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WESTERN ILLINOIS 71, OAKLAND 61

Athletics Center O'rena (2,115 attendance)

Rochester, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (8-10, 2-4 Summit League)

â-ª Oakland has now dropped 6 straight games

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies have dropped 3 straight home games for the first time since 2004-05

â-ª The 61 points scored is the 5^th-lowest output for Oakland inside the O'rena

â-ª The Black and Gold are now 0-4 this season when scoring 60-69 points

â-ª The Grizzlies had 20 turnovers and just 6 assists on 19 baskets

â-ª For the 7^th consecutive game, OU did not lead at halftime

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies and Leathernecks were tied at 33 at halftime

â-ª OU is 0-2 this season when tied at the half

â-ª The Grizzlies shot under 40% in the first half for the 5^th time in the last 6 games

â-ª The Leathernecks snapped a 10-game losing streak against the Grizzlies tonight

â-ª OU falls to 5-4 at home this season

â-ª Oakland had its 3^rd different starting lineup tonight (Ryan Bass, Reggie Hamilton, Kyle Sikora, Drew Valentine, Dante Williams)

â-ª With Drew Valentine's 3-pointer in the first half (18:32), Oakland extends its streak to 718 consecutive games with at least one trey made - 7^th-longest streak in the country

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies lead the all-time series with WIU 24-5

PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Travis Bader

â-ª Reached double figures with 13 points

â-ª 12^th time this season in double figures, 32^nd in his career

â-ª With his 4 3-pointers, is just 4 shy of 10^th all-time in school history with 142

â-ª Has made at least 1 3-pointer in 47 of 53 career games

Sophomore Ryan Bass

â-ª Made his 1^st start of his career

â-ª Went 0-for-5 from the floor

â-ª Battled foul trouble, finishing with 4 in the game

â-ª 1 assist to 4 turnovers

Senior Reggie Hamilton

â-ª Tallied 16 points and 3 assists

â-ª Has made 25 consecutive free throws, 4 of 4 tonight

â-ª Moved in to 13^th place all-time in league history with 442 assists

â-ª String of 6 straight 20-point games ended tonight

â-ª Has reached double figures in 22 consecutive games

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

â-ª Made his 51^st consecutive start

Freshman Kyle Sikora

â-ª Made his first-ever collegiate start

â-ª Scored 3 points on 1-for-1 shooting in 13 minutes

Junior Drew Valentine

â-ª Made 6 of 10 shots from the floor

â-ª Scored 15 points and grabbed 3 rebounds

â-ª Reached double figures for the 13^th time this season

â-ª Posted 28^th career double-figure game