GAME 4: GOLDEN GRIZZLIES AND NO. 25 WOLVERINES FACE-OFF IN ANN ARBOR

Sunday’s game is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on Big Ten Network

OAKLAND GAME NOTES

ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Oakland men's basketball team will travel to Ann Arbor to take on No. 25 Michigan Sunday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. from the Crisler Center. Sunday's matchup will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.

The Golden Grizzlies (0-3), who will play in their fourth game in five days, take on the Wolverines (1-0) for the first time since 2011.

Junior transfer Jalen Moore leads the Golden Grizzlies in their young season with 13.7 ppg, dishing out 4 assists, and 2.7 rebounds and steals per game.

Oakland will look to bounce back after three-straight losses at the Xavier Invitational.

Sunday's game at Michigan is the first of four-straight Power-5 opponents in addition to Purdue (12/1), Oklahoma State (12/5), and Michigan State (12/13) to round out non-conference play.

Michigan enters Sunday's game coming off a 96-82 win against Bowling Green.

THE MATCHUP
> Michigan leads the series, 7-1 and remains a perfect 5-0 on its home court

> The last matchup between the two squads was Dec. 10, 2011. The Wolverines defeated the Golden Grizzlies 90-80 at the Palace of Auburn Hills

> Oakland's lone win against Michigan was in front of a home crowd as the Golden Grizzlies defeated the Wolverines 97-90

> First Meeting: 11/19/1999

FAMILIAR FACES
> Michigan's Assistant Coach Saddi Washington spent a decade as a member of Oakland University's coaching staff (2006-16) serving seven years as an assistant before being promoted to the associate head coach under Greg Kampe in his final three seasons

> Washington helped the Golden Grizzlies to 198 wins, with five 20-plus win seasons. Oakland made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament (2010, '11) after winning two straight Summit League regular season and conference tournament titles. In addition, Oakland made four trips to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) and to the inaugural Vegas 16 Tournament in 2016

> U-M's Jay Smith, who serves as the director of player personnel and development was the head coach at Central Michigan from 1997-2006, during with Oakland's Associate Head Coach served on the Chippewas' coaching staff from 1997-02

> Jeff Smith served as a graduate assistant at CMU from 1997-99 before getting promoted to assistant coach from 1999-02, all during Jay Smith's tenure

NOTES
> Since 2006-07, Oakland has garnered 13 10-plus league wins in a season, Michigan has tallied eight

> The Golden Grizzlies have faced a ranked opponent in every season except one (2005-06), posting an overall record of 2-45

> Oakland's two top-25 wins came versus No. 23 Oregon (68-62) at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Dec. 22, 2007, and at No. 7 Tennessee (89-82) on Dec. 14, 2010 inside Thompson-Boling Arena

> The Golden Grizzlies played a program-high six teams in 2010-11 and have faced 24 nationally-ranked teams over the last eight seasons, going 1-23 in those games

> Most recently, the Golden Grizzlies fell to No. 16/15 Michigan State on Dec. 14, 2019, 72-49.

> Oakland started the 2018-19 season 0-3, before earning three-straight wins over Defiance, James Madison and Oral Roberts

> Freshmen Micah Parrish and Trey Townsend lead the Golden Grizzlies in rebounds, averaging 7.0 and 5.3 per game respectively

> 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

> Rashad Williams earned preseason accolades, being named second team all-league. The junior guard is coming off a 2019-20 campaign where he led the team in averaging 19.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. Williams, a transfer from Cleveland State missed 18 games last season due to NCAA transfer rules, but started the remaining 15 games of the season after receiving a waiver from the NCAA on Jan. 16.

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