Kansas City Celebrates Senior Night Saturday Against Oakland

The 'Roos will celebrate senior night on Saturday when Oakland comes to Kansas City for a nationally televised game on Fox College Sports and locally on KSMO. The 'Roos have dropped six of their last seven, while Oakland comes in as the hottest team in the league, winning six straight. It will be the 33rd meeting between the 'Roos and Grizzlies, with Oakland holding a 26-6 advantage. OU has won the last 13 meetings in the series dating back to a February 15, 2007 overtime win for UMKC, 80-76.
Oakland enters the contest with a 14-13 overall record, and is 9-4 in conference play and on a six game win streak. The Grizzlies defeated each of the teams ahead of them in the standings during the stretch.
The Grizzlies are led by guard Travis Bader's 21.9 points per game (4.3 threes made per game), while center Corey Petros puts up 12.7 points and 8.4 boards (second in SL) per contest. Also in double figures is point guard Duke Mondy, who puts up 12.9 points per outing, and leads the Summit League in both steals (85) and assists (137).
As a team the Grizzlies lead the conference in steals per game (8.5) and turnover margin, forcing 14.9 miscues per outing. They shoot 22.9 free throws per game, ranking No. 1 in the league as well. They have allowed opponents to shoot .498, ranking last in the conference.
Even though UMKC lost to IPFW on Thursday night they did have one bright spot. Kansas City got a 19-point, 10 rebound performance by Fred Chatmon on Thursday against IPFW, his fourth double-double of the season. He has scored 20 and 19 points in his last two games.
Kansas City heads to Tennessee Tech for the Bracketbuster game next Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in Cookeville.