Recap | Box Score
OAKLAND 89, UMKC 56
SWINNEY RECREATION CENTER (1,112 attendance)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.
OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (16-14, 10-7)
â-ª The 33-point win is the 3rd-largest margin of victory for OU in Summit League play (defeated Southern Utah by 46 pts, 1/16/10, and Centenary by 38 pts, 1/9/10)
â-ª Oakland is on a 4-game league winning streak
â-ª The Golden Grizzlies have won 12 straight against UMKC
â-ª OU leads the all-time series with the Kangaroos, 25-6
â-ª The Grizzlies held the 'Roos to just 4 of 27 shooting in the first half (14.8%)
â-ª The Black and Gold led by 35 points at halftime, 50-15
â-ª The 35-point lead at halftime is the largest in program history in Summit League play (Led SUU by 29 pts, 50-21, on 1/16/10)
â-ª OU is 14-3 this season when leading at the half
â-ª Oakland is 14-2 this season when holding its opponents to under 50% shooting, 32.8% tonight
â-ª The Grizzlies made a season-high 31 free throws and are 10-2 when scoring 20 or more from the foul line
â-ª The Black and Gold won the battle of the glass, 42-27
â-ª OU improves to 6-1 this season in league play when they outrebound its opponent
â-ª Oakland shot 45.5% from three and improve to 9-2 when shooting better than 40% from long range
â-ª The Golden Grizzlies reached 10 league wins for the 6th straight season
â-ª The Grizzlies have won 28 straight league games from Feb. 6-March 9, since 2008
â-ª OU went with its 8th different starting lineup tonight; Bader, Bass, Hamilton, Sikora, Valentine
â-ª With Reggie Hamilton's 3-pointer in the first half (19:29), Oakland extends its streak to 730 consecutive games with at least one trey made - 7th-longest streak in the country
PLAYER NOTES
Sophomore Travis Bader
â-ª Tallied 14 points to reach double figures for the 10th consecutive game
â-ª Has 22 double-figure scoring games this season
â-ª With his 3 treys, moves in to 3rd in single-season school history with 98
â-ª Ranks 8th in Summit League single-season history in threes made in a season
â-ª Has 39 threes in last 8 games (4.9 per game)
â-ª Converted at least one 3-pointer in 59 of 65 career games
â-ª Made his 18th start of the season, 1st in 14 games (6th start in league play)
Senior Reggie Hamilton
â-ª Broke the single-season school record with 759 points
â-ª Is just 7 points shy of tying Summit League single-season record
â-ª Set a new single-season record in free-throws made with 212
â-ª His 18-for-22 performance were both career highs from the foul line
â-ª The 18 free-throws made is T2 in single-game school history with Jason Rozycki vs. Wright State (12/27/00)
â-ª The 22 free-throws attempted ranks 2nd all-time in school history
â-ª His performance from the charity stripe is T5 in league history
â-ª Recorded his record-tying 13th 30-point game of the season, finishing with 31 tonight
â-ª Has scored 30 or more points in 5 straight games and 6 of 7
â-ª Went over 2,000 points for his career (2,002)
â-ª Grabbed a season-high 7 rebounds and dished out 7 assists
â-ª Moved past former OU great Mychal Covington (1998-02) in to 7th on The Summit League all-time assists list with 516
â-ª Finished 3-for-4 from behind the arc and advanced to T12 all-time in league history with 252
â-ª Tallied 3 steals to push his season total to 62, 6th-best in school history
â-ª Has reached double figures in 34 consecutive games
â-ª Is the only OU player to reach double figures in every game this season
â-ª Made his 64th consecutive start
Senior Laval Lucas-Perry
â-ª Made a career-high tying 4 threes, finishing 4-for-4 tonight
â-ª Tallied 17 points and dished out 2 assists
â-ª Grabbed 7 rebounds
â-ª OU improves to 5-0 this season when he grabs 7 or more rebounds
Freshman Matt Poches
â-ª Recorded his second field goal of the season, going 1-for-3
â-ª Finished with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal
â-ª Played in a career-high 23 minutes