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Kendrick Nunn scored a game high 29 points and six rebounds during Oakland's loss to IUPUI on Monday, 74-67....

Kendrick Nunn led a three-headed monster for the Golden Grizzlies Wednesday night in a win over one of the nation’s top mid-majors.  The senior guard poured in a game-high 31 points, while Jalen Hayes added 25 and Martez Walker scored 20 as Oakland defeated Towson, 97-86.  “I knew we...

A pair of 3-pointers by Cassius Winston helped make the final score of the Spartans’ win Saturday look much more comfortable. Michigan’s Mr. Basketball in 2016 hit triples on back-to-back possessions that took a four-point lead to 10 with less than four minutes remaining as No. 2 Michigan State...

One doesn’t need the Force to sense the frustration Greg Kampe is experiencing with his team’s injuries.  On top of the somewhat illogical four-game suspension to starting forward Jalen Hayes to start the year, Oakland (6-4) has been missing 6-foot-11 junior Brad Brechting all season after he suffered a...

The Golden Grizzlies lost the battle inside Wednesday night and dropped the first of two non-conference games against Eastern Michigan this month.  EMU junior forward James Thompson IV went a perfect 11-for-11 from the field and was joined by teammates Paul Jackson and Elijah Minnie who all scored 24...

The sharing showed in the numbers. Sophomore guard Brailen Neely notched career-highs of 22 points and 13 assists as Oakland defeated Texas Southern, 97-87, rebounding at home Thursday night after a 1-3 road trip.  At 5-foot-9, Neely excelled in a rare matchup with another player of similar size, Tigers’...

The Golden Grizzlies nearly came home without a win on their four-game road trip. Missing leading scorer Kendrick Nunn (ankle), Martez Walker supplied a career-high 32 points as Oakland pulled out a 93-86 overtime victory over Oral Roberts. “We did some championship stuff late,” Oakland coach Greg Kampe told...

The Jayhawks have been described as many things under Bill Self at Phog Allen Fieldhouse, and Oakland coach Greg Kampe added another to that lexicon after Friday night’s game. “Some days you’re the windshield, some days you’re the bug, and today we were the bug,” Kampe said. The Golden...

Oakland’s struggles to move the ball and keep hold of the rock led to a lopsided 74-50 loss in a trip to the Carrier Dome Monday night.  Neither team took exceptional care of the ball, but Syracuse made the Golden Grizzlies suffer by scoring 23 points off their 19...