CINCINNATI, Ohio –The Oakland men's basketball team opened the 2020-21 season with a 101-49 loss to Xavier Wednesday afternoon from the Cintas Center in game one of the Xavier Invitational.
 
Kevin Kangu, Jalen Moore and Daniel Oladapo tallied eight points each to lead Oakland. 
 
Moore hit a free throw followed by a triple from Blake Lampman on the next possession to give Oakland a 4-2 lead just two minutes into the first half. It was all Xavier (1-0) after that, going on a 20-0 run over the next 5:40. A baseline jumper from Yusuf Jihad ended the Musketeers' run after taking a 22-6 lead. 
 
A pair of free throws and a bucket by Oladapo, and a layup from Trey Townsend rounded out the scoring efforts for the Golden Grizzlies, heading into halftime trailing Xavier, 53-12.
 
The Golden Grizzlies had a better second half offensively, shooting 33.3 percent from the floor compared to just 12 percent (4-of-33) in the first 20 minutes of play. 
 
Xavier was hot from floor shooting 60 percent (43-of-71) from the floor and nearly 40 percent from long range, hitting 13 triples.
 
Oakland will continue the Xavier Invitational Thursday against Toledo at 3:15 p.m. Fans can watch live on FloHoops or listen on 106.7 WLLZ HD-2 or the iHeart Radio app.
 
 NOTES 
> Oakland falls to 5-0 in the all-time series against Xavier
> The last time Oakland allowed more than 100 points was three years ago to the day (11/25/17) when no.3 Kansas scored 102 
> Xavier's 43 field goals was the most by an opponent since (11/17/1998) when Michigan State tallied 40 
> The last time Oakland scored less than 50 points was at the Horizon League Tournament against Cleveland State, falling to the Vikings 44-43
> Jalen Moore dished out a team-best five assists
> Freshman Micah Parrish led Oakland with eight boards, while Trey Townsend  pulled down six
> 13 Golden Grizzlies saw playing time on Wednesday, with 10 of them scoring two or more points
> Oakland scored 13 second chance points compared to Xavier's nine
> Moore, Townsend and Young earned their first start as a Golden Grizzly