OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Corey Petros scored a career-high 28 points on 12-of-15 shooting, leading Oakland to a 96-81 victory over Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday.
Travis Bader added 24 points and was 13 of 14 from the free-throw line for the Golden Grizzlies (11-13, 6-4 Summit League), and Duke Mondy chipped in 17 points and eight rebounds off the bench. Drew Valentine had 14 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.
Justin Simmons led the Mavericks (8-17, 5-7) with 25 points, and CJ Carter added 21. Nebraska-Omaha had its three-game winning streak snapped despite shooting 52 percent from the field. Free throws made the difference: Oakland was 28 of 38 from the line, while Nebraska-Omaha attempted only seven foul shots and made them all.
The Golden Grizzlies took control midway through the second half, using an 18-6 run to lead 81-72 with 4:51 left. Seven free throws in the final 1:41 helped Oakland ice the win.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Oakland (11-13) « | 43 | 53 | 96 |
| Nebraska Omaha (8-17) | 47 | 34 | 81 |
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| Oakland Golden Grizzlies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Valentine, F | 36 | 5-8 | 4-7 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| D. Williams, F | 21 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| C. Petros, C | 36 | 12-15 | 4-8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| T. Bader, G | 35 | 5-14 | 13-14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| R. Bass, G | 13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Mondy | 36 | 4-11 | 7-8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| M. Poches | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Asbury | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Carter | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-61 | 28-38 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 96 | |
| 52.5% | 73.7% | ||||||
| Nebraska Omaha | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Welhouse, F | 28 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| J. Karhoff, C | 26 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| C. Carter, G | 38 | 8-15 | 5-5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Simmons, G | 35 | 10-15 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| A. Phillips, G | 28 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Tyus | 18 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Hagerbaumer | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| C. Steffensmeier | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| J. Coleman | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-65 | 7-7 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 81 | |
| 52.3% | 100% | ||||||
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