Oakland Beats IUPUI to Capture Summit League Basketball Title Derick Nelson (6'5''-F-86) erupted for 36 points as Oakland University defeated IUPUI 76-62 in the championship game of the 2010 Summit League men's basketball tournament Tuesday night at the Sioux Falls Arena. Oakland earned the league's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament with its 11th straight victory. OU is now 26-8, setting a school single season record for victories. It's the second Summit League tourney title for Oakland, which also won the crown in 2005. Oakland was also the league's regular-season champion but had split its two games with IUPUI. Nelson's point total is the second highest in tourney history, two points shy of the record set by Wright State's Bill Edwards in 1993. And the 6-5 senior set the tourney record with 15 field goals, on 23 attempts. Nelson triggered a first-half Oakland run which had the Golden Grizzlies recover from some cold early shooting to go on a 20-5 run which gave them a 33-25 lead after trailing 20-13. Nelson scored 11 consecutive points in that run. Oakland scored just one point in the first five minutes before Nelson's layup gave the Grizzlies their first field goal. OU led 35-27 at the half. After IUPUI scored back-to-back baskets to open the half, OU had a 11-0 run, with Nelson hitting three baskets, including a trey, and Keith Benson (6'11''-C-88) getting the other two. Benson scored just eight points in the game but had 17 rebounds for the second straight game and blocked six shots. He finished the tournament 47 boards. Larry Wright (6'2''-G-87) was the only other player in double figures for OU, with 16 points. Alex Young (6'6''-F) scored 19, Robert Glenn (6'7''-F) 18 and Leroy Nobles 14 for IUPUI, which is 24-10 for the season. Oakland shot 46.2 percent for the game (30-of-65) and had a 43-26 rebounding advantage. IUPUI shot 46.3 percent (25-of-54). Billy Pettiford (6'7''-F) led IUPUI with seven rebounds. Courtesy of the Summit League Summit League Tournament Final: Oakland - IUPUI 76-62 Summit League Tournament Semifinals: Oakland - IPFW 71-58 IUPUI - Oral Roberts 65-59 Summit League All-Tournament MVP: Derick Nelson of Oakland Summit League All-Tournament Team Keith Benson of Oakland Robert Glenn of IUPUI Johnathon Jones (5'11''-G-88) of Oakland Derick Nelson of Oakland Alex Young of IUPUI All-Summit League 1st Team Keith Benson of Oakland Ceola Clark (6'3''-G-89) of Western Illinois Robert Glenn of IUPUI Johnathon Jones of Oakland Dominique Morrison (6'6''-F) of Oral Roberts Alex Young of IUPUI
All-Summit League 2nd Team Michael Craion (6'5''-F) of Oral Roberts Derick Nelson of Oakland Clint Sargent (6'4''-G) of South Dakota State Michael Tveidt (6'7''-F-87) of North Dakota State Deilvez Yearby (6'6''-F) of IPFW All-Summit League Honorable Mention Davis Baker (6'5''-G) of Southern Utah Eric Carlson (6'6''-F-88) of North Dakota State Jay Couisnard (6'6''-F-88) of UMKC Kevin Ford (6'9''-F/C) of Oral Roberts Kai Williams (6'6''-F-89) of South Dakota State Summit League All-Newcomer Team Michael Craion of Oral Roberts Jay Couisnard of UMKC Warren Niles (6'4''-G) of Oral Roberts Nate Wolters (6'3''-G) of South Dakota State Larry Wright of Oakland All-Summit League Player of the Year: Keith Benson of Oakland All-Summit League Defensive Player of the Year: Ceola Clark of Western Illinois All-Summit League Newcomer of the Year: Michael Craion of Oral Roberts All-Summit League Sixth Man of the Year: Jon Avery (6'7''-F) of IUPUI All-Summit League Coach of the Year: Greg Kampe of Oakland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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