Oakland begins play in the Summit League basketball tournament against Southern Utah on Sunday night. The Golden Grizzlies are the third seed and Southern Utah the sixth seed for the tournament that culmiinates with its championship game March 6.
All games are at the Sioux Falls Arena in South Dakota.
Oakland went 11-7 in league games, while Southern Utah was 8-10. The Grizzlies swept the teams' two regular-season games.
Corey Petros, formerly of Eisenhower High School, played in all 31 regular-season games for Oakland. He led the team in rebounding withh 7.2 per game and scored 8.7 points per game.
The winner of the Summit League tournament receives a bid to the NCAA tournament.