GAME #28
CLEVELAND STATE (8-19, 3-11 HL) AT MILWAUKEE (16-11, 7-7 HL)
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 | 4:00 pm ET | UWM Panther Arena | Milwaukee, Wis.
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GAME PREVIEW:
• Cleveland State begins its annual trip to Wisconsin with a 4:00 pm ET game at Milwaukee on Saturday (Feb. 20).
• The game will be broadcast live on AM 1220-WHKW and AM 1440-WHKZ with Al Pawlowski providing the play-by-play.
• It will also be available on ESPN3 and the Watch ESPN app with Andy Masur providing the play-by-play and Tim Doyle serving as the analyst.
• The Vikings are 8-19 overall and 3-11 in the Horizon League after a 66-43 setback to Valparaiso on Tuesday (Feb. 16).
• Milwaukee is 16-11 overall and 7-7 in the Horizon League and is coming off a 70-68 loss at Green Bay on Monday (Feb. 15).
THE MILWAUKEE SERIES:
• Milwaukee leads the all-time series with CSU, 24-19.
• The Vikings have won four of the last six meetings with UWM winning the last two games, including a 65-62 win in the Wolstein Center on Jan. 9.
• CSU is 7-15 all-time in Milwaukee.
GAME 27 RECAP - VALPARAISO 66, @CSU 43 (2/16/16)
• Cleveland State fell to Horizon League leading Valparaiso, 66-43, on Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena.
• It was the fourth of five games that CSU will play at The Q this year.
• Rob Edwards scored 11 points with four rebounds to lead the Vikings.
• Derek Sloan had seven points and two rebounds, while Kenny Carpenter tallied six points and five rebounds.
SLOAN MAKES FIRST CAREER START:
• Sophomore Derek Sloan received his first career start in Tuesday's game against Valparaiso.
• Sloan was filling in for Jibri Blount who missed the game with an ankle injury.
• Sloan played a career-high 28 minutes, finishing with seven points, two rebounds and a steal.
FOR THREE:
• CSU has hit a three in a school-record 561 consecutive games.
• The Vikings have hit at least three three's in 110 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.
FLANNIGAN SCORES CAREER HIGH:
• Demonte Flannigan scored a career-high 30 points in the Feb. 13 win at Youngstown State.
• He made 10-of-13 from the field, including his lone three-point attempt, and all nine of his free throws.
• Flannigan hit both ends of a one-and-one with 4.3 seconds left to seal the win.
• It was the first 30-point game for a CSU player since Trey Lewis scored 32 points in a victory over Mount Vernon Nazarene (12/15/14).
FLANNIGAN DOUBLES UP:
• Demonte Flannigan has posted four double-doubles this year.
• His first career double-double was a 22 point, 17 rebound effort against Malone (Nov. 17). The 17 boards were the most by a CSU player since Norris Cole had 20 vs. Youngstown St. on Feb. 12, 2011.
• Flannigan had 14 points and 10 rebounds against Milwaukee (Jan. 9) for his second double-double of the year.
• He had back-to-back double-doubles, finishing with 25 points and 10 rebounds against Detroit (Feb. 4) and 19 points and 10 boards vs. Oakland (Feb. 6).
• Flannigan is seventh in the League in blocked shots (1.0), 13th in field goal percentage (.487), 18th in rebounding (5.3) and 19th in scoring (11.6).
EDWARDS AT 25 STARTS:
• Rob Edwards has started 25 games this year, the fifth most by a freshman in CSU history and one shy of moving into a tie for fourth on the list.
• Edwards' 25 starts are the most by a CSU freshman since Eric Mudd made 26 starts in his first season (1983-84).
• 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 26 GS 1976-77
T-4. Eric Mudd 26 GS 1983-84
5. Rob Edwards 25 GS 2015-16
ALL ABOUT ROB:
• Rob Edwards has played 836 minutes this year, just the seventh freshman to play at least 800 minutes in a season in school history.
• Edwards is averaging 31.0 minutes per game. Only two players (Jim Les 32.9 in 1981-82 and James Madison 32.6 in 1996-97) have averaged 30 minutes as freshmen at CSU.
• James Madison (913 minutes in 1996-97) and Bryn Forbes (905 minutes in 2012-13) are the only freshmen in program history to reach 900 minutes played in a season.
• Edwards ranks 17th in the League in scoring (11.8) and eighth in steals (1.2).
• Edwards is a two-time Horizon League Freshman of the Week (Nov. 30 & Dec. 21).
• 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.
• He was named to all-tournament team at Cancun Challenge Mayan Division (11/24-25) after totaling 24 points in two games.
• Edwards came off the bench for the first two games before starting at Rhode Island (Nov. 21) where he scored 16 points.
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.
UP NEXT:
• CSU closes out its Wisconsin trip at Green Bay on Monday (Feb. 22) at 8:00 pm ET.
• The Vikings return home to host Northern Kentucky at 7:30 pm on Thursday (Feb. 25) in the Wolstein Center.
• CSU closes the regular season against Wright State on Saturday (Feb. 27) at 1:00 pm at Quicken Loans Arena.
