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Green Bay Edges Oakland, 80-72

Jan. 27, 2017

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ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) Jalen Hayes tallied a double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds, while Martez Walker added 18 points as the Golden Grizzlies dropped an 80-72 Horizon League game to Green Bay on Friday night on the Blacktop at the O'rena. The Golden Grizzlies fell behind by 12 in the first half after shooting 36 percent.

Sherron Dorsey-Walker was the final Oakland player in double figures, finishing with 15 points. Oakland's 3-point shooting continued to struggle, making 4 of 21 shots and are now 24-for-116 (21%) over the last six games.

Green Bay's Kerem Kanter and Kenneth Lowe each had a double-double, Khalil Small scored 16 points with nine rebounds.

Kanter, Lowe and Warren Jones had 14 points apiece. Kanter grabbed a career-high 15 boards and Love added 10 rebounds for Green Bay (13-8, 7-2), which is one game back of Valparaiso in the conference standings.

Lowe and Kanter had four points apiece during a 15-4 run that opened a 12-point lead with 10:54 left in the half. The Phoenix led 40-28 at halftime, scored 24 points off 19 Oakland turnovers and never trailed.

The Golden Grizzlies used a 13-2 run to pull within five midway through the second half before Green Bay scored eight in a row to make it 65-52. Oakland (15-7, 5-4) got back within five with a 6-0 run to cut it to 75-70 with 1:32 left but missed its last three shots and Small made 5 of 6 free throws from there to seal it.

In recognition of 50 years of basketball, Oakland announced its half-century team:
Travis Bader Keith Benson Scott Bittinger Dan Champagne
Kay Felder Reggie Hamilton Mike Helms
Johnathon Jones Rawle Marshall
Carvin Melson

#WEARtheBEAR

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Players Mentioned

Kay Felder

#20 Kay Felder

PG
5' 9"
Junior
Martez Walker

#35 Martez Walker

G
6' 6"
Redshirt Sophomore
Sherron Dorsey-Walker

#30 Sherron Dorsey-Walker

G
6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
Jalen Hayes

#4 Jalen Hayes

Forward
6' 7"
Freshman
Travis Bader

#3 Travis Bader

Guard
6' 5"
Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

Kay Felder

#20 Kay Felder

5' 9"
Junior
PG
Martez Walker

#35 Martez Walker

6' 6"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Sherron Dorsey-Walker

#30 Sherron Dorsey-Walker

6' 4"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Jalen Hayes

#4 Jalen Hayes

6' 7"
Freshman
Forward
Travis Bader

#3 Travis Bader

6' 5"
Redshirt Junior
Guard