Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

The Official Home of the Cleveland State University Vikings

Postgame Notes

Jan. 24, 2010

Recap |  Final Stats |  Quotes

CSU Junior Norris Cole
-Recorded his 16th career 20-point game (7 this year), finishing with 22 points.
-Added a team-high 5 assists.
-Hit a jumper with 3:48 left to become the 18th player in school history to score 1,000 or more points in a career. He now has 1,005 points.

CSU Sophomore Jeremy Montgomery
-Continued his recent scoring outburst, tallying 18 points for his 10th straight double figure effort.
-Was four-for-eight from three-point.
-Ranked second in the league in free throw percentage, he went 2-for-2.

CSU Junior D'Aundray Brown
-Scored in double figures for the 8th time this year, tallying 12 points.
-Went over the 500-point mark for his career, finishing with 505.
-Added a team-high 7 rebounds.

Miscellaneous Notes
-Milwaukee entered the game with an 18-13 lead in the all-time series though CSU had won two of the last three meetings.
-Center Aaron Pogue opened the game by winning the jump ball, giving him an 18-3 record in jump balls this year, including 9-0 in league play.
-CSU jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead (17:31) but UWM used a 16-4 spurt to build a 20-13 advantage (10:52). The lead to grow to as many as 11 just before half (39-28, 1:21) with the Panthers leading, 39-30 at the break.
-A pair of early treys extended UWM's lead to 48-34 (17:30). CSU answered with a 10-2 run to close to within 50-44 (14:25). UWM rebuilt the lead to 57-46 (11:34) but the Vikings ran off 13 of the next 15 points to tie the game at 59-59 (7:57) on a Montgomery three-pointer.
-Norris Cole hit a trey from the top of the key with 6.4 seconds left to put CSU ahead , 73-72. UWM had two chances to score. Tim Kamczyc blocked a Ja'Ro McCallum driving layup with 1.6 seconds ledt and Aaron Pogue dflected the ensuing inbounds to secure the win.
-The vitory extended CSU's Horizon League home winning streak to 12 games. The last home league loss was to Butler on Dec. 4, 2008.
-The CSU pressure defense resulted in 10 steals and forced 17 Milwaukee turnovers.
-The Vikings tied the school record for fewest turnovers in a game with 5, including none in the second half. (vs.Utica 1/5/85 & vs. Brooklyn 12/30/82).
-CSU, which is dead last in the league in blocked shots, blocked a season high four today.