GAME #26
CLEVELAND STATE (7-18, 2-10 HL) at YOUNGSTOWN STATE (9-16, 4-8 HL)
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 | 7:00 pm ET | Beegley Center | Youngstown, Ohio
Live Stats | ESPN3
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1220 AM - WHKW
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at Youngstown State
GAME PREVIEW:
• Cleveland State plays its lone game this week on Saturday (Feb. 13) when the Vikings travel to Youngstown State for a 7:00 pm game.
• The game will be broadcast live on AM 1220-WHKW with Al Pawlowski providing the play-by-play.
• It will also be available on ESPN3 and the Watch ESPN app.
• The Vikings are 7-18 overall and 2-10 in the Horizon League after a 67-57 setback on Saturday (Feb. 6) at home to Oakland.
• YSU is 9-16 overall (4-8 HL) and dropped its most recent contest, 94-92, at home to Detroit on Saturday (Feb. 6).
THE YOUNGSTOWN STATE SERIES:
• CSU leads the all-time series with Youngstown State, 44-40.
• YSU is the most-often played opponent in program history.
• The Vikings have won 13 of the last 18 meetings with the Penguins earning a 70-55 win on Jan. 24 at Quicken Loans Arena.
• CSU is 15-26 all-time in Youngstown.
GAME 25 RECAP - OAKLAND 67, @CSU 57 (2/6/16)
• The Vikings lost their most recent game, 67-57, to Oakland on Saturday (Feb. 6) in the Wolstein Center.
• Demonte Flannigan posted his second consecutive double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
• Kenny Carpenter scored 13 points off the bench, while Vinny Zollo added eight points and four rebounds. Rob Edwards scored eight points and Terrell Hales dished out four assists.
• Oakland came into the game averaging more than 86 points per game and CSU held the Golden Grizzlies to their second lowest offensive output of the season.
WORKING OVERTIME:
• CSU went to overtime for the first time this year on Jan. 30 at UIC, falling 72-70.
• It was CSU's first overtime game since a 66-61 win at Green Bay on Feb. 20, 2015, CSU's third OT game last year (at Savannah State and vs. San Francisco).
• The Vikings are now 44-41 all-time in overtime games.
FlANNIGAN DOUBLES UP AGAIN:
• Demonte Flannigan notched his second straight double-double and fourth of the season with a 19-point, 12-rebound effort in Saturday's loss to Oakland.
• Flannigan was coming off a career-high 25-point, 10-rebound effort against Detroit on Thursday (Feb. 4). He added three blocks.
• Flannigan posted 22 points and a career-high 17 rebounds vs. Malone and 14 points and 10 rebounds against Milwaukee for his other double-doubles this year.
• He is averaging 11.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game, while shooting a team-best .480 (120-250) from the field.
• Over the last five games, Flannigan is averaging 16.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
ZOLLO, CARPENTER & BLOUNT ALSO REACH CAREER-HIGHS:
• Vinny Zollo scored a career-high 16 points vs. Detroit (Feb. 4), adding five boards. He hit 6-of-9 from the field and 2-of-4 from three.
• Zollo bettered his old career-high of 14 points, which he reached multiple times.
• Kenny Carpenter scored a career-high 24 points in the Jan. 30 setback at UIC.
• He hit 10-of-21 from the field, both career-highs, and added seven rebounds.
• Carpenter's old career-high was 18 at Northern Ky. (Jan. 16).
• Jibri Blount also reached his career-high with 15 points at UIC. He added six rebounds and four assists in the game.
EDWARDS AT 23 STARTS:
• Rob Edwards has started 23 games this year, one shy of moving into a tie for the seventh most starts by a freshman at CSU.
• Edwards' 22 starts are the most by a CSU freshman since Jim Les started 24 times as a freshman in 1981-82.
• The most starts by a CSU freshman in a season is 30 by Shawn Hood in 1983-84.
• The list of most starts by a CSU freshman follows...
1. Shawn Hood 30 GS 1983-84
2. Clinton Ransey 29 GS 1983-84
3. James Madison 27 GS 1996-97
T-4. Ron Harris/Eric Mudd 26 GS 1976-77 / 1983-84
T-6. John Neal/Jim Les 24 GS 1969/70 / 1981-82
8. Rob Edwards 23 GS 2015-16
FOR THREE:
• CSU has hit a three in a school-record 560 consecutive games.
• The Vikings have hit at least three three's in 109 straight games.
• The last time CSU failed to make a three-pointer was Feb. 21, 1998, when the Vikings were 0-for-8 in a 60-57 win over Detroit.
• A total of 12 different players for CSU have hit a three-pointer this year, the CSU single season record for most players with at least one three-pointer in a season.
HE'S A FRESHMAN:
• Rob Edwards is tops on the team in scoring (12.0 ppg), while also ranking 18th in the Horizon League.
• Edwards is attempting to become just the eighth freshman in school history to lead the team in scoring. Bryn Forbes was the last freshman to lead CSU in scoring during the 2012-13 season.
• Edwards is a two-time Horizon League Freshman of the Week (Nov. 30 & Dec. 21).
• He had 24 points, six boards and four assists vs. UIC (Jan. 18).
• Edwards scored a career-high 26 points on Jan. 4 at Detroit, bettering his old career-high of 21 points set against Cedarville (Dec. 29) when he tied a CSU single game record by hitting 5-of-5 from three-point.
• Edwards came off the bench for the first two games before starting at Rhode Island (Nov. 21) where he scored 16 points.
• He was named to all-tournament team at Cancun Challenge Mayan Division (11/24-25) after totaling 24 points in two games.
BLOUNT FORCE:
• Jibri Blount is averaging 5.6 points and 3.2 boards, playing all 21 games off the bench. He has drawn a starting assignment in the last four games.
• In his second career start, Blount scored a career-high 15 points with six rebounds at UIC (Jan. 30).
• Blount had a career-high 11 rebounds at Northern Kentucky (Jan. 16).
• Blount is the son of Mel Blount, who played 14 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame.
UP NEXT:
• CSU returns home to host Valparaiso on Tuesday (Feb. 16) at 7:00 pm at Quicken Loans Arena. It will be the fourth of five games for the Vikings at The Q this year.
