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Vikings Play at Green Bay on ESPN2 on Friday

Vikings Play at Green Bay on ESPN2 on Friday
Posted: Feb 19, 2015

GAME #29
Cleveland State (16-11, 10-3 HL) at Green Bay (21-6, 10-3 HL)
Friday, February 20 | 7:00 p.m. EST | Resch Center
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TV: ESPN2

RADIO: AM 1420 WHK & AM 1380 WDLW

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THE OPENING TIP:
    •     Cleveland State returns to action on Friday (Feb. 20) when CSU plays at Green Bay at 7:00 p.m. EST.
    •    The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 with Mike Couzens (play-by-play) and Mark Adams (analyst) on the call.
    •    Al Pawlowski will have the live play-by-play on AM 1420 WHK, as well as AM 1380 WDLW.
    •    The Vikings are 16-11 overall, while Green Bay is 21-6.
    •    The teams are tied for second place in the Horizon League at 10-3, one game behind league-leading Valparaiso (11-2).
    •    CSU has been out of action since Sunday (Feb. 15) when the Vikings knocked off UIC, 67-59, in the Wolstein Center.
    •    Green Bay improved to 12-0 at home this year with a 96-76 win over Detroit on Wednesday night.

THE GREEN BAY SERIES:
    •    Friday's game will be the 70th all-time meeting between CSU and Green Bay with the Phoenix holding a 41-28 edge in the series.
    •    CSU won the first meeting this year, 76-62 in Cleveland on Jan. 31, snapping a five-game win streak for the Phoenix in the series.
    •    The Vikings are 9-25 all-time in Green Bay with the last win an 83-75 victory on Dec. 2, 2010.

GAME AT WESTERN CAROLINA CANCELLED:
    •    CSU's game at Western Carolina on Tuesday (Feb. 17) was cancelled due to poor weather and travel conditions in North Carolina.

BLOCK PARTY:
    •    CSU blocked a season-high 11 shots in the Feb. 15 win over UIC, including a career-high tying six by Anton Grady.
    •    The 11 blocks are tied for the second most in a game in school history, topped only by 12 blocks against Central State (11/22/03).

WATERS COACHES 600th CAREER GAME:
    •    Head coach Gary Waters coached his 600th career game on Feb. 7 against Wright State.
    •    Waters is 344-258 in his 19th season as a head coach.
    •    He was 92-60 in five seasons at Kent State, 79-75 in five years at Rutgers and is 174-122 in his ninth season at CSU.
    •    He has led 11 of his teams to the postseason, including three NCAA tournament appearances and seven NIT berths.

FOR THREE:
    •    CSU hit eight three's against UIC on Sunday, extending its school record streak to 528 straight games with a three.
    •    CSU has hit at least three three-pointers in 77 straight games.
    •    The last time CSU failed to make a three was Feb. 21, 1998, when the Vikings were 0-for-8 in a 60-57 win over Detroit.

HOME SWEET HOME
    •     The Vikings are 12-2 at home this season, including 7-0 in the Horizon League.
    •    It is the 17th time in program history that CSU has won at least 10 home games in a season.
    •    It marks the seventh time in nine seasons under head coach Gary Waters that CSU has reached double-digit home wins.
    •    In nine years under Waters, the Vikings have posted a 104-35 (.749) record in the Wolstein Center.

ROLLING IN THE LEAGUE:
    •     CSU is 10-3 in the league, tied for the second best start in the league after 13 games in school history with the 2011-12 squad.
    •    The 1992-93 team holds the record for the best start in the league, winning its first 14 Mid-Continent Conference games en route to a 15-1 league finish.

10 IN THE LEAGUE:
    •     CSU won its 10th Horizon League game of the season on Sunday afternoon against UIC.
    •    It marks the seventh time in the last eight years that CSU has won at least 10 league games.
    •    CSU has double-digit wins in league play 12 times overall in school history with head coach Gary Waters having seven seasons of double-digit league wins.

LEWIS NEARING THREE-POINT RECORD:
    •     Trey Lewis has made 76 three's this year, the second most in a season in school history and the most by a CSU junior in a season.
    •    Lewis is six three-pointers shy of breaking the CSU single season record of 81 three's set by Bryn Forbes last season.
    •    Lewis has 134 three-pointers in his CSU career, needing nine more to move past Forbes (142 three's) and into 10th place on the all-time list in CSU history.

GRADY & LEE REACH 1,000 POINTS:
    •     Charlie Lee and Anton Grady both reached 1,000 career points in the Feb. 4 win over Youngstown State.
    •    Lee became the 21st player in school history to reach the milestone with a three-pointer late in the first half.
    •    Grady became the 22nd player in CSU history with 1,000 points when he hit two free throws early in the second half.
    •    Lee and Grady are the first CSU players to reach 1,000 career points since Jeremy Montgomery and Trey Harmon accomplished the feat during the 2011-12 season.

GRADY HITS EXCLUSIVE NUMBERS:
    •     Anton Grady is the only player in CSU history with 1,000 points, 600 rebounds, 100 steals and 100 blocked shots for a career.
    •    Grady is currently at 1,048 points, 650 rebounds, 121 blocks and 108 steals for his career.

SCORING & DISHING IT OUT:
    •     Charlie Lee became just the fourth player in school history to record 1,000 points and 400 assists in a career.
    •    He has 1,059 points and 435 assists during his career.
    •    The other players in CSU history with those numbers are Ken "Mouse" McFadden, Franklin Edwards and Norris Cole.

GRADY DOUBLES UP (AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN):
    •     Anton Grady posted his sixth double-double in league play with 17 points and 13 rebounds vs. Youngstown State (Feb. 4).
    •    Grady has recorded six double-doubles this year, all in league play, and has 16 for his career.
    •    Grady's six double-doubles are the third most in the Horizon League this year and 67th in the country.
    •    He is averaging 15.3 points (7th overall ), 8.9 rebounds (1st) and 1.8 steals (2nd) in league games only.
    •    Grady is 79-of-142 (.556) from the floor in league games, fifth best in the league.
    •    Overall, Grady is posting 13.4 points and 7.2 rebounds, while shooting .486 (143-294) from the floor.
    •    Grady is fourth in CSU history with 121 career blocked shots.

30 FOR 30:
    •     Trey Lewis is the only player in the Horizon League with two 30-point games this year.
    •    Lewis had a career-high 32 points in a win over Mount Vernon (Dec. 15) and had 30 points in a victory over Detroit (Jan. 23).
    •    He is the first CSU player with multiple 30-point games in a season since Norris Cole had two (41 vs. Youngstown State and 35 at Old Dominion) in 2010-11.

GENERAL LEE:
    •    Charlie Lee ranks 14th in the league in scoring (12.3) and is fifth in assists with 4.0 per game.
    •    Lee is tied for fifth in school history with 435 career assists, 21 shy of moving past Craig Caldwell (1991-95) and into fourth place.
    •    He is 256-of-291 at the line for his career (63-of-71 this year) with his .880 career percentage tops in CSU history.
    •    Lee is 114-of-130 (.877) at the free throw line in the final five minutes of games during his career.
    •    He poured in a season-high 27 points in the win over Wright State (Feb. 7), hitting all 12 of his free throws.

LEWIS ON THE OFFENSIVE:
    •    Trey Lewis is fifth in the Horizon League at 16.9 points per game, including 10, 20-point performances and two 30-point games.
    •    Lewis is second in the league in three-pointers (2.8), ninth in steals (1.3) and 10th in assists (3.0).
    •     He recorded his first career double-double with 25 points and a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Green Bay (Jan. 31).
    •    He is a two-time League Player of the Week (Jan. 19, Jan. 26).
    •     Lewis hit nine three-pointers in a Dec. 15 win over Mount Vernon Nazarene, tying the CSU single game record.
    •    Lewis went 9-of-11 from three-point, equaling the mark of Percell Coles who hit nine three's against Duquesne on Nov. 27, 2002.
    •    The nine three-pointers made are the second most by a Division I player in a game this season (Chase Fischer of BYU made 10).
    •    Lewis scored a career-high 32 points vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene and had 30 points and 8 rebounds against Detroit (Jan. 23).
    •    Lewis scored 18 of CSU's 22 first half points at Louisville (Nov. 26), finishing with a game-high 24 points.
    •    Lewis has 14 career 20-point games at CSU and two 30-point games in his career.

GOOD BLOODLINES:
    •    CSU signed three student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period in November; Jibri Blount, Rob Edwards and Jeron "Budda" Rogers.
    •    Blount is the son of NFL Hall of Famer, Mel Blount, while Rogers is the son of former NBA player and lottery pick, Carlos Rogers.

UP NEXT:
    •    CSU plays at Milwaukee on Sunday (Feb. 22) at 3:30 p.m. EST. That game will be broadcast live on the American Sports Network.
    •    The Vikings close the regular season on Friday (Feb. 27) with a 10:00 p.m. game against Valparaiso in the Wolstein Center. That game will be broadcast live on ESPNU.