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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...
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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’...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Golden Grizzlies used a barrage of outside shooting to defeat New Orleans 87-68 Monday night and start the season 2-0 for the fourth time since the move to Division I. Martez Walker (25 points) and Kendrick Nunn (24) each hit six triples as Oakland took advantage of hot...
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Oakland managed without two of its top interior options in an 85-71 win in its season opener Friday night against Fort Wayne. Despite missing the services of Brad Brechting (broken toe) and Jalen Hayes (suspension), senior guard Kendrick Nunn scored a game-high 36 points to ensure the Golden Grizzlies...
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Olympia Enterainment executives know it, and Oakland University alumni and fans do, too. That meant Greg Kampe knows best of all where the bar is it for his team this season. “Obviously, this is a big year for Oakland basketball,” Kampe told reporters at the team’s media day last...
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Timothy Pontzer of WXOU weighs in on the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and their chance for success in the Horizon League Tournament....