GAME 32: NO. 3 OAKLAND HOSTS NO. 6 YOUNGSTOWN STATE IN QUARTERFINAL MATCHUP

Tip-off is at 7 p.m. on ESPN+

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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
No. 3 Oakland vs. No. 6 Youngstown State | Wednesday, March 6 -- 7 p.m. | The Blacktop at the O'rena

COVERAGE
BROADCAST: ESPN+ | TALENT: Neal Ruhl (pxp) and Dan Waterstradt (analyst) | RADIO: WDFN-AM (1130), iHeart Radio app | TALENT: Brad Golder (pxp)

ROCHESTER, Mich. -- The No. 3 seed Oakland men's basketball team begins the 2019 Horizon League Tournament with a quarterfinal matchup with No. 6 seed Youngstown State Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. inside the O'rena. 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, Oakland extended it winning streak to four games by defeating IUPUI in its regular season finale.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Oakland leads the all-time series 15-8.
Oakland is 9-2 against the Penguins at the O'rena.
Four of the last five games between Oakland and Youngstown State have been decided by two points or less.
Oakland is 1-1 all-time against the Penguins in the league tournament and won its first-ever Horizon League postseason game in a thrilling 96-92 overtime win over Youngstown State in the O'rena on March 4, 2014.

NOTES

Oakland is 16-14 all-time in Division I league tournaments, becoming eligible in 2002.
The Golden Grizzlies are 2-5 all-time in Horizon League tournament (five appearances).
The Golden Grizzlies are 13-8 all-time as the higher seed in the tournament.
Xavier Hill-Mais earned first team all-league honors while Braden Norris was named to the all-freshman team announced by the Horizon League on March 5.
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 leads the Horizon League and ranks fourth in the NCAA in total minutes (1,143). He also leads the conference in free throw percentage at 89 percent, which ranks 15th nationally.
Cumberland has made a three-pointer in every game this season.
Brechting is averaging 18 points and nine rebounds per game in his last nine games.
The Golden Grizzlies lead the Horizon League in four categories: assist-to-turnover ratio (1.37), assists per game (17.5; ninth in NCAA), three-point field goal percentage (38 percent; 22nd in NCAA) and total assists (542; sixth in NCAA).