The Oakland University Golden Grizzlies are not done fighting after taking out the Kentucky Wildcats with an 80-76 win in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
- The Oakland University Golden Grizzlies are not done fighting after taking out the Kentucky Wildcats with an 80-76 win in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Thursday.It is the team's first NCAA Tournament bid in 10 years following an 83-76 win over Milwaukee in the Horizon League championship game last week.The No. 14 Golden Grizzlies held on against the No. 3 seed Kentucky , putting them in the second round either against No. 6 Texas Tech or No.
Trey Townsend had 17 points for the Horizon League champions. DQ Cole added 12, including a 3 from the corner with 28 seconds left that gave the Grizzlies a four-point lead. That momentum carried all the way to the final buzzer as the Grizzlies gave head coach Greg Kampe a moment he'd been building toward over 40 years with the program.
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