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Oakland 59, Eastern Michigan 57

Convocation Center (830 attendance)

Ypsilanti, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (5-8)

â-ª Oakland snapped a 5-game road losing streak

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies ended Eastern Michigan's 6-game home court winning streak

â-ª The 59 points scored is the most the Eagles have allowed at home this season

â-ª The last time OU won a game when it did not reach 60 points was a 56-53 win over Chicago State (3/7/05) in the semifinals of the 2005 Mid-Con tournament; The Grizzlies defeated ORU in the title game that season

â-ª Oakland is 3-0 this season in games decided by 3 or less

â-ª Head Coach Greg Kampe picked up his 495^th win today

â-ª The win this afternoon was the 680^th all-time in school history

â-ª The Grizzlies led by 8 at halftime, 29-21; OU is 5-3 this season when leading at the break

â-ª Oakland led by 14 points in the 2^nd half, 43-29 (12:52)

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies shot less than 40% from the floor for the 5^th time this season; 2-3 in those games

â-ª Oakland shot a season-low 58% (18-31) from the free-throw line

â-ª The Black and Gold have gotten to the line more than their opponents in 10 games (Same at WMU and Tennessee, less at Pitt); 31-21 tonight against EMU

â-ª OU is 89-32 (.736) vs. mid-major opponents since 2008-09 season (3-4 this year)

â-ª With Ryan Bass' 3-pointer in the 1^st half (19:41), OU extends its streak to 749 straight games with at least 1 triple; 7^th-longest streak in the country

â-ª The Grizzlies are 11-5 in their last 16 games vs. MAC opponents (17-21 in the D-I era)

â-ª Oakland is 680-614 all-time in 46 seasons

OU-EMU SERIES NOTES

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies lead the series 4-1 in the Division I era

â-ª OU is 3-0 all-time inside the Convocation Center

â-ª Oakland trails the all-time series 7-5

PLAYER NOTES

Junior Travis Bader

â-ª Leads the country with 53 3-pointers made; Went 5 of 13 today

â-ª Shooting 46% (25-54) from beyond the arc in last 5 games

â-ª With his 21 points tonight, reached double figures for the 7^th straight game

â-ª Recorded double-digit points in 12 of 13 games this season

â-ª Moved into 25^th all-time on the OU scoring list with 1,202 points

â-ª Posted double figures in 26 of his last 28 games

â-ª Made at least 1 three in 33 consecutive games

â-ª Last time he did not make a 3-pointer was at South Dakota State (12/30/11)

â-ª Tallied at least one 3-pointer in 78 of 84 career games

Junior Ryan Bass

â-ª Made the game-winning jumper with 1.6 second left

â-ª Scored 9 points in the game, including the final 4 for the Grizzlies

â-ª Dished out a team-best 4 assists in 29 minutes

â-ª Went a perfect 4-for-4 from the charity stripe (3^rd time this season)

â-ª Made both free throws with OU up 1 and 29 seconds left

Junior Raphael Carter

â-ª Played despite over 100 degree tempature

â-ª Gave Oakland 11 tough minutes off the bench

â-ª Scored 8 points and grabbed a career-best 6 rebounds

â-ª Matched his career-best with 1 steal

â-ª Made a career-high 2 free throws on 5 attempts

â-ª Finished 3 of 4 from the floor

â-ª Slammed in his team-best 6^th dunk of the season

â-ª Led OU with 4 offensive rebounds

â-ª Put the Grizzlies up 3 with 1:37 left in the game with a nice offensive board and dunk

Junior Duke Mondy

â-ª Had a game-high 6 steals

â-ª 7^th time this season with 3 or more steals (19^th in his career)

â-ª Tallied 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 34 minutes

â-ª Has 39 assists and 18 turnovers in his last 8 games

Sophomore Corey Petros

â-ª Grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds

â-ª The 11 defensive rebounds was the 2^nd-most in his career (12 vs. Ohio last season)

â-ª Went 0-for-3 from the floor and 3 of 8 from the free-throw line

â-ª First time in 25 straight games he has not made a field goal

â-ª Only the 4^th time in his career he has failed to make a basket in a game

Senior Drew Valentine

â-ª Fouled out with 23.2 seconds left

â-ª 5^th time this year he has fouled out

â-ª Finished with 9 points and 7 rebounds in 34 minutes

Sophomore Dante Williams

â-ª Scored for just the 2^nd time in 5 games

â-ª Posted 3 points and 3 rebounds in 8 minutes

â-ª Went 1-for-3 from the floor and 1-for-2 from the free-throw line