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No. 6 seed Oakland 96, No. 7 seed Youngstown State 92

Horizon League Tournament

First Round - Rochester, Mich.

Athletics Center O'rena (2,283 attendance)

No. 6 seed OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (13-19)

â-ª Oakland is a perfect 5-0 in postseason play inside the O'rena

â-ª OU advances to the quarterfinals to face No. 3 seed Wright State on Friday night

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies led at the half for the 5th time in the last 6 games, 29-25 tonight

â-ª OU is 3-2 in those contests

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies went 9:12 without a field goal in first half (12:00-2:48); OU's lead went from 12 points to 1 during that time

â-ª With Oakland down 2 points and 0.6 seconds left, Travis Bader was fouled as a YSU player slammed into him and he made both free throws to send the game into overtime

â-ª The Grizzlies rallied from 10 points down, 75-65, with 3:10 remaining

â-ª After 5 turnovers in the first half, Oakland had 1 turnover over the final 25 minutes of the game (2^nd half and OT)

â-ª Oakland shot 38.8% (26-67) in the game, while Youngstown State shot 44.4% (28-63)

â-ª The Penguins shot 58.1% (18-31) in the second half

â-ª OU is 11-3 this season when getting to the line more than its opponent, 45-37 tonight

â-ª Oakland won 10 home games for the 8th straight year

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 69-14 over their last 83 games inside the O'rena

â-ª The starting lineup of Travis Bader, Kahlil Felder, Ralph Hill, Duke Mondy and Corey Petros improves to 4-1

â-ª Tonight was the 519^th win for Coach Greg Kampe

â-ª OU extended its 3-point streak to 801, 8^th-longest streak in the country

OU-YSU SERIES NOTES

â-ª Oakland won all 3 games against YSU this season and are 8-4 all-time

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 6-0 all-time at home against YSU

â-ª The Grizzlies ended the Penguins season with the win tonight

PLAYER NOTES

Senior Travis Bader

â-ª Scored a season-high 39 points (34 after halftime)

â-ª Made a school and tournament record 18 of 18 free throws

â-ª Broke his own single-season school record with 144 threes (Made Summit League record 139 last season)

â-ª With his 7 triples tonight, goes over 500 for his career (NCAA record 501)

â-ª Scored 30 points for the second consecutive game, 7^th time this season (2^nd-best in #HLMBB)

â-ª Has a league-high 17 games of 20 points or more

â-ª Broke the Division I school record with 2,331 points (2^nd all-time in school history)

â-ª Moved into a tie for 2^nd all-time with his 136^th game played (Drew Valentine, 2009-13)

Freshman Kahlil Felder

â-ª Dished out a game-high 11 assists

â-ª Posted 10 or more assists for the 2^nd straight game, 6^th time this season

â-ª Has 35 assists in 3 games against Youngstown State

â-ª Improved his OU freshman single-season record to 203 assists

â-ª That is the most by any freshman in the country, and the most by a freshman in league history

Junior Ralph Hill

â-ª Oakland is 4-1 when he starts

â-ª Tallied 4 points and 4 rebounds in 17 minutes

â-ª Matched his career high with 2 blocked shots

â-ª Shooting 58.8% (20-for-34) over last 6 games

Sophomore Tommie McCune

â-ª Scored 5 points in 5 minutes

â-ª Had the go-ahead basket with 1:09 left in OT

â-ª Grabbed 3 rebounds and made 3 of 4 free throws in OT

Senior Duke Mondy

â-ª Tallied 16 points and 3 steals in 32 minutes

â-ª Fouled out in OT (4:34)

â-ª Made 2 of 4 shots from beyond the arc

â-ª Recorded a steal in 68 of his last 70 games

Junior Corey Petros

â-ª Went 7-for-9 from the floor and scored 17 points

â-ª Grabbed a team-best 9 rebounds

â-ª Is 29-for-38 (.763) from the foor over last 4 games