Jan. 22, 2012
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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland State shot a season-best .635 from the field and had six players score double figures to claim an 83-57 victory over Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon in the Wolstein Center.
The win improved the Vikings to 17-4 overall and 7-2 in Horizon League play. CSU is tied for first place with Valparaiso after the first round of league play.
UWM slipped to 13-8 overall and 6-3 in league action and is one game behind the leaders in the standings, along with Butler and Youngstown State.
"This was a complete team effort today," head coach Gary Waters said. "I thought we executed as well as you can execute on the defensive end. We need to work on turning it over more, but the kids worked hard and followed the game plan and when you do that, you have a chance to win.
"I was also extremely pleased with the way we shot the ball. When we shoot the ball well, the game is over. We're going to defend you and we just need to keep hitting shots. We used to have an offense we ran against a zone where our guys just ran around the perimeter, but now we have developed an offense where we attack. We used to settle, but now we attack.
"Our guys know that shooting as well as we did today was a joy and they'll accept it for what is it. But we know our defense is our constant and we can always count on that."
The Vikings made six of their first seven shots today in racing out to a 19-9 lead seven minutes into the game. The Panthers would get no closer than eight points the rest of the afternoon as CSU posted the second most points in a game this year.
The Vikings used a balance offensive attack, led by 15 points from Trey Harmon. Tim Kamczyc, Jeremy Montgomery and Anton Grady scored 12 points each, while Aaron Pogue had 11 and D'Aundray Brown added 10 points.
Kamczyc hit all four of his three-pointers for his 12 points and did not miss a shot in CSU's two games this weekend, going 8-of-8 in wins over Green Bay and Milwaukee. He is 15-of-16 from the floor over CSU's last three games.
"Having an inside presence like Aaron Pogue working down low, it makes the defense focus on him," Kamczyc said. "I was left on an island a lot and I practice taking the three-point shot so I just stepped back and knocked them down."
Kamczyc wasn't the only one feeling it from behind the arc as the Vikings continued their torrid shooting from long range, hitting 7-of-13 from three-point.
Milwaukee was able to cut CSU's 13 point first half lead to eight points (36-28) at the half, but CSU hit seven of its first eight shots to open the second half on a 15-2 run to assume a 51-30 lead with 15:37 left in the game.
Grady had a three-point play in the run, while Brown had a fast break dunk off a pass from Montgomery and Harmon concluded the run with back-to-back layups.
"We played together today," Harmon said. "Our focus was there from the beginning to the end."
The Panthers never got closer than 16 points the rest of the way.
CSU finished with a season-high 22 assists on 33 baskets and scored 44 points in the paint.
Both teams grabbed 28 rebounds.
James Haarsma led the Panthers with 15 points and five rebounds. He was the only player from UWM in double figures.
CSU is back in action on Saturday (Jan. 28) when the Vikings travel to Youngstown State for a 7:05 p.m. contest.
Cleveland State vs. Milwaukee
January 22, 2012 - Wolstein Center
POSTGAME NOTES
Senior Guard D'Aundray Brown
• Scored 10 points, breaking a string of four straight games without double figures.
• Went 5-of-7 from the field.
• Chipped in four rebounds and four assists in 32 minutes of action.
Junior Forward Tim Kamczyc
• Scored 12 points, going 4-for-4 from the field, all from three-point.
• Was a perfect 8-of-8 from the field in two games this weekend and has made 15 of his last 16 field goals over three games.
• Added four rebounds and three assists.
Senior Guard Jeremy Montgomery
• Scored 12 points, going 5-of-7 from the floor and 1-of-2 from three-point.
• Added five assists, his fifth game this year with at least five dimes.
Senior Forward Aaron Pogue
• Dominated in the paint, scoring 11 points with six rebounds.
• Made 4-of-7 from the field and hit three of his five free throws.
• Was his second double figure scoring game of the year (20 points at Rhode Island on Nov. 27).
Freshman Forward Anton Grady
• Recorded his fifth double-figure scoring game in the last six with 12 points.
• Went 5-of-8 from the field, adding three rebounds before fouling out with 35.3 seconds left.
Game Notes
• Today was the 37th all-time meeting in the series between Cleveland State and Milwaukee that dates back to 1994. The Panthers still lead the series, 21-16, but the Vikings have won five of the last nine.
• Today was the 498th career game for head coach Gary Waters. He coached 152 games at Kent State, 154 at Rutgers and 192 at CSU, posting a 288-210 career mark. He is slated to coach his 499th career game on Saturday (Jan. 28) at Youngstown State and his 500th game on Feb. 3 at Loyola.
• Today's win improved the Vikings to 7-2 in the Horizon League, tied with Valparaiso for first place in the league at the midway point of the season. Milwaukee, Butler and Youngstown State are all one game behind at 5-3.
• The Vikings shot a season-best .635 (33-52) from the floor today, the sixth game of 50-percent or better shooting for CSU this year. CSU is 6-0 in those games. CSU scored 44 of its 83 points in the paint.
• CSU continued its torrid shooting from three-point, going 7-of-13 (.538).
• The Vikings dished out a season-high 22 assists. The old high was 20 against Loyola (Jan. 7).
• The Vikings had six players reach double figures in the same game for the first time this season (Harmon, Montgomery, Grady, Brown, Kamczyc and Pogue).
• CSU hit the 80 point mark for just the second time this year (86 points against Rio Grande on Nov. 15).
