Spokesman-Review
National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Oakland 89, Tennessee 81
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, November 28, 2011
Where: Athletics Center Arena, Rochester, Michigan
Officials: # Tom Eades, # Terry Moore, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance: 3755

Reggie Hamilton scored a career-high 35 points and Oakland (Mich.) defeated visiting Tennessee 89-81 on Monday for the second consecutive year.

Hamilton had six rebounds and was 15-of-15 from the free-throw line as Oakland (4-2) improved to 43-2 in its last 45 home games.

Tennessee (3-3) cut the Oakland lead to three points midway through the second half, but Hamilton scored five straight to stretch the Golden Grizzlies’ lead to 67-59 with seven minutes to go.

Jordan McRae scored 25 points and Cameron Tatum added 19 for Tennessee, which was coming off an encouraging showing at last week’s Maui Invitational.

The Volunteers were outrebounded 38-27 by Oakland, which was picked to finish second in the Summit League. Corey Petros had a game-high 13 rebounds for the Golden Grizzlies.

Drew Valentine had 15 points and Laval Lucas-Perry scored 14 for Oakland, which beat the Volunteers 89-82 in Knoxville last season.
Top Game Performances
 
Tennessee   Oakland
Jordan McRae 25 Scoring Reggie Hamilton 35
Jordan McRae 3 Assists Reggie Hamilton 3
Jeronne Maymon 6 Rebounds Corey Petros 13
Jordan McRae 8 Free Throws Made Reggie Hamilton 15
Jeronne Maymon 2 Steals Travis Bader 1
Josh Richardson 2 Blocks Laval Lucas-Perry 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Tennessee 81 41.3 9-22 20-28 11 27 5 6
Oakland 89 43.5 7-21 28-31 8 38 3 4