THE BLACKTOP AT THE O'RENA (3,841 attendance)
OAKLAND GOLDEN GRIZZLIES (0-1)
GAME NOTES:
> Oakland scored 16 points off 13 Toledo turnovers, while only committing three.
> The Golden Grizzlies got off to a 19-5 start in the opening four minutes.
> Oakland led at halftime 37-36.
> The Golden Grizzlies shot 32 of 64 (50 percent) from the floor.
> The Golden Grizzlies lost the rebound battle 32-28, but pulled down 12 offensive rebounds.
> Oakland shot 13 of 23 from the free-throw line (57 percent).
> Toledo took its first lead of the game with 8:05 remaining in the second half and never surrendered the lead.
> Oakland made 32 field goals on 25 assists.
> Oakland has made a 3-pointer in 938 consecutive games, 7th-best streak in the country.
> The Last time Oakland did not make a 3-pointer was vs. Wayne State on Jan. 30, 1988.
> Oakland had an attendance of 3,841, which is the highest for a home opener since joining the Horizon League.
PLAYER NOTES
> Xavier Hill-Mais led Oakland with a career high 30 points and nine rebounds.
> Hill-Mais made a career high 14 field goals and registered his first career 30-point game.
> James Beck scored a career high 13 points and pulled down nine rebounds.
> Five of Beck's nine rebounds were on the offensive glass.
> Jaevin Cumberland scored 14 points, his third career game scoring in double figures.
> Cumberland drained a team high four three-pointers while also handing out a career high six assists.
> Cumberland matched a career high with five field goals made.
> Brailen Neely, last season's Horizon League assists leader, dished out a game high nine assists.
> Neely scored all 12 of his points in the second half.
INSIDE THE SERIES
> Toledo leads the series 9-6.
> The loss snapped a three-game home winning streak against the Rockets and was the first against Toledo at home since 1999.
> The Golden Grizzlies are now 13-6 in home openers in the DI era.