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Rochester, Mich. \u2013 Senior Cam Polak<\/a> scored a season-high 26 points and made seven 3\u2014pointers to lead the Youngstown State men’s basketball team to an 86-82 road victory against Oakland on Thursday evening at the OU Credit Union O’Rena.<\/p>\n With the win, the Penguins improve to 13-13 overall and 6-9 in Horizon League play while the Golden Grizzlies fall to 14-12 overall and 10-5 in league action.<\/p>\n Senior Bryson Dawkins<\/a> scored 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting from the field and grabbed nine rebounds while Cris Carroll<\/a> recorded a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n The Penguins, who made 12 3-pointers, were perfect from the free-throw line, connecting of all 18 shots from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n Michael Hogue led four Golden Grizzlies scoring in double figures with 21 points while Brett White posted 17 points and Brody Robinson added 16.<\/p>\n Polak, who made four 3-pointers in the first half, led a 16-3 run over a 4:06 span to turn a six-point deficit, 19-13, into a seven-point lead, 29-22, with 7:14 left before halftime. Senior Jason Nelson<\/a> began the YSU spurt with a 3-pointer and two free throws by Carroll brought Penguins within one, 19-18.<\/p>\n Polak buried a 3-pointer to take a 21-19 lead, and after the Golden Grizzlies answered a with 3-pointer of their own, he followed with his fourth triple to regain a 24-22 advantage at the 8:36 mark. Polak converted two free throws and Carroll connected on a 3-pointer to give the Penguins a seven-point lead.<\/p>\n Oakland fought back to cut the Youngstown State lead to 31-30 with 5:30 to go, but the Penguins responded with an 11-3 burst sparked by dunks by Dawkins and Imanuel Zorgvol<\/a>, a layup and two charity tosses by Carroll, and a 3-pointer by Dawkins pushed the Penguins advantage back to eight points, 42-34, with just 1:30 left before the intermission.<\/p>\n Oakland’s Robinson hit a 3-pointer with just before the first-half buzzer and Youngstown State owned a 44-39 lead at the intermission.<\/p>\n A three-point play by Polak extended the YSU lead to seven points, 53-46, at the 17:01 mark, but the Golden Grizzlies used a 10-2 run and recaptured a 56-55 lead with 15:02 left in the game.<\/p>\n