ROCHESTER, Mich. – Oakland University Men's Basketball will make the trip to Wisconsin for two games starting with the Phoenix of Green Bay on Thursday, February 9 at 8:00 pm on ESPN+. The "Voice of the Golden Grizzlies" Neal Ruhl will be on the call on TheBet 1270AM (WXYT-AM). 

Oakland overcame a 16-point deficit to beat Cleveland State in overtime 92-89 on Saturday as Blake Lampman registered a career-high 22 points while Trey Townsend recorded his sixth double-double of the season, the second-straight game with that feat, as the Oxford native had 23 points and a career-high 17 rebounds. Both of these individuals blocked career-high four shots apiece. Jalen Moore was the team's leading scorer with 25 points to go with his seven assists.

Moore leads the team in scoring 18.0 points per game with the 14th-best assist per game stat in NCAA Division I with 5.9 per game ahead of student-athletes from Arizona, Michigan State, Kentucky, and a slew of others. The senior is 17th in the country in total assists with 129. 

Townsend has now vaulted to 8.1 boards per game following Saturday to hang on to fifth in the conference statistical rankings. Keaton Hervey sits eighth with 6.7 a game. 

Now in second in #HLMBB in steals per game, Moore averages 2.1 per contest with his teammate Lampman in fourth at 2.0 for a formidable defensive duo. With his career-high four blocks against CSU, Townsend is now fourth in the league with 1.2 blocks per game. 

Lampman is third in the conference in three-point shooting with a 33.8% (53-157) mark following his 5-9 from Saturday. 

Moore and Townsend are first and third in the conference, respectively, in minutes per game with 38.0 and 36.4. This puts each athlete at third and 15th in NCAA Division I.

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 672-521 (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.

The Washington Wizards have acquired former Oakland University Men's Basketball student-athlete Kendrick Nunn from the Los Angeles Lakers.

SCOUTING REPORT

GREEN BAY
The Phoenix picked up their second #HLMBB victory of the year, the third win overall in the 2022-23 campaign with an 80-79 win in overtime over Milwaukee at UWM Panther Arena on Monday night. The Panthers held a one-point lead at 79-78 with 12 seconds remaining as Davin Zeigler knocked down a jump shot to give UWGB the 80-79 victory with seventh-tenths of a second on the clock.

Cade Meyer leads the Phoenix in scoring with 11.3 per game as one of two individuals who average double-digits along with Clarence Cummings III at 10.0. Meyer doubles as the team's leading rebounder at 4.6 per game. 

Green Bay has the worst scoring margin in the conference at -17.6. Interim Head Coach Freddie Owens secured his first win on Monday in his coaching tenure. 

Oakland has won the last two meetings through the Phoenix lead the all-time series 12-11. The Golden Grizzlies are just 4-8 on the road against Green Bay.

 

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NO MERCY
Oakland has now won eight straight in Calihan Hall, the best record of any of the Titans' opponents in history. Marquette held the previous record of 7-0 until January 23 when Oakland won the 12th of the last 13 games in the Metro Series 76-67.

1,000 POINT CLUB
Townsend became the 37th Golden Grizzly to reach 1,000 career points in the team's overtime win against IUPUI off a free throw. Townsend followed it up with his 500th rebound in the win versus Detroit Mercy.

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 672 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.