PITTSBURGH—With Jack Gohlke lighting it up from 3-point range, burying 10 long-distance shots, 14th-seeded Oakland delivered the first true shock of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament, stunning third-seeded Kentucky 80–76 in the first round of South Region play Thursday night.
The Grizzlies (24–11), from Rochester, Mich., sent the Wildcats (23–10) to another early March exit behind Gohlke, a graduate transfer who finished with 32 points, and some late shot-making by his teammates. Trey Townsend had 17 points for the Horizon League champions. DQ Cole added 12, including a 3 from the corner with 28 seconds left that gave the Grizzlies a four-point lead.
