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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Anthony Wright had 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds and Kasheem Thomas dished out a career-best 10 assists, but Cleveland State concluded its four-game road swing with a 67-64 setback at Youngstown State on Saturday night.

CSU fell to 6-16 overall and 2-8 in the Horizon League, while the Penguins moved to 10-13 overall (4-6 HL).

STAT LEADERS

• Demonte Flannigan led the Vikings with 16 points (7-12 FG) and five rebounds.
• Bobby Word scored 14 points, hitting four three-pointers. It was the third straight game he hit four three's and the eighth time this year he hit at least four three-pointers.
• Wright scored 11 points off the bench and added nine boards, bettering his old career-high of seven rebounds.
• Thomas dished out 10 of CSU's 14 assists and also had five points and two steals. Thomas became the first CSU player to post 10 assists since Charlie Lee had 10 vs. UIC on Feb. 2, 2013.
• Daniel Levitt scored six points and had three rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Vikings hit seven of their first eight shots to race out to a 14-2 lead just over four minutes into the game.
• But the Penguins slowly began to chip away at the CSU lead and took their first lead of the night (27-24) on a Cameron Morse three-pointer at the 6:41 mark.
• YSU took its largest lead of the first half (31-24) with 2:01 on the clock, but Word answered with a three-pointer to cut the deficit to four points (31-27) and the Penguin lead remained four points (33-29) at halftime.
• The Penguins opened the second half with the first 11 points of the half to open up a 44-29 lead.
• A Wright jumper with 9:37 to play brought the lead under double figures (53-44) and he hit a three-pointer on CSU's next possession to bring the Vikings within six (53-47).
• A pair of free throws from Flannigan pulled CSU within one point (58-57) with 4:30 left, but the Penguins used five straight points to open up a 63-57 lead with 2:46 left on a three-pointer from Brett Frantz.
• The Vikings pulled back within two points (66-64) on a Flannigan jumper and after YSU split a pair of free throws, the Vikings had one final chance, but a three-pointer from Word was off the mark.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• YSU held a slim 32-31 advantage on the boards, while the Vikings grabbed 12 offensive rebounds to six for the Penguins.
• CSU's 14 assists were one shy of equaling a season-high.
• The Vikings hit nine three-pointers and were 5-of-6 at the free throw line.
• The Penguins made five three's, but were just 10-of-19 at the charity stripe.

UP NEXT

• The Vikings return home for the first time in almost three weeks when CSU hosts Detroit Mercy on Thursday (Feb. 2) at 7:00 pm in the Wolstein Center.
• CSU will also host Oakland on Saturday (Feb. 4) at 2:00 pm in the Wolstein Center.