#HLMBB Scoreboard (Jan. 28)
Oakland 84, Wright State 76 (OT)
Jalen Hayes scored a career-best 27 points to lead Oakland to an 84-76 win over Wright State in overtime Wednesday night.
Khalil Felder added 18 points for the Golden Grizzlies (10-12, 5-2 Horizon League). Dante Williams had 16 and Corey Petros 14.
Wright State led 47-37 with 11:48 left in the second half but then went seven minutes without a field goal as Oakland mounted a 13-2 run to pull ahead, 50-49, with 5:06 to play. The Golden Grizzlies were up 62-59 with four seconds left in regulation when Wright State's Chrishawn Hopkins sank a 3-pointer to tie it and send the game into overtime.
In overtime, Oakland went ahead 73-67 on an 11-5 run capped by a Nick Daniels 3-pointer. The Raiders (11-11, 3-5) got as close as 77-74 with 36 seconds remaining before the Golden Grizzlies clinched it with Felder, Hayes and Daniels combining for 7 of 8 from the line.
Roderick Davis led Wright State with 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field. The freshman forward entered the game having scored 16 points all season. Joe Thomasson also scored 17 for the Raiders and Hopkins finished with 16. Wright State was 13-of-28 from three-point range in the game, but was just 9-of-17 from the foul line, while Oakland connected on 27-of-32 free throws.
