GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Oakland at  Bowling Green | Saturday, Dec. 7 -- 4 p.m. | Stroh Center

COVERAGE BROADCAST:  ESPN+ | TALENT: Brad Woznicki (PxP) | RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app | TALENT: Neal Ruhl 
 
ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Oakland men's basketball team will play in its fourth straight road game to take on Bowling Green Saturday, Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. at the Stroh Center.
 
Saturday'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 leads 5-3
• At home, 4-1
• On the road, 1-2
• The Golden Grizzlies have won five straight meetings against the Falcons
• The last meeting was Nov. 11, 2016 at the O'rena. Oakland defeated BGSU 78-70
• Oakland hasn't loss to BGSU since 12/19/02

 
NOTES

• Greg Kampe received his bachelor's degree in business and journalism from Bowling Green in 1978
• Kampe played basketball and football for the Falcons from 1975-78
• Falcon's head coach Michael Huger also played for BGSU from 1989-93
• Saturday'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 63.0 points per game
• Daniel Oladapo (7.7) and Xavier Hill-Mais (7.4) rank fifth and sixth respectively in the Horizon League in rebounds per game
• Hill-Mais leads the Golden Grizzlies with 15.2 points per game, eighth in the Horizon League
• Oakland's Kangu averages 3.8 assists per game, fifth 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)