ROCHESTER, Mich. – On Saturday, Youngstown State ended Oakland University Men's Basketball's five-game winning streak by a score of 85-69 in #HLMBB play at the Athletics Center O'rena.

Jalen Moore picked up his third 20-plus point performance starting out with a layup in Oakland's scoring column with both teams exchanging challenging, physical blows to one another early. Rocket Watts got on the board as well off a jumper before Moore registered the next five points for the Golden Grizzlies.

The Penguins began to pull away early, going up by as much as 13 within the first ten minutes as Osei Price drained his first triple in a couple of games followed by Chris Conway's dunk would try and reel the waning Penguins back.

Their efforts would be answered as Keaton Hervey knocked down his only three-pointer of the game with 7:50 to go as the grad transfer pulled the squad in within five points.

Heading into halftime, Youngstown State looked up at the scoreboard at the Athletics Center O'rena and found themselves leading by 17 after the first 20 minutes of play, 44-27.

Blake Lampman hammered home a dunk to open the scoring in the second frame with Moore having a hand in the next four points following. Lampman followed it up with a deep ball that sparked the Golden Grizzlies' offense to chew into the Penguins' lead, bringing it down to as little as four points behind Trey Townsend's layup.

The crowd at the O'rena was brought to its feet with 9:59 remaining though the visiting red jerseys responded by throwing in another dominating run to stand over the Golden Grizzlies up by 18 at certain points.

Oakland would drop its second-straight game to Youngstown State in the series dating back to February of 2022 by a score of 85-69 to end the team's five-game winning streak.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Moore registered his third 20-plus point performance of the season to lead Oakland in scoring
• Watts followed up with a 13-point game
• Moore reached more than his assists per game average, finishing with seven
• Townsend grabbed eight boards to lead the team, Moore and Watts followed with five and four, respectively
• Oakland was a perfect 11-11 from the charity stripe
• The Golden Grizzlies had 24 points off turnovers to the Penguins' 16
• YSU had the best #HLMBB scoring offense heading into Saturday, hitting 53.8% (14-26) from deep to Oakland's 33.3% (8-24)

#HLMBB play continues with IUPUI on Thursday, January 19 at 7:00 pm at the State Farm Coliseum in Indianapolis, Indiana on ESPN+.