ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland University Men's Basketball will look to defend its five-game winning streak on Saturday, January 14 at 3:00 pm on ESPN+ with Youngstown State. The "Voice of the Golden Grizzlies" Neal Ruhl will be on the call with Tony Paul on analysis.

Trey Townsend recorded his third 30-point performance on Thursday, 21 points in the second half, as Oakland outlasted Robert Morris at home 69-65 for the squad's fifth-straight victory. Blake Lampman went 6-12 (50%) from deep to record all of his 18 points from range. 

Lampman is now fourth in the league in three-point field goal percentage at 35.3% (45-116), third in three-point field goals per game with an average of 2.7.

Townsend ranks fourth in the league in field goal percentage at 52.1% (125-240) following his three 30-point showings.

Jalen Moore is 33rd in NCAA Division I in total assists with 86, 18th in assists per game with 5.7 calculated by the NCAA through games on January 12. Moore is also surging up the scoring average on the Golden Grizzlies team with 14.3 points per game, the second most to Townsend who registers 14.3. 

Townsend was named to the Lou Henson Award Watchlist on November 22 as one of four #HLMBB student-athletes listed.

Moore was the lone Golden Grizzly named to the Preseason #HLMBB All-League Team honor with OU predicted fourth with two first-place votes in the preseason poll as Purdue Fort Wayne and Northern Kentucky tied for the top honor. The Horizon League and ESPN released the annual wildcard selections for national telecasts with Oakland on four of the five potential selected dates, denoted on the team's schedule page and the game notes. 

Head Coach Greg Kampe enters his 39th season at the helm for Oakland University as the second-longest tenured coach in NCAA Division I basketball behind Jim Boeheim from Syracuse, who is in his 42nd season. Kampe has posted a 669-515 (56.8%) career record.

Michigan State was recently ranked No. 12 in the latest AP Top 25 poll as the only ranked non-conference opponent the Golden Grizzlies will potentially see. Toledo came close with a receiving vote ranking ahead of the two team's matchup on November 16.

The early signing period has come for OU as Aundre Polk will join the team on The Blacktop in the fall of 2023. Polk is a former MAC All-Freshman Team member at Central Michigan.

SCOUTING REPORT

YOUNGSTOWN STATE
The Penguins pulled away from #HLMBB rival Detroit Mercy on Thursday night with an 84-79 victory at Callihan Hall as four YSU student-athletes registered double-digit point totals. Brandon Rush's 19 points led the team as Adrian Nelson followed suit with 16.

Dwayne Cohill is still the team's leading scorer with 17.5 per game. Malek Green is just behind at 14.0 with two others averaging in the double-digits with a 13-5 record. 

The matchup on Saturday will see two 5-2 #HLMBB record teams on the hardwood. Oakland leads the all-time series 21-10. 

As a team, Youngstown State has the best scoring offense in the conference with an average of 84.9 points per game, posting the league's best margin at 12.2. The Penguins lead multiple other categories including three-point shooting, posting a 39.8% mark.

Bryce McBride has converted on every free throw but one this year for a 98.0% (48-49) mark.

 

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100 #HLMBB VICTORIES
Coach Kampe and the program registered its 100th #HLMBB win against Wright State on January 8. Kampe is the fourth coach in the conference to reach this feat.

FIRST POTW IN THE NEW YEAR
Moore garnered the team's first Nike #HLMBB Player of the Week Award on Monday, January 2 with an average of 21 points and 6.5 assists in the team's wins over Milwaukee and Green Bay in Rochester.

DA-DA-DA  DA-DA-DA
Moore and Hervey connected from a steal for the off-the-glass slam by the grad transfer from Missouri State for the team's first #SCTop10 of the 2022-23 season, coming in at No. 10 in the daily ESPN show on October 20.

NEW FACES
The Golden Grizzlies welcome in four transfers, two from the power five-level, Rocket Watts (Mississippi State), Lorne Bowman (Wisconsin), Keaton Hervey (Missouri State), and Chuol Deng (Hill College). Three freshmen join the new class Cooper Craggs, Dominic Capriotti, and Evan Solomon.

NEW HEAT IN MIAMI
Oakland's own Jamal Cain has earned a contract with the Miami Heat for the upcoming season wearing No. 8. Cain is just the latest active Golden Grizzly in the NBA with Kendrick Nunn, a regular part of the Los Angeles Lakers rotation.

GET YOUR TICKETS
Season tickets can be purchased through the Athletics Ticket Office by calling (248) 370-4000 or emailing outickets@oakland.edu. Single-game tickets and mini-plans are also available for the 2022-23 basketball season. 

NEW HOME FOR OAKLAND BASKETBALL
Oakland recently announced a partnership with Audacy that made 97.1 The Ticket HD3 and The Bet 1270AM (WXYT-AM) the official radio providers for the department. With this new partnership, 97.1 The Ticket HD3 and The Bet 1270AM (WXTY-AM) will provide coverage for all Oakland men's basketball games and the Greg Kampe Radio Show.

BACK FOR ANOTHER RUN
Kampe enters his 39th season at the helm of the Oakland men's basketball program. He is the second-longest tenured active coach in Division I, only behind Jim Boeheim (Syracuse, 45 seasons). Kampe's 669 career wins rank 12th among active Division I coaches.

PUTTING OAKLAND ON THE MAP
Kampe joined Oakland in 1984 after six seasons as an assistant coach at Toledo (1978-1984). Formerly known as the Pioneers, OU had only six winning seasons in 16 years of competition before his arrival.