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Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)

ROCHESTER, Mich. - Binghamton men's basketball (2-5) wraps up its two-game Michigan swing with a Monday night game against Horizon League member Oakland University (4-3). The game, which tips at 7 p.m., will be shown on ESPN3. 
 
QUICK HITS
• Binghamton plays its second-straight first-time opponent and plays a member of the Horizon League for the first time when BU meets high-octane Oakland. 
• The Bearcats have won two of their last four after starting the season 0-3.
• The team is finishing up a two-game, four-day trip through the state of Michigan — a trip that began with a 76-33 loss to No. 3 Michigan State on Saturday on ESPNU.
• Oakland is averaging 87.3 points on offense and is hitting nearly 10 three-pointers per game — in sharp contrast to BU's 60.0 ppg. and six threes per game.
• This will be the first of three Binghamton regular season games on ESPN3 (Jan. 6 vs. Stony Brook, Feb. 8 vs. Albany).
• Binghamton's rotation features no seniors and just two juniors. The team's underclassmen account for 84% of the minutes and 83% of the scoring. Of the team's eight players averaging double-digit minutes, seven are underclassmen.
• Sophomore forward Willie Rodriguez is the reigning America East Conference co-Player of the week after posting back-to-back 20-plus point performances last week. Rodriguez (15.4 ppg., 6.6 rpg.) is among the America East leaders in both scoring and rebounding. 

LAST TIME OUT
• On Saturday in East Lansing BU hit just 10-of-60 from the field and suffered a 76-33 loss to No. 3 Michigan State. 
• Sophomore wing Justin McFadden led BU with 10 points — nine in the second half.
• Sophomore forward Willie Rodriguez added six points and three steals.

ABOUT OAKLAND
• Oakland netted 92 points and beat host Robert Morris 92-74 on Saturday. Senior guard Max Hooper drilled eight three-pointers to lead four players in double figures. 
• Coach Greg Kampe is the nation's third-longest tenured coach (32nd season), behind only Jim Boeheim (Syracuse) and Mike Krzyzewski (Duke).
• The Golden Grizzlies return three starters and seven letterwinners from a 16-17 team that advanced to the CIT postseason tournament last winter.
• Oakland was picked to finish second (out of 10) in the Horizon League Preseason Poll.
• That team ranked 30th in the country in scoring (74.2 ppg.) and went 12-4 at home
• Junior point guard Kay Felder leads the Horizon League in scoring (23.5 ppg.). He was a Mid-Major All-American last season and is on the 2015 Lute Olson Award Preseason Watch List as the nation's top player.
• Iowa State transfer Sherron Dorsey-Walker is nearly averaging a double-double with 10.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.
• Oakland reached the NCAA tournament in 2011 and nearly upset No. 4 seed Texas in the second round. They also played in the NCAAs in 2005 and 2010. 

ALL-TIME SERIES VS. OAKLAND/HORIZON LEAGUE
• This is the first-ever meeting between Binghamton and Oakland.
• This is the first time BU has played a game vs. a Horizon League opponent.

NEXT UP
• Binghamton plays its third straight road game when it heads to Western New York to face MAC member and fellow SUNY school Buffalo on Saturday.