Recap | Box Score

Valparaiso 63, Oakland 60

Athletics-Recreation Center (2,448 attendance)

Valparaiso, Ind.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (9-17, 4-7 Horizon League)

â-ª Oakland has dropped 4 straight road games and are 1-14 this season away from the O'rena

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies have dropped 17 of their last 18 games away from home

â-ª OU is 1-13 this season when their opponent gets to the free-throw line more, 19-17 this afternoon

â-ª Oakland drops to 2-2 this season in games decided by 3 points or less

â-ª The Grizzlies have trailed at halftime in every league game this season, 33-23 today

â-ª The Grizzlies scored a season-low 23 points in the first half in league

â-ª Oakland made 8-of-28 shots in the first 20 minutes (28.6%); Valpo 14-for-23 (60.9%)

â-ª OU shot 51.9% (14-27) in the second half and held Valpo to 30.4% (7-23)

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies committed just 3 turnovers in the second half, after 7 in the first half

â-ª The Grizzlies trailed by 14 (18:38) in the second half, rallying to take the lead 55-53 (4:00)

â-ª Travis Bader made a 3-pointer to tie the game at 60 with 40.2 seconds left in the game

â-ª Valpo's Clay Yeo made the game-winning 3 with 7 seconds left

â-ª Dante Williams shot a 3 at the buzzer to try and tie the game and fell just off the rim

â-ª OU's bench was outscored 33-9 in the game

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies held a league opponent under 50% shooting for just the 3^rd time this season

â-ª The last time Oakland lost 3 games in February was the 2007-08 season (0-3 this year)

â-ª OU extended its 3-point streak to 795, 8^th-longest streak in the country

OU-VALPO SERIES NOTES

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies have won 6 of the last 8 meetings

â-ª Valpo leads the all-time series 18-6

â-ª 18 of 23 games have been decided by single digits

â-ª 5 of the last 6 meetings have come down to the final possession

â-ª This was Bryce Drew's first win over Oakland

â-ª Greg Kampe becomes the first coach to lose to all three Drews (Homer Drew, Scott Drew)

PLAYER NOTES

Senior Travis Bader

â-ª Made 4 of 12 shots from behind the arc

â-ª Tied the game with 40.2 seconds left on a 3-pointer, 60-60

â-ª Posted 14 points in 36 minutes

â-ª 100^th double-figure scoring game of his career

â-ª Played his 130^th game tonight, T-5^th in school history with Derick Nelson (2005-08, '09-10)

â-ª Pushed his all-time NCAA 3-point record to 475

â-ª Ranks 2^nd among active NCAA scoring leaders with 2,186 points (4^th in school history)

Freshman Kahlil Felder

â-ª Tallied 12 points and 5 assists

â-ª Lowest assists total since dishing out 3 vs. Milwaukee (1/8), span of 8 games

â-ª Went 5-for-10 from the floor

â-ª Reached double figures for the 15^th time this season

â-ª Improved his OU freshman single-season record to 155 assists

Sophomore Tommie McCune

â-ª Grabbed 6 rebounds in 9 minutes

â-ª Added 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting

â-ª 3^rd-best rebound total for him this season

Senior Duke Mondy

â-ª Posted 9 points and 5 assists

â-ª Fouled out with 4:48 remaining in the game and OU down 53-52

â-ª 2^nd time this season he has fouled out

â-ª Recorded a steal in 62 of his last 64 games

Junior Corey Petros

â-ª Recorded 14 points and 7 rebounds

â-ª Went 5-for-10 from the floor

â-ª Grabbed 5 offensive rebounds

â-ª Dished out 3 assists

Junior Dante Williams

â-ª Scored all 9 of OU's bench points

â-ª Attempted a 3-pointer as time expired to tie the game, but it fell just off the mark

â-ª Went 3-for-6 from behind the arc

â-ª Matched his career-high with 3 triples made

â-ª Grabbed 4 rebounds in 29 minutes