GAMES 2-4: OAKLAND SET FOR SUNSHINE SLAM

SCHEDULE/COVERAGE
Friday, Nov. 8
Oakland vs. Delaware -- 5 p.m. | FloSports | WDFN-AM (1130)

Saturday, Nov. 9
Oakland vs. UTSA -- 5:30 p.m. | FloSports | WDFN-AM (1130)

Sunday, Nov. 10
Oakland vs. Southern Illinos -- 1 p.m. | FloSports | WDFN-AM (1130)

TALENT: Neal Ruhl | RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app

ROCHESTER, Mich. -- The Oakland men's basketball team will tip off Friday against Delaware in the inaugural Sunshine Slam at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee Fla. at 5 p.m.

The tournament runs Nov. 8-10 and will be streamed on FloSports. Fans can also listen to the Oakland games on WDFN-AM (1130) or with the iHeart Radio app.

Last time out, the Golden Grizzlies earned their first win of the season over Goshen College 94-66 as Brad Brechting shot 8-for-8 from the floor, recording 21 points. Daniel Oladapo recorded a double-double also adding 21 for Oakland, and pulling down 12 boards.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Delaware: first meeting

UTSA: First Meeting

Southern Illinois: Salukis lead the series 1-0
The first meeting was Nov. 24, 2015. Oakland fell on the road 97-88

NOTES

Five Golden Grizzlies recorded double digits in their opening game against Goshen. Brechting (21), Oladapo (21), Xavier Hill-Mais (15), Kevin Kangu (13) and Blake Lampman (10)
Lampman made his collegiate debut going a perfect 3-of-3 from beyond the arc and 1-1 from the free throw line
The Golden Grizzlies return redshirt-senior and First Team All-Horizon League selection Hill-Mais who averaged 18.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game in 2018-19
Brechting also returns for his redshirt-senior campaign. The 6-11 center appeared in all 33 games, making 27 starts last season, and averaged 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 Gold- en 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)