Feb. 25, 2012
Recap | Box Score
OAKLAND 84, SOUTH DAKOTA 77
FEBRUARY 25, 2012
DAKOTADOME (1,893 attendance)
VERMILLION, S.D.
OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (17-14, 11-7)
• Oakland ends the regular season on a 5-game league winning streak
• The Golden Grizzlies finished 9-3 over their final 12 league games
• OU is 5-1 over its last 6 games
• The Golden Grizzlies have won 17 or more games in 6 consecutive seasons
• The Grizzlies led 39-37 at halftime and are 15-3 this season when leading at the break
• OU has made at least 10 triples in 9 of 10 games, 14 tonight
• Oakland is 15-2 this season when holding its opponents to under 50% shooting, 45.5% tonight
• The Grizzlies have won 29 straight league games from Feb. 6-March 9, since 2008
• With Reggie Hamilton's 3-pointer in the first half (19:48), Oakland extends its streak to 731 consecutive games with at least one trey made - 7th-longest streak in the country
• OU has won both meetings against South Dakota this season, lead the series 2-0
• The Golden Grizzlies are going to be the #3 seed at The Summit League tournament
PLAYER NOTES
Sophomore Travis Bader
• Scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half
• Reached double figures for the 11th straight game
• Has 23 double-figure scoring games this season
• With his 6 treys, moves in to 2nd in single-season school history with 104
• He becomes just the 2nd player in school history (Erik Kangas twice) to reach 100 triples
• Ranks 6th in Summit League single-season history in threes made in a season
• Has 45 threes in last 9 games (5.0 per game)
• Converted at least one 3-pointer in 60 of 66 career games
• Made his 19th start of the season (7th in league play)
Senior Reggie Hamilton
• Broke The Summit League single-season scoring record with 790 points
• Broke the school record with his 14th 30-point game, 31 tonight
• Has scored 30 or more points in 6 straight games and 7 of 8
• Tallied 6 assists and 5 rebounds
• Moved in to T9th all-time in league history with 2,033 points
• Finished 5-for-9 from behind the arc and advanced to 11th all-time in league history with 257
• Has reached double figures in 35 consecutive games
• Is the only OU player to reach double figures in every game this season
• Made his 65th consecutive start
Freshman Kyle Sikora
• Scored 5 points and grabbed 3 rebounds
• Blocked 1 shot and had 1 steal
• He is averaging 7.0 points per game vs. South Dakota
Junior Drew Valentine
• Posted his 4th double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds
• 17th time this season he has tallied at least 10 points and 5 rebounds
• 30th time in his career
• Tallied 4 assists and 1 steal
