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COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: Oakland rallies past Detroit in overtime for series sweep
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Friday’s was Valentine’s Day. But there was no love lost inside Oakland’s Athletics Center Orena. Oakland and University of Detroit-Mercy, which renewed their rivalry this season after a dozen years, played in front of a boisterous, Orena record crowd of 4,065. Oakland rallied back […]
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COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: Oakland Bader is new NCAA 3-pointers king
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS MILWAUKEE — Oakland’s Travis Bader set the NCAA Division I record for the most career 3-pointers on Sunday against UW-Milwaukee, surpassing the previous mark of 457 set by Duke’s J.J. Redick. Bader, who entered the game two behind Redick, missed his first 3-point attempt but made his next four. He broke the […]
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: Cleveland State rallies past Oakland
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland State ended the game with a 13-3 run and scored on its final three possessions in posting a 86-76 victory over visiting Oakland Thursday night. Trey Lewis scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Vikings. Corey Petros had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Tommie McHune scored 23 points for […]
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: Rochester College pounds Maine-Fort Kent
FORT KENT, Maine — Rochester College wasted no time Monday against University of Maine-Fort Kent, building a 20-point halftime lead and coasting to a 77-57 non-conference men’s basketball win. The Warriors (12-4) led 37-17 at the half before trading off 40 points with MFK in the second half. Stavros Schizas poured in a game-high 24 […]
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: Oakland rallies past Detroit in first meeting in decade
DETROIT — A decade in the making. Playing for the first time since 2003, Oakland University had the last laugh in rallying for a 77-69 victory over host Detroit Mercy in a Horizon League showdown. Duke Mondy drilled a 3-pointer to tie the game at 68-68 and Travis Bader made another to give Oakland the […]
Dead-eye ringer: Oakland’s Bader is one of NCAA’s best from downtown
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE BASKETBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Basketball&x=13&y=12 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Travis Bader has developed quite a reputation […]
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Oakland rolls over Rochester College
NOTE: Have photos or video of this event you would like to share with digital daily www.northoaklandsports.com?Email pertinent information to results@northoaklandsports.com or to Senior Editor Dan Stickradt at Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com FOR MORE BASKETBALL COVERAGE: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Basketball&x=13&y=12 BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Bethany Watterworth and Victoria Lipscomb have both suffered […]
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: Late threes help Oakland rally past Valparaiso
BY DAN STICKRADT SENIOR EDITOR Dan.Stickradt@northoaklandsports.com Twitter: @LocalSportsFans ROCHESTER HILLS — Leave it to Travis Bader. The senior guard, one of the nation’s all-time great three-point shooters, twined a pair of late triples in helping Oakland University rally back from down 15 points in the second half and topple visiting Valparaiso, 75-70, in […]
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Indiana cruises past Oakland in opener
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Olivia Nash finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds for her ninth career double-double but the Oakland women’s basketball team (0-1) fell at Indiana (1-0) by the score of 85-55 Saturday night at Assembly Hall. The Golden Grizzlies were outrebounded 50-30. “I told the team afterwards that a lot of positives […]
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: North Carolina shell-shocks Oakland
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (A.P.) — J.P. Tokoto knew he’d have a bigger role while No. 12 North Carolina waits to learn when — or if — leading scorer P.J. Hairston or senior guard Leslie McDonald can play this season. Tokoto looked ready in his first career start Friday night. He scored a career-high 13 […]
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Spring Arbor rallies past Rochester College
ROCHESTER HILLS — After trailing 31-28 at the half, Spring Arbor outscored host Rochester College 32-22 in the second half to post a 60-53 non-conference women’s basketball victory at Rochester High. Carlie Newman scored 25 with 12 rebounds to pace Spring Arbor, while Karly Bender added 13 points. Rachel Smith scored 15, making 7-of-11 […]
COLLEGE MEN’S GOLF: Bowser’s 69 leads OU
ROCHESTER — Evan Bowser shot a 2-under-par 69 and Jake Thompson posted a 2-over-par score of 73 to lead the Oakland men’s golf team at the Wolverine Intercollegiate on Tuesday at U-M Golf Course. The Golden Grizzlies improved 18 shots from the second to third round, tallying an overall score of 901 (301-309-291/+49) and […]
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER: Oakland trips up Marshall for first win
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — Matt Dudley scored the game-winning goal in the 87th minute as the Oakland men’s soccer team earned their first victory of the season with a 2-1 victory over Marshall Friday night at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex. Dudley put in the game-winner unassisted in the 87th minute as the ball bounced […]
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER: Hicklin’s OT marker lifts Rochester College past UMD
MORE SOCCER RESULTS: http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=soccer&x=0&y=0 PONTIAC — It took over 108 minutes of work, but Rochester College was able to defeat UM-Dearborn, 2-1, in overtime Wednesday in a non-conference men’s soccer match at the Ultimate Soccer Arenas. Nate Hicklin netted the game-winner off assists from Joey Beshara and Anthony Goucher for the Warriors (3-1-0). Alek […]
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER: Phillips’ OT Goal lifts Duquesne past Oakland
PITTSBURGH – Colin Phillips rescued Duquesne Sunday night. The forward scored in the 96th minute of overtime, leading the host Dukes to a 1-0 non-league men’s soccer victory over Oakland University at Arthur J. Rooney Field. “Very disappointing loss to say the least,” said Oakland head coach Eric Pogue. “To leave here without a win […]
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER: Hamad’s two goals lifts Olivet College past Rochester College, 2-1
PONTIAC — Amber Hamnad came off the bench and scored two goals Wednesday and that was enough to lead the Olivet College women’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory over host Rochester College at the Ultimate Soccer Arenas. Mary Lamp assisted on both goals with Gusty Kummer also drawing an assist for Olivet College, […]
WOMEN’S GOLF: Rochester grad Christine Meier wins second Michigan Amateur in three years
FOR MORE GOLF COVERAGE AROUND MICHIGAN, VISIT: http://oaklandgolfscene.blogspot.com/ and http://michigangolfscene.co/ MORE GOLF COVERAGE ON WWW.NORTHOAKLANDSPORTS.COM : http://northoaklandsports.com/?s=Golf&x=9&y=14 BY JOE AKERS CORRESPONDENT oak.pressdetroitareagolfscene@gmail.com EAST LANSING — Christina Meier defeated Hailey Hrynewich 3-and-2 to win the 97th Michigan Women’s Amateur at Walnut Hills Country Club Friday afternoon. As it was in just about every […]
