
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Oakland vs. Western Michigan | Tuesday, Dec. 3 -- 7 p.m. | Read Fieldhouse/University Arena
COVERAGE BROADCAST: ESPN+ |
TALENT: Evan Stockton (PxP), Wayne Hinton (analyst) |
RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app |
TALENT: Neal Ruhl
ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Oakland men's basketball team will travel to Kalamazoo to take on Western Michigan for its third straight road game Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. at University Arena.
Tuesday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+. Fans can also listen on WDFN-AM (1130) or with the iHeart Radio app.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Oakland trails 4-9
- The two squads met a season ago, Oakland fell in overtime 85-77 inside the O'rena
- At home, 2-4
- On the road, 2-5
NOTES
- Tuesday's game continues a six-game road swing for the Golden Grizzlies
- Oakland won't return to its home court until Saturday, Dec. 21 against Fairfield
- Oakland's scheduled featured four straight MAC opponents in NIU, Toledo, Western Michigan and Bowling Green
- Oakland sits first in the Horizon League in defense, only allowing a league-best 63.1 points per game
- Daniel Oladapo (7.9) and Xavier Hill-Mais (7.3) rank second and fourth respectively in the Horizon League in rebounds per game
- Hill-Mais leads the Golden Grizzlies with 13.9 points per game, 11th in the Horizon League
- Oakland's Kangu averages 4.1 assists per game, fourth 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)