GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Oakland at Northern Kentucky | Saturday, Feb. 9 -- 7 p.m. | BB&T Arena
COVERAGE
BROADCAST: ESPN3 | TALENT: Brady Laber (PxP) & Brad Redford (Analyst) | RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app | TALENT:
Neal Ruhl (PxP)
ROCHESTER, Mich. -- The Oakland men's basketball will take on Northern Kentucky Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. inside BB&T Arena. The game will be streamed on ESPN3 and fans can also listen on WDFN-AM (1130) or with the iHeart Radio app.
Last time out, Brad Brechting recorded his second double-double in three games with 16 points and 10 rebounds as Oakland dropped a road contest on Feb. 7 to Wright State 76-62.
INSIDE THE SERIES
- Oakland leads 11-9
- The Golden Grizzlies have won five of the last six meetings against the Norse.
- Oakland is 3-0 at BB&T Arena and has won its last five road contests at Northern Kentucky (last road loss at NKU came in 1981).
NOTES
- Since 2009, Oakland has boasted a February record of 60-18 (.769).
- Oakland is 3-0 at BB&T Arena and has won its last five road contests at Northern Kentucky (last road loss at NKU came in 1981).
- 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 (Hill-Mais, Cumberland, Newman and Brechting).
- Brechting had a two stellar performances last week, averaging 26 points and 11.5 rebounds per game.
- On Jan. 31 against Youngstown State, Brechting recorded his first career double-double with 21 points and 18 rebounds, both career highs. Two days later, he returned to face Cleveland State and scored a career high 32 points on 14 of 15 shooting. His .933 shooting percentage was the second-highest in a game in school history.
- Brechting has scored in double figures in his last five games, averaging 18.0 points in that span.
- The Golden Grizzlies have had a player record a double-double in their last five games.
- The Golden Grizzlies have the highest scoring duo in league play at 35.7 points per game in Jaevin Cumberland (19.4) and Xavier Hill-Mais (16.3).
- From Jan. 19 through Feb. 16, Oakland will play seven of its nine games on the road.
- The Golden Grizzlies lead the Horizon League and rank inside the NCAA's top-10 in total assists (438; fifth) and assists per game (17.5; ninth).
- Oakland also leads the league in: three-point field goal percentage (39 percent; 11th in NCAA), three-pointers made (248; 11th in NCAA), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.47; 11th in NCAA), three-pointers per game (9.9; 16th in NCAA), fewest fouls per game (15.8) and fewest total fouls (395).
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