Feb. 24, 2011

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Postgame Player Notes

CSU senior Norris Cole
l Led CSU with 27 points, including 19 in the second half his 35th career 20-point game (16th this year) l Raised his season scoring total to 648, moving past Franklin Edwards (637 points) and into third place on the single season scoring list. He now has 1,846 career points, good for third place. l Went 7-for-9 from the line to improve to 184-220 break Ken McFadden's school record of 177 free throws made in a season. l Played all 40 minutes to raise his career total to 3,888, breaking J'Nathan Bullock's school record for career minutes played (3,872). It was the third time in four games that Cole played all 40 minutes.

CSU junior Trey Harmon
l Finished in double figures for the 22nd time, totalling 22 points, 16 in the second half. l Was 10-for-21 from the field but just 1-for-7 from three-point.

CSU junior Jeremy Montgomery
l Reached doubel figures in scoring for the 21st time (10th straight), finishing with 12 points. l Played in his 100th consecutive game (10th all-time at CSU) and made his 49th straight start.

Miscellaneous Notes
l This was the 36th meeting between CSU and Milwaukee with the Panthers now owning a 21-15 advantage, including a 9-8 record in games played in Cleveland.
l The loss drops CSU to 23-7 overall and 12-5 in league play, creating a scenario where Milwaukee (12-5), Butler (12-5) and Valparaiso (11-5 and playing) could end the night in a four-way tie for first place in the league standings with one way to go. In the event this happens, Milwaukee would need a win over YSU on Saturday to claim the top seed.
l The loss drops the Vikings to 14-2 at home this year, leaving CSU one win short of the school record for home wins in a season (1985-86 & 1987-88).
l The starting lineup of Norris Cole, Trey Harmon, Jeremy Montgomery, Tim Kamczyc & Aaron Pogue started their 30th straight game together. CSU is one of three teams to use the same lineup in every game (Missouri State & St. Bonaventure).
l After scoring just six points in his last six games, Josh McCoy came off the bench to score 13 points, his second highest scoring total at CSU.
l CSU led by as many as three points early (3-0, 19:28). With the Vikings ahead 7-5 (16:17), Milwaukee took control with a 19-4 run to lead 24-11 (11:57). The lead grew to as many as 17 (34-17, 5:52) before CSU rallied to trail 41-32 at half.
l The Vikings scored the first four points of the second half to close to 41-36 (18:41) but UWM ran off sevn straight to push the lead to double figures (48-36, 16:57) and eventually led by 19 (61-42, 12:53). CSU got back in it, using a (16-4 run over a 4:04 period to pull to within 71-61 (3:56). The Vikings would get no closer than the four point final down the stretch.
l After going 10-for-14 from three-point in the first meeting (.714), the Vikings could manage just 4-for-21 shooting (.190).