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Oakland-Morehead State Postgame Notes

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Oakland 82, Morehead State 79 OT

Athletics Center O'rena (2,425 attendance)

Rochester, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (16-14)

â-ª Oakland is riding a 5-game home court winning streak

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies have won 20 straight February home games

â-ª OU is 10-1 at home this season and 15-1 in the last 16

â-ª The Grizzlies have won 10 or more home games in 7 straight seasons

â-ª Oakland is 4-10 this season when trailing at halftime, 41-34 tonight

â-ª OU shot 54% (7-13) from 3-point range and are 9-3 this season when shooting higher than 40%

â-ª Morehead State outrebounded OU 25-13 in the 1st half and had 12 2nd-chance points

â-ª Oakland lost the battle of the boards, 43-37, and gave up 18 offensive rebounds

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies held the Eagles to 13% shooting from behind the arc (4-31)

â-ª Tonight was the 2nd OT game of the season for OU, 1-1 (Lost at Pitt)

â-ª With Travis Bader's 3-pointer in the 1st half (17:21), OU extends its streak to 766 straight games with at least 1 triple; 7th-longest streak in the country

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies finished this season 6-9 in non-conference play

â-ª The Black and Gold are 100-37 vs. Mid-Major opponents since the 2008-09 season

â-ª Oakland is 691-620 all-time in 46 seasons

â-ª The Grizzlies are 45-20 all-time in non-conference games in the O'rena

OU-MSU SERIES NOTES

â-ª First-ever meeting

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies lead 1-0

â-ª OU ends the BracketBusters 1-1, while MSU finishes 1-7

PLAYER NOTES

Junior Joey Asbury

â-ª Played a season-high 12 minutes

â-ª Grabbed a career-high tying 2 rebounds

Junior Travis Bader

â-ª Broke the single-season school record in 3-point field goal attempts with 326 this season (8 tonight)

â-ª With his 5 3-pointers, tied the all-time school record with 348 in his career (Erik Kangas, 2005-09)

â-ª That mark ranks T-3rd in Summit League history

â-ª Scored a game-high 27 points to move into 8th in the single-season record book (670 pts)

â-ª Now has 1,610 career points, 14th on the OU all-time scoring list

â-ª He also improved his season total to 130, 2nd-best in school and league history (Erik Kangas holds the record with 135 in 2008-09)

â-ª Went a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line

â-ª Scored 20-plus points in 8 of his last 9 games (18 this season)

â-ª Has reached double figures in 24 straight games

â-ª Posted double figures in 43 of his last 45 games

â-ª Has made a 3-pointer in 50 straight games (2nd-best in NCAA)

â-ª Tallied at least 1 3-pointer in 95 of 101 career games

Junior Ryan Bass

â-ª Reached double figures for the 3rd straight game (12 this season)

â-ª Tallied 18 points and 3 assists

â-ª Played a career-high 41 minutes

â-ª Finished 6 of 14 from the floor

â-ª Shooting 41% (27-66) from 3-point range over last 20 games after starting 18% in first 9 games

Junior Duke Mondy

â-ª Advanced to 6th on The Summit League single-season steals list with 4 tonight, 95 total (School Record)

â-ª Posted 10 points and 5 rebounds

â-ª Reached double figures for the 18th time this season

â-ª Despite his 8 turnovers tonight, has 31 assists to 16 turnovers over last 5 games

Sophomore Corey Petros

â-ª Had a huge blocked shot with 4 secs left to keep OU up 2 (81-79)

â-ª Grabbed a team-best 9 rebounds

â-ª With his 2 offensive rebounds, moved into 9th in the OU single-season record book with 95

Sophomore Matt Poches

â-ª Made 1 of 2 free throws with 3 seconds left to ice the game

â-ª Went 1-for-1 from the floor and finished with 3 points in 5 minutes of action

Senior Drew Valentine

â-ª Posted 15 points and 8 rebounds

â-ª Tallied at least 10 points and 5 rebounds in 14 games this season (46 in his career)

â-ª Played his 133rd game tonight (4th in program history)

â-ª Tied his season-best with a 2-for-2 performance from 3-point range

â-ª Recorded 6 straight double-figure scoring games

â-ª Shooting 62% (54-87) from the floor in the last 12 games

Sophomore Dante Williams

â-ª Matched his career-best with 3 free-throws made

â-ª His 6 free throw attempts is a new career high

â-ª Had 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal

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