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Eastern Illinois 97, Oakland 91

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT)

Opening Round

Athletics Center O'rena (2,609 attendance)

Rochester, Mich.

OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (16-17)

TOURNAMENT NOTES

â-ª Oakland is 4-1 all-time in the CIT at home.

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 4-4 all-time in the CIT (2009, 2012, '13 and '15).

â-ª The Black and Gold are 2-2 in CIT opening games.

â-ª The deepest run for Oakland in the CIT was 2012, advancing to the Final Four.

SEASON NOTES

â-ª Oakland is 5-1 all-time in postseason games played inside the O'rena.

â-ª The loss tonight snaps an 11-game home court winning streak.

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies are 2-15 this season when trailing at the half, 42-41 tonight.

â-ª Oakland used its 9^th different starting lineup tonight; Felder, Williams, Hayes, Olujobi, Petros.

â-ª Kahlil Felder was close to his 2^nd triple-double, finishing with a career-high 37 points, 11 assists and 8 rebounds.

â-ª The Golden Grizzlies allowed a season-high 97 points at home.

â-ª The 15 3-pointers made against Oakland was a season high.

â-ª Eastern Illinois shot 58.6% (17-for-29) in the second half, 55% (33-for-60) in the game.

â-ª EIU's bench outscored Oakland's bench 42-16.

â-ª The Black and Gold had 18 second-chance points to EIU's 2.

â-ª The Panthers shot 94.1% (16-for-17) from the free-throw line after posting a 65% season average from the charity stripe.

â-ª Greg Kampe coached his 938^th game tonight, 13^th-most among active D1 coaches.

â-ª Oakland extended its 3-point streak to 835, 9^th-longest streak in the country.

OAK-EIU SERIES NOTES

â-ª Tonight was the first-ever meeting.

PLAYER NOTES

Sophomore Kahlil Felder

â-ª Scored a career-high 37 points

â-ª Handed out 11 assists to record his 6^th double-double

â-ª Made a career-high 13 shots in 22 attempts

â-ª Grabbed 8 rebounds, just missing his 2^nd triple-double

â-ª Reached double figures in 14 consecutive games

â-ª Scored 20 or more points in 4 of his last 5 contests

â-ª Has 20 or more points in 14 contests this season

â-ª Started in every game of his career, 66 straight

â-ª Reached double figure points in every game vs. D1 opponents

â-ª Tallied 252 assists this season, 4^th-best in program history (2^nd in D1 era)

â-ª Made 8 of 13 free throws

â-ª Finished with 185 free throws made this season, 5^th-best in school record book

Senior Corey Petros

â-ª Made his 102^nd consecutive start

â-ª Scored 12 points on 6 of 7 shooting

â-ª Grabbed a season-low tying 4 rebounds against D1 opponents

â-ª Played 135 career games, T5 in school history

â-ª Finished with the season with 108 offensive boards, 3^rd-best in program history

â-ª Ended his career with a school record 409 offensive rebounds

â-ª Is 1 of 3 players in school history to surpass 1,500 points (1,636) and rebounds (1,073)

â-ª Ended his career 14^th on the all-time scoring list

Senior Dante Williams

â-ª Posted 19 points on 7 of 15 shooting

â-ª Made 5 of 12 shots from behind the arc

â-ª Played his 5^th entire game

â-ª Reached double figures for the 3^rd time in the last 5 games

â-ª Played in 129 games in career, 8^th-most in program history

â-ª Made his 57^th start for the Golden Grizzlies