HOUSTON (AP) - Travis Bader scored 23 points, including a 3-pointer in the final minute to put Oakland ahead, and the Golden Grizzlies defeated Texas Southern 71-69 Tuesday night.
Bader, who was 7 for 12 from 3-point range, connected from behind the arc with 42 seconds left to give Oakland a 70-69 lead. Ryan Bass made a free throw for the Golden Grizzlies (2-3) and Texas Southern couldn't score at the end.
Corey Petros scored 18 points for Oakland. Raymond Penn led the Tigers (1-4) with 22 points, making 6 of 10 from 3-point range, while Fred Sturdivant had 16 points and 10 rebounds for TSU. The Tigers hurt themselves at the free-throw line, making just 5 of 13.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oakland (2-3) « | 39 | 32 | 71 |
| Texas Southern (1-4) | 35 | 34 | 69 |
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| Oakland Golden Grizzlies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Valentine, F | 40 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| R. Carter, F | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Petros, C | 31 | 8-15 | 2-3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| T. Bader, G | 39 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| D. Mondy, G | 21 | 2-9 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Neely II | 21 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Williams | 20 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| R. Bass | 19 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| J. Asbury | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Poches | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-55 | 11-18 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 71 | |
| 47.3% | 61.1% | ||||||
| Texas Southern Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Sturdivant, F | 33 | 7-10 | 2-6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| K. Sutton, F | 15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| R. Penn, G | 40 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| M. Gibbs, G | 30 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
| O. Strong, G | 27 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Ellington | 26 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| L. Johnson-Danner | 16 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Clayborn | 13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-54 | 5-13 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 69 | |
| 48.1% | 38.5% | ||||||
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