Dec. 5, 2013
ROCHESTER, Mich. - Oakland (1-7) will host Ohio (6-1) in a men's basketball non-conference match-up inside the Athletics Center O'rena this Saturday at 6 p.m. The game can be watched on the Horizon League Network.
SERIES
Ohio leads the all-time series 4-1. The Golden Grizzlies are 0-2 against the Bobcats inside the O'rena.
STREAKS
Oakland is riding a five-game winning streak inside the O'rena. The Golden Grizzlies have won 60 of their last 69 games at home and are 46-20 all-time against non-conference opponents in the O'rena.
OU has made a 3-pointer in 777 consecutive games, the seventh-best streak in the NCAA. Travis Bader has made a shot from beyond the arc in 61 straight games, the longest current streak in the country.
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
Oakland has played one of the toughest schedules in the country. USA Today ranks the Grizzlies' schedule as the 2nd-toughest in the country. OU's opponents are 42-12 for an impressive .778 winning percentage.
CHARITY STRIPE
In the seven losses this season, Oakland opponents have gotten to the free-throw line by an average of 11 times more. In a four-point loss at Cal, the Grizzlies were outscored 19-7 from the line, and in a nine-point defeat versus Louisiana, OU was outscored 25-11 at the charity stripe.
AGAINST THE MAC
The Golden Grizzlies are 10-10 vs. MAC opponents over the last 20, and 17-21 overall in the D-I era. OU is 9-10 inside the O'rena vs. the MAC.
30TH SEASON
Greg Kampe enters his 30th season as head coach of the Golden Grizzlies. Kampe is just the fifth active coach to win 500 games at one school and holds the nation's third-longest active tenure.
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