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POSTGAME NOTES - SECOND ROUND

OAKLAND 84, BUFFALO 76

MARCH 17, 2012 - ROCHESTER, MICH.

ATHLETICS CENTER O'RENA (1,685 attendance)

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (19-15)

TOURNAMENT NOTES

â-ª The Grizzlies advance to the quarterfinals for the 2^nd time

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 3-1 all-time in the CIT tournament

â-ª OU is making its 2^nd appearance (2009, '12)

â-ª Oakland is 3-0 all-time vs. MAC opponents in the CIT tournament

â-ª The Grizzlies are a perfect 3-0 at home in the tourney

SEASON NOTES

â-ª Oakland is 7-2 over its last 9 games

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies started their 9^th different lineup today (Bader, Bass, Hamilton, Petros and Valentine)

â-ª Oakland outscored Buffalo 15-2 over a 4-minute stretch to take the lead in the first half

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies led 46-44 at the half

â-ª OU is 17-3 this season when leading at halftime

â-ª The Black and Gold made 12 of 27 threes in the contest, 44.4%

â-ª Oakland has made 10 or more threes in 6 straight games, 12 of 13

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 12-3 this season when shooting better than 40% from three

â-ª OU held UB to 49.2% shooting and improves to 17-3 when holding its opponent to less than 50% shooting

â-ª Oakland outscored the Bulls 20-2 from the free-throw line

â-ª The Grizzlies are 11-2 this season when scoring 20 or more at the foul line

â-ª With the win, Oakland improves to 129-42 vs. Mid-Major opponents since 2006

â-ª OU reached 80 points for the 5^th straight time and 18^th time this year

â-ª Oakland has scored 2,717 points this season, 4^th in school and league history

â-ª The 318 treys made ranks 3^rd all-time in school history; Summit League record

â-ª OU has made 605 free throws this season, 2^nd all-time in program history, 5^th in league history

â-ª With Ryan Bass' 3-pointer in the first half (14:28), Oakland extends its streak to 734 consecutive games with at least one trey made - 7^th-longest streak in the country

â-ª Travis Bader and Reggie Hamilton are just the 3^rd tandem in NCAA Division I history to make over 100 threes in a season, 118 and 114, respectively; They join Dukes' Jason Williams (132) and Shane Battier (124) in 2000-01, and La Salle's Randy Woods (121) and Jack Hurd (113) in 1991-92

â-ª Oakland has made the postseason in 4 straight seasons

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 9-5 vs. MAC opponents since 2006

OU-UB SERIES NOTES

â-ª Today was the first-ever meeting between the schools

â-ª OU leads the series 1-0

PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Travis Bader

â-ª Grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds

â-ª Finished with 16 points on 4 of 11 shooting

â-ª Reached double figures for the 14^th straight game

â-ª Has 26 double-figure scoring games this season

â-ª His 118 threes this season ranks 2^nd all-time in school history and Summit League history

â-ª Moved in to T-6^th place in program history and T-20^th in league history with 212 career triples; Mike Helms (2000-04)

â-ª Has made 1 or more threes in 18 consecutive games
â-ª Converted at least one 3-pointer in 63 of 69 career games

Sophomore Ryan Bass

â-ª Tallied a career-high 22 points, first career 20-point game

â-ª Scored 7 of team's first 9 points, finishing with 13 in the first half

â-ª Reached double-figures for the first time in 7 games

â-ª Posted his 6^th double-figure scoring game of season

â-ª Tied a career-high with 3 treys made - going 3 of 4

â-ª Set a new career-best with 7 field goals made

â-ª Tied a career-best with 10 field goals attempted

â-ª Matched his career high in minutes played with 33 today

Senior Reggie Hamilton

â-ª Snapped an 8-game 30-point game scoring streak with 29 today

â-ª Is 8^th all-time in league history with 2,132 points

â-ª With his 5 assists, advanced to 6^th in league history with 535 for his career

â-ª Improved his single-season league record in points to 889

â-ª Went 5-for-5 from the foul line, pushing his school record total to 240; 2^nd in league history

â-ª It's the 17^th time this season he was perfect from the charity stripe

â-ª Is 21-for-33 from behind the arc in last 4 games (64%)

â-ª Has reached double figures in 37 consecutive games

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

â-ª Made his 69^th consecutive start

Freshman Corey Petros

â-ª Reached double figures for the first time in 13 games

â-ª Tallied 10 points and 5 rebounds

â-ª 13^th double-figure scoring game of the season