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Oakland 81, Toledo 79

Athletics Center O'rena (1,482 attendance)

Rochester, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (2-5)

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies scored on their final possession of the 1^st half to take the lead 37-36

â-ª Oakland is 2-0 this season when leading at the half

â-ª Oakland made 5 of its first 6 shots to start the 2^nd half

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies made a defensive stand at the end of the game to preserve the 2-point win

â-ª The Black and Gold led by as many as 14 with 6:07 remaining

â-ª Oakland shot a season-high 55.1% (27-for-49)

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies made a season-best 50% of their 3-pointers today (10-for-20)

â-ª Dante Williams became the 5^th player to lead the team in scoring this season (20 pts)

â-ª Tonight's win snapped a 3-game losing streak to MAC opponents (Oakland is 19-25 vs. the MAC)

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies won the battle of the boards, 33-29, and improve to 1-1 this season when outrebounding their opponent

â-ª Oakland held the Rockets to 42.6% (26-for-61) shooting, 5% lower than their season average

â-ª The Black and Gold are now 2-2 this season when they hold their opponent below 50% shooting

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies improve to 1-2 against the mid-major top 25 (#21 Western Michigan, #13 Georgia State, #10 Toledo)

â-ª Oakland started its 3^rd different lineup today; Kahlil Felder, Dante Williams, Tommie McCune, Femi Olujobi and Corey Petros

â-ª The Black and Gold advance to 2-3 this year inside the O'rena

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies improve to 71-17 over their last 88 games inside the O'rena

â-ª Tonight was Coach Greg Kampe's 912^th game coached, 13^th-most among active D1 coaches

â-ª Oakland extended its 3-point streak to 809, 8^th-longest streak in the country

OAKLAND-TOLEDO SERIES NOTES

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies have won 2 straight in the series

â-ª UT leads the all-time series 7-5

â-ª Oakland trails the series 5-4 in the D1 era

â-ª Coach Greg Kampe owns a 4-1 record over UT's coach Todd Kowalczk (4 of those came while he coached at Green Bay)

PLAYER NOTES

Freshman Nick Daniels

â-ª Played in 18 minutes in just his 2^nd game of his career

â-ª Finished with 7 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist

â-ª Did not commit a turnover

Sophomore Kahlil Felder

â-ª Tallied 14 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists

â-ª Blocked Toledo's final attempt to tie the game at the buzzer

â-ª Had 7 turnovers and 3 steals

â-ª Handed out 7 or more assists for the 20^th time in his career (40 games)

â-ª Has reached double figures in every game this season (25 of 40)

â-ª Leads the country with 40.6 minutes per game

â-ª Played 284 of 290 possible minutes this season

Freshman Jalen Hayes

â-ª Made a nice defensive play with 12 seconds left and grabbed defensive rebound

â-ª Was fouled on the rebound and made 1 of 2 free throws to put Oakland up 2

â-ª Finished with 3 points and 2 rebounds in a season-high 14 minutes

Junior Tommie McCune

â-ª Tallied 12 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists

â-ª Made 6 of 9 shots from the floor

â-ª Played 30 minutes before fouling out

â-ª Reached double figures in 6 of 7 games this season (13 in his career)

Senior Corey Petros

â-ª Posted his team-best 3^rd double-double of the season

â-ª Finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds

â-ª Made 7 of 10 shots from the floor

â-ª Ranks 10^th in the country in FG% (68.2)

â-ª Reached double figures for the 68^th time in his career

â-ª Has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 33 career games

Senior Dante Williams

â-ª Made a career-high 6 threes

â-ª Led the team in scoring with a season-high 20 points

â-ª Went 6-for-9 from behind the arc

â-ª Made a career-best 4 3-pointers and took a career-high 11 shots from beyond the arc

â-ª Played 36 minutes off the bench