On The Horizon

Jim Squire

College hoops: WMU, OU roll; EMU, UDM, CMU fall--The Detroit Free Press

Oakland 91, Illinois-Chicago 77

CHICAGO — Corey Petros scored a career-high 34 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Oakland to a 91-77 win over Illinois-Chicago tonight.

Khalil Felder had 20 points on 7 of 12 shooting, seven assists and five boards and Jalen Hayes had 16 points and 10 assists for Oakland (12-12, 7-2 Horizon). The Golden Grizzlies shot 60% from the field and 50 percent from behind the three-point line.

Paris Burns finished with 20 points and nine assists, Ahman Fells had 19 points and eight rebounds and Markese McGuire added 16 points, including 4 of 5 three-point shooting for the Flames (5-19, 1-8).

After pulling ahead by three at the midway mark, Oakland quickly stretched the lead to double digits two minutes into the second, and did not allow the deficit to drop below that, leading by as many as 22.

Valparaiso 78, Detroit 70

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Darien Walker and Tevonn Walker scored 26 of their 40 combined points in the second half to help Valparaiso beat Detroit, 78-70, tonight.

Each Walker made 7 of 13 field goals — including three three-pointers by Darien, who finished with a career-high 21 points — and Alec Peters had 12 points, 10 rebounds and four assists for Valparaiso (21-4, 8-2 Horizon League), which remained tied with Cleveland State atop the league standings.

A pair of free throws by Matthew Grant gave Detroit (11-14, 4-6) a four-point lead with 14:27 to play, but Darien Walker scored eight during an 11-0 run which gave Valpo a 48-41 advantage about 3½ minutes later and the Crusaders led by at least five the rest of the way.

Juwan Howard Jr. scored 19 for Detroit, which shot just 38% from the field but made a season-high 10 three-pointers to remain within striking distance until the final minutes.

Valpo made 15 of 21 (71.4%) second-half field goals.