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Oakland at Alabama Postgame Notes

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Alabama 65, Oakland 45

Coleman Coliseum (10,081 attendance)

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (7-10)

â-ª Oakland is 0-5 this season vs. BCS opponents (7-65 overall)

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies failed to defeat a BCS opponent for the first time in 2 seasons; Have 1 win over a BCS team in 4 of the last 6 seasons (2007-08, '08-09, '10-11, '11-12).

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies went without a field goal for 10 minutes in the 1st half and trailed by 11 (27-16)

â-ª OU did not make a 3 (0-5) in the first half and shot just 23% in the opening half

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies trailed 29-23 at the break

â-ª Oakland is 0-7 this season when trailing at halftime

â-ª The 23 first-half points was the 3rd-lowest for OU this season (15 at Tennessee, 21 at then-#15 Michigan State)

â-ª The Black and Gold shot a season-low 27.1% and scored a season-low 45 points

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies had season lows in points scored, field goals (16), FG%, 3-point FG (2), 3-point FG attempted (10), Free throws made (11) and assists (7)

â-ª Today was the first time OU scored less than 50 points since the Memphis game (11/30/09); A span of 115 games

â-ª With Duke Mondy's 3-pointer in the 2nd half (14:39), OU extends its streak to 753 straight games with at least 1 triple; 7th-longest streak in the country

â-ª Oakland is 682-616 all-time in 46 seasons

OU-UA SERIES NOTES

â-ª `Bama leads the overall series 2-0

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 2-7 all-time vs. SEC opponents

PLAYER NOTES

Junior Travis Bader

â-ª Scored 10 points on 4 of 14 shooting

â-ª Made a season-low 1 3-pointer on a season-low 5 3-point shots

â-ª Has reached double figures in 11 straight games

â-ª Posted double figures in 30 of his last 32 games

â-ª Made at least 1 three in 37 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 1 3-pointer in 82 of 88 career games

Junior Ryan Bass

â-ª Played 28 minutes

â-ª Finished 1 of 13 from the floor

â-ª Grabbed 4 rebounds

Junior Duke Mondy

â-ª Scored a team-high 11 points

â-ª After shooting 60% over the last 2 games, finished 3 of 10 from the floor

â-ª Tallied 2 steals and 2 assists in 32 minutes

Sophomore Corey Petros

â-ª Made just 1 of 7 shots from the floor

â-ª Scored a season-low 2 points

â-ª Failed to get to the free-throw line for the first time this season

â-ª Ends a streak of 19 straight games with at least 1 free throw

Sophomore Matt Poches

â-ª Posted 10 points on 4 of 7 shooting

â-ª Reached double figures for the 2nd time this season

â-ª Made both of his free-throw attempts

â-ª Had 1 assist in 14 minutes

Senior Drew Valentine

â-ª Grabbed a team-best 7 rebounds

â-ª Tallied 3 steals, 2 assists and 7 points

â-ª Advanced past Erik Kangas in games played with 120 (6th in OU history)

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Players Mentioned

Travis Bader

#3 Travis Bader

Guard
6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
Duke Mondy

#10 Duke Mondy

Guard
6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
Drew Valentine

#15 Drew Valentine

Forward
6' 5"
Senior
Matt Poches

#24 Matt Poches

Guard
6' 4"
Sophomore
Ryan Bass

#33 Ryan Bass

Guard
5' 9"
Junior
Corey Petros

#42 Corey Petros

Center/Forward
6' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Travis Bader

#3 Travis Bader

6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
Guard
Duke Mondy

#10 Duke Mondy

6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
Guard
Drew Valentine

#15 Drew Valentine

6' 5"
Senior
Forward
Matt Poches

#24 Matt Poches

6' 4"
Sophomore
Guard
Ryan Bass

#33 Ryan Bass

5' 9"
Junior
Guard
Corey Petros

#42 Corey Petros

6' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
Center/Forward