ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland University Men's Basketball will begin the first of two meetings in the Metro Series on the men's side with a matchup on the hardwood at Calihan Hall against Detroit Mercy on Monday, January 23 at 7:00 pm on ESPN+.

Trey Townsend became the latest of a legendary group of Oakland Golden Grizzlies to eclipse the 1,000 career point mark in the team's 83-77 overtime win against IUPUI in Indianapolis last Thursday. Jalen Moore and Townsend combined for 53 points, scoring 27 and 26, respectively. 

Townsend's 15 rebounds inch the Oxford native closer to yet another milestone which can be achieved on Monday with just two rebounds needed. The junior also leads the Golden Grizzlies squad in scoring with 17.1 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per contest. 

Moore is just behind with 15.4 points per game while putting up the 16th mark in assists per game in NCAA Division I with 5.9, 19th in total assists at 100.

The Golden Grizzlies have the sixth-best scoring offense in the Horizon League with the ninth-best scoring margin in the conference. Townsend and Moore are fifth and eighth in points per game in the league, the former of the two sixth in rebounds.

Moore's assist marks put him first overall in the league.

Blake Lampman is 43-128 (33.6%) from deep to lead Oakland and hang the fifth-best shooting percentage from range in #HLMBB. 

As a team, the Golden Grizzlies are third in the Horizon League in free throw shooting with a team average of 74.2% (253-341). 

Oakland and Youngstown State's January 27 contest in Ohio has been picked up by ESPN2, the second national-televised ESPN game for the Golden Grizzlies this season. Tipoff is slated for 9:00 pm ET. 

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 670-515 (56.8%) career record.

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

DETROIT MERCY
The Titans handled IUPUI 89-77 on Saturday with the NCAA's No. 2 all-time leading scorer, Antoine Davis, bagging 42 points to lead all scorers. Former Indiana Hoosier and Loyola Rambler Damezi Anderson added 20 to the total, grabbing a team-high seven boards.

Davis is the NCAA's points-per-game leader with 26.2/game ahead of UAB's Jordan Walker at 23.8. The next closest points scorer in #HLMBB to Davis is Wright State's Trey Calvin at 19.1. Davis is also one of the best three-point shooters in the conference with 4.6 per contest with a 40.5% (92-227) mark.

Oakland is 11-1 in the last twelve meetings with Detroit Mercy with the last meeting resulting in a 75-59 win for the Golden Grizzlies. 

Both teams enter the game 8-12 overall with the Golden Grizzlies in fifth in the #HLMBB standings at 6-3 in league play, the Titans seventh at 4-5.

 

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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 670 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.