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Oakland University Fast Facts Location: ..............................................................................................Rochester, Mich. Founded: ....................................................................................................................... 1957 Enrollment: .............................................................................................................20,000 Conference: ............................................Horizon League, joined on 7/1/13 Arena: ...................................................................Athletics Center O’rena (3,000) Average 22 wins over last 5 seasons | Bader is 60 3s shy of NCAA record Interim President: ........................... Dr. Betty Youngblood (Oakland, ‘65) 2 NCAA tournament appearances in last 4 seasons Director of Athletics: ........................................... Tracy Huth (Oakland, ‘85) GAME #11 INFORMATION Location: Auburn Hills, Mich. Oakland Basketball History Facility: The Palace of Auburn Hills (24,276) First Year: .............................................................................................................1967-68 When: Saturday, Dec. 14, 4:05 p.m. ET All-Time Record (47 seasons):............................................693-631 (.523) TV: ESPN2 | Carter Blackburn (pxp), Bruce Pearl (color) First Year of Division I: .............................................................................1999-00 Audio: OUgrizzlies.com | Neal Ruhl (pxp), Dan All-Time D-I Record (15 seasons): ...................................244-212 (.535) Waterstradt (color) NCAA Tournaments: .......................................................................7 (3 D-I, 4 D-II) Last Appearance: ................................................................................................. 2011 Oakland Golden Grizzlies (2-8) Michigan State Spartans (7-1) No. 13 seed Oakland 81, No. 4 seed Texas 85 RPI: 172 RPI: 21, AP/USA Today Ranking #5/5 NCAA Second Round, Tulsa, Okla. (BOK Center) League Regular-Season Titles: ..........................................................................5 Coach: Greg Kampe, 30th season Coach: Tom Izzo, 19th season 1995-96 (GLIAC), ‘96-97 (GLIAC), ‘99-00 (Summit), ‘09-10 (Summit), Record at OU: 508-374, 244-212 (Division I) Record at MSU: 446-179 ‘10-11 (Summit) Kampe vs. MSU: 0-11 Izzo vs. OU: 11-0 League Tournament Titles: ....................................................................................3 Points: Travis Bader, 20.1 per game Points: Gary Harris, 17.6 per game Rebounds: Corey Petros, 7.4 per game Rebounds: Branden Dawson, 8.9 per game Athletic Communications Assists: Duke Mondy, 4.6 per game Assists: Keith Appling, 5.3 per game Basketball contact: ...................................................................Scott MacDonald GOLDEN GRIZZLIES FAST BREAK [email protected], 919-619-4137 (c) | 248-370-4008 (o) Mailing Address: Oakland University, Athletics Center, 2200 N. ▪ The Golden Grizzlies have been outrebounded in 9-of-10 games this season, including by 24 at Squirrel Road, Rochester, MI 48309-4401 Indiana in a 27-point defeat (81-54). The Hoosiers grabbed 13 offensive rebounds and became the first team in 211 games to surpass the 50-rebound plateau. 2013-14 Schedule ▪ Travis Bader failed to connect on a 3-pointer, going 0-for-10 from beyond the arc at IU. That ended date day opponent tv ...................time (ET) the nation’s longest streak at 62 games with at least one triple (88 is NCAA record by Cory Bradford, october Illinois). 29 tue Tiffin (EXH) HLN ................ W, 72-56 november A WIN ON SATURDAY WOULD ... 3 sun Lake Superior State (EXH) HLN ................ W, 88-61 ▪ Be the first-ever win against the Spartans and snap an 11-game losing streak in the series. 8 fri at #12/11 North Carolina FSD+, ESPN3 ............L, 84-61 12 tue at #24/24 UCLA Pac-12 Networks ........L, 91-60 15 fri at Cal Pac-12 Networks ........L, 64-60 ▪ Give the Golden Grizzlies their eighth win over a BCS opponent, and third over a Big Ten foe. 17 sun at #15/15 Gonzaga KAYU-TV ..................L, 82-67 23 sat vs. Louisiana ! Big South Net. ...........L, 84-75 ▪ Improve OU’s all-time record to 3-33 vs. the Associated Press Top 25 and be the second win vs. a 24 sun vs. St. Francis ! Big South Net. ...........L, 68-62 top-10 team (def. No. 7 Tennessee, 89-82, on Dec. 14, 2010). 26 tue at Western Michigan n/a ........................L, 99-88 30 sat Rochester College HLN ................ W, 86-51 TOUGH ROAD december 7 sat Ohio HLN ................ W, 73-56 ▪ OU’s non-conference D-I opponents record is currently 58-21 for a .734 winning percenatage. The 10 tue at #NR/RV Indiana ESPN2 ....................L, 81-54 Golden Grizzlies have played the toughest schedule in the country, according to USA Today and Jeff 14 sat #5/5 Michigan State @ ESPN2 ................ 4 p.m. Sagarin’s computer ratings. 16 mon Illinois State HLN ................... 7 p.m. 21 sat Eastern Michigan HLN ................... 1 p.m. ▪ Oakland faced three ranked teams in its first four games (#12 North Carolina, #24 UCLA and #15 22 sun Robert Morris HLN ................... 1 p.m. 27 fri Defiance College HLN ................... 7 p.m. projected OU starters january no. name pos. ht./wt. yr. stats notes 2 thu at Wright State * HLN ..........................7 p.m. 20 Kahlil Felder pg 5-9, 170 fr 7.4 ppg, 4.3 apg 4th in HL in apg and 6th in ast/to ratio 4 sat Valparaiso * HLN ................... 6 p.m. 8 wed Milwaukee * HLN ................... 7 p.m. 3 Travis Bader g 6-5, 197 sr-r 20.1 ppg, 2.8 rpg leads HL in 3s per game, 3rd in scoring 11 sat at Detroit * HLN ..........................7 p.m. 10 Duke Mondy g 6-4, 207 sr-r 11.1 ppg, 5.3 rpg sat out 3 games; NCAA-best 4.6 steals pg 16 thu at Cleveland State * HLN ......................5:30 p.m. 23 Tommie McCune f 6-8, 200 so-r 6.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg has 3 double-figure scoring games 22 wed at Green Bay * HLN ..........................8 p.m. 42 Corey Petros c 6-10, 239 jr-r 12.0 ppg, 7.4 rpg leads the league w/3 double-doubles 25 sat UIC * (homecoming) ESPN3 ................ 2 p.m. reserves 31 fri Youngstown State * ESPNU/ESPN3 ........ 7 p.m. 0 Ralph Hill f 6-6, 237 jr-r 0.7 ppg, 0.8 rpg season-high 4 pts and 3 rebs vs. RC february 2 Dante Williams f 6-6, 183 jr 5.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg 61% (11-for-18) last 3 games; 67% from 3 2 sun at Milwaukee * HLN ..........................1 p.m. 11 Jalen Hayes f 6-7, 200 fr 0.7 ppg, 0.7 rpg missed first 4 games due to mono 6 thu Cleveland State * ESPN3 ................ 7 p.m. 9 sun at Valparaiso * HLN ......................2:35 p.m. 13 Mitch Baenziger g 6-2, 200 so 7.8 ppg, 2.0 rpg leads HL in 3-pt FG% (.600), T8 in NCAA 14 fri Detroit * (rivalry week) ESPNU ................ 7 p.m. 15 Lloyd Neely II f/g 6-5, 246 so 1.6 ppg, 1.2 rpg had season-high 3 rebs at Indiana 16 sun Wright State * HLN ................... 1 p.m. 52 Joey Asbury f 6-7, 205 sr 0.5 ppg, 4.7 mpg scored a season-high 2 pts vs. RC 21 fri at UIC * ESPNU/ESPN3 .............8 p.m. 27 thu Green Bay * ESPNU ................ 8 p.m. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE STAT WATCH march Travis BADER - Bay-der f The Golden Grizzlies have faced 41 opponents from the power- 1 sat at Youngstown State * HLN ......................7:05 p.m. Mitch BAENZIGER - Ben-zig-er six conferences over the last six seasons, posting a 4-37 record. 4-11 Horizon League tournament KAHLIL Felder - Kah-LIL f OU is 2-31 vs. the Big-Ten all-time, earning wins over Michigan * Horizon League game; ! Maui Mainland tourney in Conway, S.C.; @ The Greg KAMPE - Campy (97-90) 11/17/00 and Northwestern (60-41) 1/2/00. The Grizzlies Palace of Auburn Hills Corey PETROS - Pee-tros have dropped 25 straight against teams from the Big Ten SADDI Washington - Sah-dee conference. ougrizzlies.com | facebook@ougrizzlies | twitter@OUGrizzlies #FightOakland 1 MEDIA INFORMATION INTERVIEW GUIDELINES MICHIGAN DIVISION I SCHOOLS Oakland’s practices are closed to the public and the Conference record over last 7 seasons (2006-Present) media, but players and coaches are available on a School ‘12-13 Last 7 yrs. Pct. daily basis after practice, either on the main floor or 1. OAKLAND (HORIZON/SUMMIT) 10-6 89-31 .742 in the athletic department offices. All media wishing to attend practice, conduct interviews and shoot 2. Michigan State (Big Ten) 11-5 82-40 .672 B-roll, must contact Scott MacDonald in the Athletic 3. Western Michigan (MAC) 9-5 62-48 .564 Communications office prior to scheduled practices. 4. Michigan (Big Ten) 11-5 62-60 .508 Media are asked not to contact players directly 5. Eastern Michigan (MAC) 7-7 49-61 .445 either by phone, facebook, twitter and e-mail. Every effort will be made to make players available when 6. Detroit (Horizon) 12-4 52-70 .426 necessary. Players are off-limits on gamedays until 7. Central Michigan (MAC) 3-11 46-64 .418 after the contest. CREDENTIALS Gonzaga) and will play its fourth ranked team in 11 games. Oakland competed against a program- Press credentials are issued to accredited members high six nationally-ranked teams in 2010-11, finishing that season 25-10. of the working media only. Working space is limited, children, spouses and other non-workers will not be GOLDEN GRIZZLIES AGAINST BCS CONFERENCE SCHOOLS granted credentials or access to media areas. Requests ▪ Oakland has a total of seven wins against teams that hail from BCS conferences (7-69). The Golden for credentials should be made through e-mail at least 24 hours in advance of each game to Scott MacDonald Grizzlies have defeated an opponent from a BCS conference in four of the last six seasons heading ([email protected]). Passes will be left at WILL into 2013-14. CALL, located just inside the loading dock doors of the OU wins vs. the BCS Athletics Center, adjacent to the Lot 17 parking lot. def. Michigan (97-90) in Rochester on Nov. 17, 2000 -- O’rena PARKING def. Northwestern (60-41) in Evanston on Jan.