figures for the 9^th time this season

â-ª 2^nd consecutive game with at least 10 points

â-ª Finished 0-for-6 from the foul line

Junior Drew Valentine

â-ª Posted 14 points and a team-high 6 rebounds

â-ª Reached double figures for the 12^th time this season, 2^nd straight game

â-ª Went a perfect 4-for-4 from the foul line

â-ª Set a career-high 40 minutes played in league play

â-ª 2^nd time in his career and this season he has played all 40 minutes (at Valparaiso, 12/17)

â-ª Tied a career-high 1 blocked shot, 1^st one in league play

â-ª Is the 4^th time this season he has led OU on the boards (2-2 record when that happens)