Feb. 12, 2016 |
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Oakland (17-9, 9-4) vs. Green Bay (15-10, 7-5) Saturday, February 13 - 3 p.m. ET Blacktop at the O'rena (4,000) Game Notes: OAK | GB  #GrizzVision with Greg Kampe |
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TV: TV20 and Comcast 900 LIVE STREAM: ESPN3 RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart radio app TALENT: Neal Ruhl (pxp) and Cortney Scott (analyst) Watch Live | | Listen Live
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ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland men's basketball team will take to the court on Saturday to complete a two-game homestand as they face Green Bay starting at 3 p.m. The game will be broadcast on TV20 and ESPN3 and can also be heard on WDFN 1130 AM with Neal Ruhl and Cortney Scott on the call.
PROMOTIONS
Oakland University Athletics will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 1995-96 GLIAC Championship team. They will be honored after the game with a video presentation and player introductions, followed by head coach Greg Kampe addressing the crowd.
LAST TIME OUT
The Golden Grizzlies had its six-game winning streak snapped on Thursday night after a 93-85 loss to Milwaukee inside the O'rena. Kay Felder became the Horizon League's all-time leader in assists with 12 against the Panthers and added 22 points. Jalen Hayes tied for the team-high in points with 22 and Nick Daniels added 13. Oakland is now 9-4 during Horizon League play and is tied with Wright State for second-place in the league standings.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Green Bay enters the game with a 7-5 record in league play and tied for fourth in the league standings with Milwaukee. The Phoenix are coming off a one-point victory on Thursday at Detroit, 86-85, as Charles Cooper tallied a career-high 27 points and Jordan Fouse hit a pair of late free throws to seal the win. In the previous matchup, Oakland tied a Division I record with 111 points and set the record for most points scored in regulation as Max Hooper recorded career-highs with nine 3-pointers. GB is second in the league in scoring behind Oakland at 85.4 points and is tops in the league in steals at 7.9. The Phoenix are led by Carrington Love with 16.9 points during league play and Fouse averaging 14.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per league contest.
FELDER BREAKS HORIZON LEAGUE RECORD
Kay Felder broke the Horizon League all-time record for assists on Feb. 11 versus Milwaukee. He passed Ralph Lee's (Xavier) record of 699 assists from 1982-86 and is the first Horizon League player to amass 700 assists. The NCAA career assists record is 1,076 set by former Duke star Bobby Hurley from 1989-93.
FELDER EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Kay Felder earned his fifth Horizon League Player of the Week honor and his first NCAA National Player of the Week award after totaling three double-doubles during three road victories last week. He averaged 18.0 points and 11.7 assists over the three-game span. Felder is now one away from tying the Horizon League record for most Player of the Week honors in one season.
SPECIAL KAY
Junior Kay Felder is cementing himself as one of the best players in the NCAA. He was selected to the John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 List and also a top-10 finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, given to the country's best point guard. Felder is looking to become the first player in NCAA history to lead the country in points and assists per game as he tops the country with 9.2 assists and ranks fifth in scoring at 24.6. Felder is the first player since since Steph Curry (2008-09) to average over 34.0 points+assists per game. He has totaled 11 games of 20-plus points and 10-plus assists and 14 double-doubles, 12th-most in the country. He is a three-time Lou Henson Award National Player of the Week selection, a five-time #HLMBB Player of the Week and also an Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week selection. ESPN's Dick Vitale named Felder to his Midseason All-Rolls Royce Team and his national player of the week after scoring 37 points and nine assists against No. 1 Michigan State on Dec. 22. He also was named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 List, NBCSports.com's Midseason All-American Third Team and Sports Illustrated's Midseason mid-Major Player of the Year. He was named the Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year and to the Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List, given to the nation's top player who has played at least two seasons. Felder surpassed 1,000 points earlier this season and currently ranks 18th in school history, recently passing Oakland greats Derick Nelson and Erik Kangas.
SOPHOMORE SENSATION
Redshirt Sophomore Jalen Hayes continues to impress for the Golden Grizzlies after being selected to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team last season and being named #HLMBB Freshman of the Week seven times. During Horizon League play, Hayes ranks second in rebounding at 9.6 and eighth in scoring at 15.8. He has recorded 11 double-doubles, including seven during league play, scored a season-high 24 points at Green Bay and grabbed a career-best 17 rebounds at Washington.
MAX THE HOOPER
Max Hooper is one of the best 3-point shooters in the country, ranking seventh in 3-pointers made per game with 3.5 and 15th in 3-point field goal percentage at 45.3. He has not registered a 2-point field goal this season and has attempted 201 3-point shots. Bleacher Report ranked him No. 2 on their list of the Best 3-point shooters in the country. He has hit seven or more 3-pointers in a game four times this season and the Golden Grizzlies are 3-1 when doing so. Hooper is on pace to become the 3rd player in the past 10 years to finish in the top-100 nationally in 3-point attempts and also attempt fewer than 20 two-point shots.
NCAA RANKINGS
The Oakland men's basketball team is ranked in the top-30 in the country in several categories:
- Second in scoring - 86.2, third in free throws made - 516, eighth in free-throw percentage - 76.8, 23rd in 3-point field goal percentage - 39.0
Kay Felder rankings in the NCAA:
- First in assists - 9.2, first in points - 640, 2nd in free throws made - 191, fifth in scoring - 24.6, 12th in double-doubles - 14, 20th in minutes - 37.0
Max Hooper rankings in the NCAA:
- Seventh in 3-pointers made per game - 3.5, 15th in 3-point field goal percentage - 45.3
HORIZON LEAGUE YEAR THREE
Oakland improved to 11-5 in its second season inside the Horizon League and are 27-18 (.600) in its third seasons of regular season play. The Golden Grizzlies' record versus the league since joining in 2014, including HL tournament; Cleveland State (3-3), Detroit (4-1), Green Bay (2-3), Milwaukee (2-4), Northern Kentucky (1-1), UIC (5-1), Valparaiso (2-3), Wright State (3-3) and Youngstown State (6-1).
964 GAMES AND COUNTING
Greg Kampe has been at Oakland for over three decades and coached the 12th-most games among active Division I coaches. His 32-year tenure at one school is third, behind Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (40 seasons) and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski (36 seasons). The Defiance, Ohio native has 552 wins, tied for 18th among active D1 coaches.
NEW FACES MAKING AN IMPACT
The newest members of the Golden Grizzlies have already made a significant impact on the season. Three of Oakland's top-six scorers did not play for the Golden Grizzlies last season. Percy Gibson (11.4) and Sherron Dorsey-Walker (7.7) transferred from Iowa State, while Martez Walker (9.1) transferred in January from Texas and played his first game at Washington. Dorsey-Walker and Walker were high school teammates with Felder at Pershing High School and Gibson also played in Detroit's historic PSL.
NEXT UP
Oakland will begin its final road trip of the Horizon League season on Monday as it travels to Wright State to take on the Raiders on ESPNU starting at 5 p.m.
#WEARtheBEAR