CINCINNATI, Ohio – Jalen Moore led the Golden Grizzlies with 16 points as the Oakland men's basketball team fell to Toledo Thursday afternoon, 80-53 from the Cintas Center at the Xavier Invitational.
 
Moore's 16 points came from a 50 percent (5-of-10) shooting performance and was paired with four rebounds and two assists. 
 
Daniel Oladapo chipped in 11 points rounding out the double-digit scorers and pulled down four boards. For the second-straight game Micah Parrish led the Golden Grizzlies in rebounds with five.
 
Toledo (1-1) shot 47 percent from downtown and buried 16 triples on the day, nine coming in the first half, as Oakland struggled from behind the arc, going 2-for-23 on the day.
 
After Moore hit a jumper at the 8:55 mark to pull Oakland within four at 19-15, the Rockets went on a 17-1 run over the next five-plus minutes to take a 36-16 lead with a little over three minutes remaining in the first half. The Golden Grizzlies went into halftime trailing 43-20.
 
Nine of Oladapo's 11 points came in the second half, shooting 75 percent from the floor.
 
Oakland was unable to chip away at their deficit, only coming within 18 at 7:41.
 
Oakland will close out the Xavier Invitational Friday against Bradley (1-1) at 3:15 p.m. Fans can watch live on FloHoops or listen on106.7 WLLZ HD-2 or the iHeart Radio app.

NOTES 
> Kampe joined the Oakland University team in 1984 after spending six seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Toledo (1978-1984). Oakland had only six winning seasons in 16 years of competition before his arrival
> Oakland falls to 10-6 in the all-time series against Toledo
>Oakland's bench outscored Toledo's, 26-16
> The Golden Grizzlies return one lone senior to this year's squad in Kevin Kangu. Kangu appeared in all 33 games last season, making 18 starts, leading Oakland in assists (114) and averaging 5.1 ppg 
> Oakland added seven newcomers to the 2020-21 squad, including two transfers in Zion Young (Western Illinois), and Jalen Moore (Olney Central College) 
> Oakland was picked to finish sixth in the 2020-21 Horizon League Men's Basketball Preseason Poll announced by the league office. The preseason poll was voted on by the league's head coaches, media members, and men's basketball media contacts throughout the league 
> Oakland will take on a condensed seven-game non-conference schedule, all of which will be road games. The Golden Grizzlies open with the first nationally televised game of the 2020 college basketball season at Xavier on Nov. 25. As part of the Xavier Invitational, the Golden Grizzlies will also take on Toledo (11/26) and Bradley (11/27)
> The Golden Grizzlies will face four-straight Power-5 schools in Michigan (11/29), Purdue (12/1), Oklahoma State (12/5) and Michigan State (12/13) to round out non-conference play