GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Oakland vs. Northern Illinois | Monday, Nov. 25 -- 8 p.m. (ET) | NIU Convocation Center

COVERAGE BROADCAST:  ESPN+ | TALENT: Andy Garcia (PxP), Mark  Lindo (analyst) | RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app | TALENT: Neal Ruhl 
 
ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Oakland men's basketball team will travel to DeKalb, Ill. To take on Northern Illinois Monday, Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. (ET) at the NIU Convocation Center.
 
The game will be broadcast ESPN+. Fans can also listen on WDFN-AM (1130) or with the iHeart Radio app.
  
The Golden Grizzlies (4-2) have won three of their last four games and are coming off a 60-50 win over Hartford.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES

• NIU leads 3-0
• The two squads met a year ago to the day when the Huskies traveled to the O'rena defeating Oakland 92-72 in the finale of the Men Against Breast Cancer Oakland Hoops Challenge
• Xavier Hill-Mais led Oakland in the last meeting scoring 22 points
• Prior to last year's meeting Oakland and NIU hadn't met on the hardwood since 1977

NOTES

• Monday's game marks the beginning of a six-game road swing for the Golden Grizzlies
• Oakland won't return to its home court until Saturday, Dec. 21 against Fairfield
• The next four opponents for Oakland are from the Mid-American Conference in NIU, Toledo, Western Michigan and Bowling Green
• Oakland sits first in the Horizon League in defense, only allowing a league-best 61.0 points per game
• Daniel Oladapo (8.0) and Hill-Mais (7.7) rank second and third respectively in rebounds per game
• Hill-Mais leads the Golden Grizzlies with 14.0 points per game, 10th in the Horizon League
• Oakland's Kangu averages 4.7 assists per game, third best in the Horizon League
• Kangu was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Sunshine Slam after averaging 12.7 ppg, 5.0 rebs. And 6.0 in three games
• Oladapo earned Nike Horizon League Player of the week honors (11/11) after he led the Golden Grizzlies over the course of their four-game week averaging 13.8 points and 7.5 rebounds to guide Oakland to a 3-1 record to start the season
• The sophomore went an impressive 54 percent (20-of-37) from the floor and averaged 1.3 steals per game. Oladapo made his Oakland debut with a double-double recording 21 points and 12 boards in a 94-66 win over Goshen. The Bladensburg, Md. native averaged 11.3 points and 6.0 rebounds in the Sunshine Slam tournament to help guide Oakland to 2-1 record over the weekend
• The Golden Grizzlies return redshirt-senior and First Team All-Horizon League selection Xavier Hill-Mais who averaged 18.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in 2018-19
• Brad Brechting also returns for his redshirt-senior campaign. The 6-11 center appeared in all 33 games, making 27 starts last season, and aver- aged 13.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game in league play
• Head coach Greg Kampe enters his 36th season at the helm of the Golden Grizzlies and is the third-most tenured active coach at one school behind Duke's Mike Krzyzewksi (40 seasons) and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim (44 seasons)
• Oakland added 10 newcomers to the 2019-20 squad, including three transfers in Kevin Kangu (Vincennes University), Daniel Oladapo (Chipola College) and Rashad Williams (Cleveland State)

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