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POSTGAME NOTES - QUARTERFINALS

OAKLAND 77, RICE 70

MARCH 20, 2012 - ROCHESTER, MICH.

ATHLETICS CENTER O'RENA (1,775 attendance)

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (20-15)

TOURNAMENT NOTES

â-ª The Grizzlies advance to the semifinals for the first time in program history

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 4-1 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 4-0 at home in the tourney

â-ª The Black and Gold are now 5-4 all-time in NCAA Division I postseason

SEASON NOTES

â-ª Oakland broke a Summit League record with 3 postseason wins this season

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies reach the 20-win plateau for the 4^th consecutive season, tying a school record set in the final 4 years of Division II (1993-97)

â-ª OU is 8-2 over its last 10 games

â-ª Greg Kampe won his 490^th game tonight

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies led by as many as 19 points in the first half, 48-30 at halftime

â-ª OU is 18-3 this season when leading at the half

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies led wire-to-wire for the 4^th time this season (Tennessee, South Dakota, IUPUI and Rice)

â-ª The Grizzlies improve to 12-2 when they score 20 or more points from the foul line, 25 tonight

â-ª In all 20 wins, OU has gone to the free-throw line more than its opponent

â-ª OU tied a season-low with 4 threes made in the game (3 times this season)

â-ª The bench was outscored tonight 26-1 (60-1 in last 2 games)

â-ª With the win, Oakland improves to 130-42 vs. Mid-Major opponents since 2006

â-ª The Black and Gold are 18-3 when they hold their opponents under 50%, 41.8% tonight

â-ª Oakland has scored 2,794 points this season, 3^rd in school and league history

â-ª The 322 treys made ranks 3^rd all-time in school history; Summit League record

â-ª OU has made a school-record tying 630 free throws this season (2009-10); Ranks T-2nd in league history

â-ª The 855 free-throw attempts ranks 5^th in league history and 2^nd in program history

â-ª With Travis Bader's 3-pointer in the first half (17:16), Oakland extends its streak to 735 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, 120 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 The starting lineup of Bader, Bass, Hamilton, Petros and Valentine is 2-0

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

OU-RU SERIES NOTES

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

â-ª OU leads the series 1-0

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 2-2 all-time vs. C-USA opponents, 2-0 this year

PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Travis Bader

â-ª Failed to reach double figures for the first time in 15 games

â-ª Went 2 of 8 from three

â-ª His 120 threes this season ranks 2^nd all-time in school history and Summit League history

â-ª Moved in to 6^th place in program history and 20^th in league history with 214 career triples

â-ª Has made 1 or more threes in 19 consecutive games
â-ª Converted at least one 3-pointer in 64 of 70 career games

Sophomore Ryan Bass

â-ª Scored 10 points on 3 of 9 shooting

â-ª Reached double-figures for the 2^nd straight game

â-ª Posted his 7^th double-figure scoring game of season

â-ª Tallied a career-high 4 steals

â-ª Dished out 4 assists

Senior Reggie Hamilton

â-ª Scored a game-high 30 points

â-ª Recorded an NCAA-best 17^th 30-point game (school record)

â-ª Has reached 30 or more in 9 of 10 games

â-ª Moved in to 6^th all-time in league history with 2,162 points

â-ª Push his league and school record to 919 points this season

â-ª Went 14-for-14 from the foul line, pushing his school record total to 255; 2^nd in league history

â-ª It's the 18^th time this season he was perfect from the charity stripe

â-ª Despite his 0-for-5 performance from three tonight, Is 21-for-38 in last 4 games (55%)

â-ª Has reached double figures in 38 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 Posted 16 points and 7 rebounds

â-ª Reached double figures for the 2^nd consecutive game, 14^th time this season

â-ª Had led OU in rebounding in a team-best 20 games

â-ª Went to the free-throw line a career-high 8 times

Junior Drew Valentine

â-ª Reached double figures with 13 points

â-ª Is the 22^nd time this year he has scored in double figures, first time in 4 games

â-ª Grabbed a team-high tying 7 rebounds

â-ª Posted 18^th game of at least 10 points and 5 rebounds (31 in his career)