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Senior Guard D'Aundray Brown
• The reigning Horizon League Player of the Week set a career-high for the second straight game with 24 points. His old career-high was 18 points on Sunday at Vanderbilt.
• Hit 11-of-16 from the field, both career-highs.
• Added nine rebounds career-high tying seven steals (also had 7 on Sunday at Vanderbilt).
• Now has 14 steals this season after two games. He finished 13th in the nation in steals as a junior in 2009-10.
Senior Guard Jeremy Montgomery
• Became the 19th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points with a basket in the first half. He now has 1,004 points in his career.
• Played in his 108th straight game, including his 58th straight start. He has never missed a game in his career.
Sophomore Forward Luda Ndaye
• Made his first career start, filling in for Aaron Pogue who missed the game with illness.
• Tied his career-high with seven points and seven rebounds.
Freshman Forward Anton Grady
• Scored 12 points with seven rebounds and six blocked shots.
• His six blocked shots were tied for the second most by a player in school history and were the most by a freshman in a game in school history. He has 10 blocks in two games.
Junior Forward Tim Kamczyc
• Scored 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field and added three assists.
• Hit both of his attempts from three-point.
Game Notes
• Today was just the second all-time meeting between the two schools. CSU had won the first match-up, 40-35, in 1933.
• The game featured three ties, all coming in the first half. CSU has not trailed all season after leading from wire-to-wire on Sunday at Vanderbilt.
• Rio Grande stayed close through the first 10 minutes of the game, tying it for the final time at 17-17 with 9:27 to play. From there, the Vikings used a 23-10 run to close the half and take a 40-27 lead at the half.
• The Vikings opened the second half on a 13-6 run to take a 20 point (53-33) lead with 15:38 left.
• CSU forced 28 turnovers which the Vikings turned into 35 points. The Vikings had 15 steals for the second straight game.
• The Viking bench was once again strong, contributing 22 points and 15 rebounds.
• CSU blocked 11 shots, one shy of equaling the single-game school record of 12 set against Central State on Nov. 22, 2003.
