GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Oakland vs. Northern Kentucky | Thursday, Jan. 3 -- 7 p.m. | The Blacktop at the O'rena

COVERAGE
BROADCAST: ESPN+/TV20 | TALENT: Neal Ruhl (pxp) and Dan Waterstradt (analyst) | RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app | TALENT: Neal Ruhl (pxp) and Dan Waterstradt (analyst)

ROCHESTER, Mich. -- The Oakland men's basketball team returns to the O'rena for its Horizon League home opener Thursday, Jan. 3 against Northern Kentucky at 7 p.m. The game will be televised on TV20 Comcast 900, and will be streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can also listen on WDFN-AM (1130) or with the iHeart Radio app.

The game is sponsored by Marquardt Switches as Thursday is Motor City Madness Night where fans can find out more information about the 2019 Horizon League Motor City Madness Tournament. Olympia Entertainment Senior Vice President of Sales John Ciszewski will join the broadcast at halftime to discuss more about the upcoming conference tournament.
 
Last time out, the Golden Grizzlies moved to 2-0 in league play after Karmari Newman hit the game-winning three pointer with 22 seconds left in regulation and Brad Brechting scored a career high 19 points in a 76-74 road win at Youngstown State on Dec. 30.

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Oakland leads 10-9.
• The Golden Grizzlies have won four of its last five games against Northern Kentucky. 

NOTES

• The Golden Grizzlies lead the Horizon League and rank inside the NCAA's top-10 in four categories: total assists (fourth; 270), three-point field goal percentage (sixth; 43 percent), total three pointers (seventh; 162) and three-pointers per game (10th; 10.8). 
• Oakland also leads the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.52 (16th in NCAA) and assists per game at 18.0 (14th in NCAA). 
• Oakland has started 2-0 in Horizon League play for the second time since joining the conference in the 2013-14 season (other was 2016-17 season). 
• The Golden Grizzlies and Norse are two of three Horizon League teams that have started conference play 2-0. 
• Xavier Hill-Mais ranks sixth in the NCAA in field goals made (125). 
• Hill-Mais also ranks 11th in the NCAA in total points (327) and 23rd in points per game (21.8). 
• Jaevin Cumberland leads the Horizon League in total minutes (554; sixth in the NCAA) and three-point field goal percentage (45 percent, 43rd in NCAA). 
• Cumberland ranks 10th nationally in total three-pointers made (50) and 16th in minutes per game (37). 

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