ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) - Travis Bader scored 32 points on 9-of-12 shooting including six 3-pointers and the final score didn't show how much Oakland dominated this game, defeating Rochester 88-77 on Thursday night.
Oakland (3-6) took a 43-25 lead at halftime and started the second half with an 11-4 run capped by Corey Petros' lay-up at the 17:51 mark to give the Golden Grizzlies a 54-29 lead. Oakland's largest lead came with 9:56 remaining when Bader hit three free throws in a row to give his team a 28-point advantage, 71-43.
Petros scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds while Oakland teammate Matt Poches scored 17 points and had three assists.
The Golden Grizzlies were 25 of 38 from the free-throw line and forced Rochester (11-5) to turn the ball over 20 times.
Drew Maynard recorded a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds, Dramell Hogan had 19 and Stavros Schizas chipped in with 16.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rochester (MI) (0-1) | 25 | 52 | 77 |
| Oakland (3-6) « | 43 | 45 | 88 |
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| Rochester (MI) Warriors | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Hogan, F | 27 | 6-14 | 6-8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| B. Norman, G | 40 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| D. Maynard, G | 34 | 9-16 | 4-10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| S. Schizas, G | 32 | 4-11 | 5-6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| S. Mattia, G | 22 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Gold | 18 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| J. De Baat | 12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Hayes | 6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Z. Deda | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Stokes | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-61 | 17-28 | 34 | 16 | 27 | 77 | |
| 42.6% | 60.7% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Petros, F | 30 | 8-8 | 7-11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| D. Valentine, F | 25 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Bader, G | 37 | 9-12 | 8-9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| M. Poches, G | 35 | 5-9 | 7-10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| D. Mondy, G | 29 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Carter | 16 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| J. Asbury | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Baenziger | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Neely II | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Imami | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-52 | 25-38 | 33 | 18 | 25 | 88 | |
| 53.8% | 65.8% | ||||||
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