GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Oakland at Green Bay | Thursday, Feb. 14 -- 8 p.m. | Resch Center
COVERAGE
BROADCAST: ESPN+ | TALENT: Ted Stefaniak (PxP) and Cordero Barkley (Analyst) | RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app | TALENT:
Neal Ruhl (PxP)
ROCHESTER, Mich. -- The Oakland men's basketball heads to Green Bay to take on the Phoenix Thursday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. EST at the Resch Center. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and fans can also listen on WDFN-AM (1130) or with the iHeart Radio app.
Last time out, James Beck matched a career high with 13 points on 6 of 10 shooting and pulled down seven rebounds as Oakland fell on the road to Northern Kentucky 79-64 Feb. 9 at BB&T Arena.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Green Bay leads 9-8
- Both teams have split the last four meetings.
NOTES
- Since 2009, Oakland has boasted a February record of 60-19 (.759).
- Oakland is 3-1 on Valentine's Day (2-0 home, 1-1 away).
- Oakland's last three Valentine's Day games have been decided by a combined four points, with a pair of one-point wins over Detroit Mercy in 2014 (83-82) and at South Dakota in 2013 (76-75). Last season, the Golden Grizzlies fell to Youngstown State on a buzzer-beater 75-73 in Youngstown.
- An Oakland player has recorded a double-double or triple-double in all four of Oakland's Valentine's Day games in the Division I era:
- Blake Cushingberry: 14 points, 10 rebounds vs Fort Wayne in 2009
- Corey Petros: 17 points, 13 rebounds and Drew Valentine: 14 points, 10 rebounds vs. South Dakota in 2013
- Kay Felder: 15 points, 10 rebounds 11 assists in 2014 vs. Detroit (first-ever triple-double in Oakland Division I era).
- Isaiah Brock: 14 points, 15 rebounds at Youngstown State in 2018.
- For the first time in Oakland's Division I history, four different Golden Grizzlies have scored 30 points or more in a game this season (Xavier Hill-Mais, Jaevin Cumberland, Karmari Newman and Brad Brechting).
- Cumberland has scored in double figures in his last 18 games while Brechting has scored in double figures in his last six games.
- Three Golden Grizzlies lead the Horizon League in a statistical category: Braden Norris, assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6); Hill-Mais, field goal percentage (53 percent) and Cumberland, three-point field goal percentage (40 percent) and total minutes (963, second in NCAA).
- From Jan. 19 through Feb. 16, Oakland will play seven of its nine games on the road.
- The Golden Grizzlies lead the Horizon League in three-point field goal percentage (39 percent; 18th in NCAA) and three-pointers made (252; 14th in NCAA).
- Oakland ranks seventh nationally in total assists (451) and 13th nationally in assists per game (17.2).
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