GAMEDAY INFORMATION
No. 3 Oakland vs. No. 2 Northern Kentucky | Monday, March 11-- 9:30 p.m. | Little Caesars Arena

COVERAGE
BROADCAST: ESPNU | TALENT: Rich Hollenberg (PxP) and Fran Fraschilla (Analyst) | RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app | TALENT: Neal Ruhl (PxP), Dan Waterstradt (Analyst)

ROCHESTER, Mich. -- The No. 3 seed Oakland men's basketball team will face No. 2 seed Northern Kentucky in the 2019 Motor City Madness semifinal on Monday, March 11 at 9:30 p.m. inside Little Caesars Arena. The game will be televised nationally on ESPNU and fans can also listen on WDFN-AM (1130) or with the iHeart Radio app. 

Last time out, Oakland extended it winning streak to five games as the Golden Grizzlies defeated No. 6 seed Youngstown State 88-84 on March 6 at the O'rena in the Motor City Madness quarterfinals.

INSIDE THE SERIES

• Oakland leads the all-time series 11-10.
• The Golden Grizzlies and Norse have faced once on a neutral site in 1997 at the NCAA Division II Tournament in Indianapolis (NKU won 101-87).

NOTES

• A win on Monday would advance Oakland to its sixth Division I conference tournament championship game and first since joining the Horizon League.
• Oakland last appeared in a league tournament title game in 2011 as a member of the Summit League. 
• Oakland is 17-14 all-time in Division I league tournaments, becoming eligible in 2002.
• The Golden Grizzlies are 3-5 all-time in the Horizon League tournament (five appearances) and 0-2 all-time in the Horizon League semifinal.
• Oakland and Northern Kentucky have never faced each other in the Horizon League tournament.
• Xavier Hill-Mais earned first team all-league honors while Braden Norris was named to the all-freshman team.
• By going 11-7 in conference play this season, Oakland has recorded 10 or more league wins in 12 of the last 13 seasons, the most of any Michigan Division I school in that span.
• For the first time in Greg Kampe's 35 years as Oakland's head coach, four different Golden Grizzlies have scored 30 points or more in a game this season (Hill-Mais, Jaevin Cumberland, Karmari Newman and Brad Brechting).
• Cumberland finished the regular season leading the Horizon League in total minutes (1,143; fourth nationally) and free throw percentage (89 percent, 15th nationally).
• Cumberland has made a three-pointer in every game this season.
• Brechting is averaging 17 points and 10 rebounds per game in his last 10 games.
• The Golden Grizzlies led the Horizon League in four categories: assist-to-turnover ratio (1.37, 22nd in NCAA), assists per game (17.5; seventh in NCAA), three-point field goal percentage (38 percent; 20th in NCAA) and total assists (561; sixth in NCAA).

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