ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Golden Grizzlies men's basketball team hits the road for one final time of the regular season as it wraps up its season series against Robert Morris Thursday (Feb. 22) inside UPMC Events Center, with tip-off set for 7:00 p.m. ET.
 
The Golden Grizzlies (18-10, 13-4 HL) used its high-flying offense to soar past the IUPUI Jaguars, 107-59, to grab the win at home.
 
IUPUI jumped out to an early lead as it knocked down back-to-back threes, but it was all Oakland from there on out as it proceeded on a 12-0 run to make it 23-8 near the midway point of the first. Oakland kept the pedal to the medal as it held the Jaguars to 24 points in the first half while the Golden Grizzlies headed into the locker room with 51.
 
The team kept pace in the second half as it opened up with 11 points before IUPUI got on the stat sheet. The game was controlled through Jack Gohlke who sank a handful of threes in each half to help increase Oakland's lead. The Golden Grizzlies lead didn't dip below 25 points in the second half and grew its lead to 50 down the stretch. Rocket Watts tallied the last six points of the game as the team went on to win, 107-59.
 
All nine Golden Grizzlies who saw the floor recorded a point as Oakland went 37-of-56 (.661) from the floor and outrebounded the Jaguars, 37-25.
 
Gohlke, who was named this week's Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Week, led the Golden Grizzlies with 31 points, good to tie his career-high and the only Oakland player to score 30+ points this season, as he sank 10 threes in 24:00 minutes on court time. His 10 threes placed him t-2nd in the Golden Grizzlies record book for most threes made in a game, as he shot at a .667 clip from deep. Gohlke is also t-2nd across the NCAA for total three pointers made and t-4th in the nation in three pointers per game with 3.46 (as of 2/20). He is the conference leader in three point field goals made per game and second in the league in three point percentage (.361).
 
TOP 25
The Golden Grizzlies made its debut in College Insider's Mid-Major Top 25 as it ranks 21st overall, with Green Bay as the only other Horizon League team on the list at no. 22. Youngstown State received three votes as Drake, who the Golden Grizzlies faced in the Cayman Islands Classic, ranks in the top-10 while Toledo, another Oakland opponent, received 34 votes. The ranking marks the first time Oakland has cracked the top-25 of the list since Feb. 14, 2022.
 
RECORD WATCH
Gohlke ranks ninth in the Golden Grizzlies single season record book for most three-point field goals made with 97, as Travis Bader (2013-14) leads with 147. Ahead of him in eighth is Max Hooper with 105 (2015-16). He also sits fifth in three-point field goals per game with 3.46 and eighth in three-point field goal attempts with 269, four behind the seventh spot of Jaevin Cumberland (2018-19).
 
Graduate student Blake Lampman is three games away (135) from setting Oakland's all-time games played record as Travis Bader (2010-14) and Will Hudson (2007-11) are t-1st with 137. He's also in the fifth spot career wise in three-point field goals made with 262, as Brad Buddenborg (1998-02) is ahead in fourth with 286, while Lampman is fourth in attempts with 787, as Jason Rozycki (1998-02) is ahead with 819 attempts.
 
Trey Townsend has played and started in 121 games to date, which puts him t-3rd in the Oakland record book for most games started and is fourth overall in the books in minutes played with 4,196. In games started, Keith Benson (2007-11) is ahead of him in second with 126, while Corey Petros (2011-15) is in third in minutes played with 4516. The senior also finds himself eighth overall in offensive rebounds (258, Courtney Scott (2002-05) in seventh with 265), fifth in defensive rebounds (539, Matt Stuck (1992-96) in fourth with 556) and ninth in total rebounds (797, Tom Eller (1990-94) in eighth with 827).
 
1K Club
The Golden Grizzlies have four players with 1000 career NCAA points (Townsend - 1653, Gohlke - 1127, Watts - 1017, Lampman - 1003) which is t-6th in the NCAA for most active 1000 point scorers on the same team. St. John's (NY) leads with six, as Auburn, James Madison, TCU and Villanova have five. Watts and Lampman recorded their 1000th career-point in the same game.
 
DQ Cole amassed 1145 points in his career prior to joining the Golden Grizzlies, with Schoolcraft Community College and Henry Ford College, that both compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association level. Although NJCAA points don't count towards NCAA career point totals, Cole is nearing the 1500-point club as he currently sits with 1372.
 
SCOUTING THE COLONIALS
Oakland took care of Robert Morris (10-17, 6-10 HL) at home, 87-72, in the beginning of February. The Colonials bounced back days after as it wrapped up its road trip with a win over Detroit Mercy, 75-67, and nearly upset Green Bay when it returned home as it dropped a close one in overtime, 81-76. Robert Morris' only other win between its meetings between the Golden Grizzlies came against Milwaukee, as it rides a two-game losing streak into Thursday.
 
Lampman showed out against the Colonials and started the game with four-straight threes and accounted for all of Oakland's 12 points in the opening five minutes of play. Oakland held the lead in the opening half as Lampman stayed hot and drained another three for his 20th point. The Golden Grizzlies held the Colonials scoreless for nearly four minutes as it took advantage and rattled off 11-straight points to widen its lead to 40-23, but the Colonials finished the half on a 7-0 run to make it 40-30 at the break.
 
Oakland grew its lead to as much as 20 in the second half, but Robert Morris battled back and went on a 12-0 run to put itself back in the game. The Golden Grizzlies would pull ahead though and remained in control of the game as it grew its lead to 15 down the stretch as it used free throws to put the game to rest and win, 87-72.
 
The Golden Grizzlies get the better half of the Colonials and hold a 9-2 record, dating back to its first matchup in 2001. Ever since Robert Morris joined the Horizon League in 2020, Oakland is 5-2 with its only two losses coming on the road by an average of 5.5 points.
 
Markeese Hastings leads the Colonials with 15.5 points per game as the team totals four players who average double-digit points. Hastings also leads off the glass and nearly averages a double-double with 8.2 rebounds per game.
 
Robert Morris nearly get outscored, 76.2-75.0, as it shoots at a .442 clip from the floor with 8.2 threes per game. The team leads off the glass though as it brings down 36.3 per game and allow 32.6 per game.
 
Tip-off from the UPMC Events Center is slated for 7:00 PM ET Thursday, Feb. 22.
 
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