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Oakland 75, Valparaiso 70

Athletics Center O'rena (2,709 attendance)

Rochester, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (6-11, 1-1 Horizon League)

â-ª Oakland hosted its first-ever Horizon League game

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are riding an 8-game winning streak in league openers at the O'rena

â-ª OU is 13-2 in home league openers (12-2 in Summit League)

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 6-1 this season in the O'rena

â-ª Oakland had 0 turnovers in the second half, 6 in the first half

â-ª The Grizzlies trailed by 11 at halftime, 44-33

â-ª OU is 1-8 when trailing at intermission

â-ª The 11-point halftime deficit was tied for the largest comeback for OU since the 89-82 win over No. 7 Tennessee (12/14/10) in Knoxville; Trailed 50-39

â-ª Oakland trailed by 15 points with 12:44 remaining, outscoring Valpo 33-13 over the final 12-plus minutes

â-ª Duke Mondy (14 pts) and Travis Bader (12 pts) combined for 26 points in the second half to match Valpo's 26 points scored in the final 20 minutes

â-ª 7 of the 8 Oakland players to play in the game scored

â-ª OU went to the free-throw line 9 more times (27-18) than Valpo and are 6-1 this season when doing so

â-ª The Grizzlies are 24-9 in January games over the last 5 years (2010-Present); 14-4 at home

â-ª OU extended its 3-point streak to 786, 8^th-longest streak in the country

â-ª Oakland's strength of schedule ranks 12^th by CBS Sports and USA Today (as of 1/3/14)

OU-VALPO SERIES NOTES

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies have won 6 of the last 7 games

â-ª Valpo leads the all-time series 17-6, winning the first 16 games

â-ª OU has won 4 of the last 5 games with the Crusaders inside the O'rena (4-8 overall)

â-ª Valpo holds a 14-3 advantage in league games against OU (Summit League and Horizon League)

â-ª Oakland has won the last 4 league meetings between the two programs

â-ª 18-of-23 meetings have been decided by single digits (13 by 5 points or less and 8 by 3 or less)

PLAYER NOTES

Senior Travis Bader

â-ª Gave Oakland its first lead since 14-12 (13:58) with a deep 3-poiner with 3:32 remaining

â-ª Recorded his 5^th 3 of the game with score tied at 70-70 and 50 seconds remaining to give OU the lead for good

â-ª Scored 12 of his 20 points in the final 6:54 of the game (8 first-half points)

â-ª Moved into 3^rd all-time in NCAA history with 438 career triples, 20 shy of the record

â-ª With his 10 attempts from 3, advanced to 9^th all-time in NCAA history with 1,074 attempts

â-ª Went 5-for-10 from behind the arc and has made 29 threes over his last 4 games in the O'rena

â-ª Is 33-for-57 (58%) from behind the arc in last 5 games

â-ª Reached double figures in 44 straight games

â-ª Leads the country with 81 3-pointers on the season

Sophomore Tommie McCune

â-ª Had a #SCTop10 dunk (http://youtu.be/pCj3Oi3ow-g) in second half

â-ª That dunk brought OU within 4 points after being down 15

â-ª Tallied 8 points and 5 rebounds in 15 minutes

â-ª Went 3-for-5 from the floor

Senior Duke Mondy

â-ª Matched his season high with 24 points

â-ª Went 8-for-12 from the floor and 4-of-4 from 3-point range

â-ª The 4 triples is a season high and ties his career best

â-ª Tallied 3 assists and 2 steals

â-ª Has at least 1 steal in 54 of last 55 games, 14 straight

Sophomore Lloyd Neely II

â-ª Grabbed important defensive rebound with 33 seconds left and OU up 3

â-ª Finished with 1 rebound in 3 minutes

Junior Corey Petros

â-ª Failed to reach double figures for the first time in 12 games

â-ª Posted 9 points and a team-high 8 rebounds

â-ª Went 4-of-14 from the floor